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Originally Posted by Pudelpointer
Having been in a float tube that developed a "fast leak" in a small lake - get an inflatable PFD! When a tube deflates it wraps around you and it is virtually impossible to get out of it.
As for "biggest body of water": the Pacific (though admittedly close to shore - due to currents and sea mammals). A friend had a horrifying experience with a large male sea lion in his float tube... he invested in a boat.
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Yeah I don't think I would ever take into salt water.
Again I am only debating the thoughts on pfds, they are obviously safer than not ... all redundancies are, that's the point of having backups in the first place.
But on the other hand the point of a float tube is usually accessing water in remote locations requiring hikes km's long where every ounce of gear counts. Is it worth not having a pfd ... probably not but like I said before. My tube has four different inflated cells ... how badly do I need a fifth if I just had a "seatbelt" to keep me from being separated from my tube.