adult swimming buoyancy aids...any help gratefully received :)
kazzza
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Hi all
I wondered if anyone could advise...I can't stay afloat in water unsupported but can manage with a (very fashionable and grown up) Dora the Explorer little swim ring around my chest. We are going to a water park and sadly they don't allow things like rings there, even diddy kiddo ones like mine. They are happy to lend you a life jacket but they are big basic foam ones that don't fit me well and float up around my chin so I feel like Uncle Fester! I've started looking at Impact Buoyancy Vests that are designed for surfers and are an adjustable snug fit (and I can try and rock the sporty surfer look haha) but I don't know how well they may work for me, and its a lot of cash (about £85) to waste if they don't. I've got a certain amount of upper body strength, and a tiny amount of leg strength as long as I stay standing depth in pools but just can't keep any balance against the movement of the water. I'm wondering what kind of buoyancy aids anyone else has found that I may be allowed to use so I can also enjoy water slides etc while I am there? Thanks for reading ?
I wondered if anyone could advise...I can't stay afloat in water unsupported but can manage with a (very fashionable and grown up) Dora the Explorer little swim ring around my chest. We are going to a water park and sadly they don't allow things like rings there, even diddy kiddo ones like mine. They are happy to lend you a life jacket but they are big basic foam ones that don't fit me well and float up around my chin so I feel like Uncle Fester! I've started looking at Impact Buoyancy Vests that are designed for surfers and are an adjustable snug fit (and I can try and rock the sporty surfer look haha) but I don't know how well they may work for me, and its a lot of cash (about £85) to waste if they don't. I've got a certain amount of upper body strength, and a tiny amount of leg strength as long as I stay standing depth in pools but just can't keep any balance against the movement of the water. I'm wondering what kind of buoyancy aids anyone else has found that I may be allowed to use so I can also enjoy water slides etc while I am there? Thanks for reading ?
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Dear Richard. Thankyou very much for responding and helptng...and they are a better price too
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Hope your problem is solved. But if all else fails, remember the law that providers of goods ànd services have the legal duty to make 'reasonable adjustment '. In this case, the general public may be banned from using a certain aid, but a blanket ban even for disabled service users would be illegal disability discrimination.
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It will be interesting if you post afterwards, to report back on your trip, and which device works, if you do buy a new one. Hope it goes well.
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Thankyou for your posts. Yes will post back here. The online ones are much cheaper, but the problem comes in trying them on, and the shop I can visit, though more expensive, has specific ladies ones so may be a better shaped fit...it is a shame about my ring but to be fair to the water park it hardly looks like a specialist bit of equipment...it just happens to work well for me.
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Here's what I've bought (found in a sale...yaay!). I'll post back after its first test run
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