07-19-2006, 04:32 PM
[cool]'Preciate your good attitude, Riversedge. Hope mine matches it.
I can't speak from personal experience but it seems to me just thinking about it that an inner tube would be safer than a float tube in such situations as your legs aren't hanging down in the water and you aren't restrained by any seat slings or cross bars (as in a U-tube). If you got in trouble you'd be in the water unhindered from any deflated bladders or nylon shells. With a PDF on, you'd have a good chance of floating free with your head above the water. Also, it seems to me that an inner tube designed to support an 18 wheeler is a bit more durable and puncture resistant than a lightweight tube bladder designed generally for a person less than 200 pounds.
Anyway, guess our new member is getting some things to think about as he decides, which is good.
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I can't speak from personal experience but it seems to me just thinking about it that an inner tube would be safer than a float tube in such situations as your legs aren't hanging down in the water and you aren't restrained by any seat slings or cross bars (as in a U-tube). If you got in trouble you'd be in the water unhindered from any deflated bladders or nylon shells. With a PDF on, you'd have a good chance of floating free with your head above the water. Also, it seems to me that an inner tube designed to support an 18 wheeler is a bit more durable and puncture resistant than a lightweight tube bladder designed generally for a person less than 200 pounds.
Anyway, guess our new member is getting some things to think about as he decides, which is good.
z~
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