NRS Vector PFD
Description
NRS Vector PFD by NRS
NRS Vector PFD: Award-Winning Whitewater Protection
Get premium protection for your whitewater adventures. Dive Right In Scuba offers the NRS Vector Personal Floatation Device (PFD) to keep you secure and comfortable during intense water rescues. Winner of the 2026 Paddle Sports Show Product of the Year Award for Apparel and Equipment, this life jacket uses the advanced Orbit Fit System. NRS cuts multiple pieces of lightweight closed-cell foam to precise specifications, creating a flexible, pre-curved shape that conforms perfectly to your body. The Every Body Design eliminates the need for gender-specific models, while Graded Sizing adjusts the flotation and foam platform to match your individual body type. We highly encourage you to check the sizing chart before ordering to find your exact fit.
Advanced Rescue Tech and Safety
Locate your team quickly in emergency situations. Two built-in RECCO reflectors help rescue professionals find you on remote missions. SOLAS reflective accents catch the light to boost your visibility in dark conditions. For hands-on extractions, continuous internal webbing creates a strong harness so rescuers can grab you securely by the shoulder straps during live bait scenarios. The 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) quick-release rescue belt features an aluminum attachment ring placed specifically to reduce snag risks in moving water.
Custom Comfort and Easy Storage
Carry your essential safety gear without feeling bogged down. Wrap-around foam panels feature an AirMesh lining to increase your physical comfort during long hikes to the river. Wide, padded straps sit softly on your shoulders, and a pullover entry design secures tightly using aluminum buckle adjustments on the shoulders, sides, and waist. A silicone-coated inner waistband grips your base layers to stop the jacket from riding up while you swim. You can stow your gear easily in the compartmentalized zippered drop-down clamshell pocket, or grab a flip line fast from the dual-entry zippered pocket. A hand warmer pocket lined with 4-way stretch double-knit polyester keeps your fingers warm and doubles as extra webbing storage.
Smart Attachments and Eco-Friendly Build
Keep your safety tools within immediate reach. The jacket features two easy-release carabiner attachment points for cowtail systems, a folding knife sleeve, and a deliberately placed lash tab. Dedicated strap garages keep your loose webbing tucked away safely. NRS builds this PFAS-free vest using sustainable materials, combining a 100 percent recycled 420 denier ripstop nylon outer shell with a 100 percent recycled 200 denier nylon inner lining to protect the PVC-free Ethafoam shims.
Upgrade your whitewater safety kit with award-winning gear. Add the NRS Vector PFD to your cart at Dive Right In Scuba today.
Features
- Orbit Fit System: Uses layered closed-cell foam to create a flexible, pre-curved shape that conforms exactly to your body for total comfort.
- Every Body Design: Adapts seamlessly to different body types so you get a perfect fit without needing gender-specific models.
- Graded Sizing: Changes the foam platform and flotation value based on your size to ensure you stay properly supported in the water.
- Advanced Rescue Tech: Incorporates two RECCO reflectors and SOLAS reflective accents so rescue teams can spot you quickly in low light or remote locations.
- Internal Webbing Harness: Connects the entire jacket structure internally to provide maximum security when a rescuer grabs your shoulder straps.
- Quick-Release Belt: Features a 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) rescue belt with a snag-reducing aluminum ring to help you detach instantly in an emergency.
- Silicone Inner Waistband: Grips your clothing firmly to stop the jacket from riding up around your ears while you swim.
- Ample Storage Options: Organizes your tools using a clamshell pocket, a dual-entry stash pocket, and a lined hand warmer pocket.
- Sustainable Construction: Protects the environment using a PFAS-free recycled nylon shell and inner lining over PVC-free Ethafoam shims.
Specs
- Product Type: Rescue life jacket (Pullover entry)
- US Coast Guard Type: Rescue and commercial boating category
- Outer Fabric: 100 percent recycled 420 denier ripstop nylon
- Lining Material: 100 percent recycled 200 denier nylon and 70 denier knit polyester
- Flotation (XS/M): 15.75 lbs (7.1 kg / 70N)
- Flotation (M/L): 16.75 lbs (7.6 kg / 75N)
- Flotation (XL/XXL): 18 lbs (8.1 kg / 80N)
- Adjustment Points: 3 side, 2 shoulder, 1 waist (Aluminum buckles)
- Pockets: 3 front pockets
- Lash Tabs: 1 front tab
- Hardware: Aluminum buckles, 1.5 in (3.8 cm) rescue belt, internal D-ring
- Safety Features: RECCO reflectors, SOLAS accents
- Available Colors: Black, red, silver
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Proposition 65
Safe Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 – Warnings Required
WARNING: This Dive Right In Scuba product can expose you to certain chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
We appreciate your decision to purchase Dive Right In Scuba products to provide the best in water experience. We take our job seriously! You may have noticed that our products now show a warning label at point of sale referring to carcinogens and birth defects. You may also have begun to see warnings related to carcinogenic substances or substances causing birth defects prominently displayed in hotel lobbies, hospitals, or other places of business recently. These warnings are required by the State of California, and we believe that an explanation of the California statute legislating the requirement will provide you valuable information regarding the relative risks of the chemicals that may be present in consumer products.
In 1986, the State of California passed the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act; otherwise known as “Proposition 65” or "Prop 65". Prop 65 requires businesses like ours to disclose to individuals the presence of chemicals listed in the Act prior to point of sale. The regulations implementing this Act have been amended over time with the most recent updates will take effect on August 30, 2018. There are more than 900 chemicals on the Prop 65 Chemical List, including many chemicals that are found in components of a wide array of consumer goods or are used to manufacture components that make up consumer goods.
Prop 65 does not establish acceptable concentrations for any listed chemical; however, the agency which enforces it has established what is called "safe harbor" exposure levels for about one third of these chemicals below which warnings are not required. These "safe harbor" are established for listed carcinogens based on the quantity of the chemical that would result in one excess case of cancer in an exposed population of 100,000, assuming lifetime (70-year) exposure at the level in question. A similar process is used to establish safe harbor levels for listed reproductive toxicants. Additional information in plain language on safe harbor levels is available from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at http://oehha.ca.gov/Prop65/background/p65plain.html
At Dive Right In Scuba, the safety of your in water experience is our highest priority. We go to great effort to select materials that offer superior value, quality, and durability while also being generally recognized as safe and reliable for the full life of the product. Dive Right In Scuba also works closely with many regulatory bodies, such as the US Coast Guard and Underwriter’s Laboratories, to ensure the longevity of your on-water safety through targeted selection of durable, long lasting materials and components that undergo significant validation testing before being used to manufacture end items. Sometimes the safety promise we offer appears at odds with the health and safety requirements of other legislation in certain parts of the world when some regulations are updated ahead of others. To ensure compliance with applicable legal requirements, Dive Right In Scuba has placed a warning on products that contain a Prop 65 listed chemical, either directly or as a part of the raw material supply chain. This allows us to comply with California law and provide our California consumers with the disclosure required by Prop 65, while still promising the safest on water experience possible.
Dive Right In Scuba is working diligently with regulatory bodies and our own manufacturing partners to continue to continue to improve our product performance and reduce the presence of less desirable chemicals. Water is a precious resource we all share that is important to the health and well-being of our planet and all people. Our goal is to continue to enhance your water life experience while reducing our overall impact to the planet and, in particular, its waterways. While it is a bit of a juggling act to achieve, we are confident you will see continued improvement in both the immediate and long term future. We hope this explanation will enable you to understand why you will be seeing warnings on some our products.
Thank you for your continued use of Dive Right In Scuba products.