Faster in-water rescue - day or night
The revolutionary Spinlock PylonTM LED Lifejacket Antenna Light deploys automatically to give all-round 360 degree visibility to rescuers
The revolutionary Spinlock PylonTM LED Lifejacket Antenna Light deploys automatically to give all-round 360 degree visibility to rescuers.
Wearing an emergency lifejacket light is an essential aid to fast rescue, day or night. But today’s lifejacket lights all suffer from the same problem: All are intermittently hidden from rescuers by the head of the casualty.
The Pylon Antenna Light operates at a height of 23cm above in-water head level. Until the lifejacket inflates it lies flat - attached to the lifejacket bladder ready to deploy automatically to its full operating height.
Tests confirm that the Pylon is more easily detected from any distance than conventional lifejacket lights, in all sea and visibility conditions, when viewed from a typical rescue craft.
As well being the only built-in antenna light with all-round visibility, Pylon is the only emergency light that gives early warning of battery discharge. Other lights can indicate that battery and bulb are working – but not for how long. Only the patented Pylon’s simple test switch can confirm that the light will continue to flash for more than the required 10 hours.
The Pylon light is available as a Spinlock Accessory for easy fitting to any 150N and 275N Lifejacket to improve its in-water visibility. Pylon is fitted as standard on every 2012 Spinlock Deckvest 5D Lifejacket Harness.
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