Favorite type of float.....

[Escape22]

I've seen these out on the bay before...

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[CliffA]

thanks for all the replies......based on several recommendations from this thread I tried a saddle seat float made by Gail Force this past WE and liked it.....very good quality float....Gail Force also made the float for my cooler which is made from the same blue color foam as the saddle seat.....it also works very well.....

cliff

 

[OllieC]

uh oh

I had that out this weekend. According to the package she was in, her name is Judy, "the inflatable friend". Judy was a hit with the adults. Not sure where she ended up. I was thinking of calling the police so they can send out an APB.

 

[SloBurn]

It's usually a combination of one or two of these River Run lounge things with the built in cooler, and Lazy Bunz, with a few noodles thrown in for overflow. We had just launched this chair while most of the crew was on Bassetts Island. It's almost never empty once they're back near the boat. (That's why we had to buy a second one!)

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+1 On the River Run tubes. We love ours, except cooler is worthless, so we put Bobber cooler inside of it.
$50 at Sears.

 

[Steve195]

We use Noodles, PFDs and Overton's version of the saddle type.

What I'm looking for is a floating cup holder that will hold a yeti 20 or 30 oz tumbler or a can in a Koozie.

 

[mobocracy]

We use Noodles, PFDs and Overton's version of the saddle type.

What I'm looking for is a floating cup holder that will hold a yeti 20 or 30 oz tumbler or a can in a Koozie.

https://www.floatinator.com/

My wife bought one for me and it "works" but is kind of clumsy. The "cupholder" part is connected via lanyard (presumably) to your float, but it's also weighted and not connected to the floating ring that surrounds it, so there's some risk if it inverted it would sink. I'm tempted to seal the cup to the float with 3M 4000 so they can't separate and it won't sink if someone doesn't attach it to their float.

And I'm not sure why my wife bought it, anyway. I already have a 24 oz stainless vacuum bottle with an easy to use drinking cap (can open it one hand, and it seals perfectly) that I added a lanyard attachment to. I fill it with beer, lanyard it to my water saddle and I'm set. That it's a vacuum bottle means its self-buoyant, it's easy to drink from, seals well enough to keep out lake water and keep liquid in, and it keeps my beer cold, too. The only thing it doesn't do is get out of the water and refill itself.

 

[CliffA]

https://www.floatinator.com/

My wife bought one for me and it "works" but is kind of clumsy. The "cupholder" part is connected via lanyard (presumably) to your float, but it's also weighted and not connected to the floating ring that surrounds it, so there's some risk if it inverted it would sink. I'm tempted to seal the cup to the float with 3M 4000 so they can't separate and it won't sink if someone doesn't attach it to their float.

And I'm not sure why my wife bought it, anyway. I already have a 24 oz stainless vacuum bottle with an easy to use drinking cap (can open it one hand, and it seals perfectly) that I added a lanyard attachment to. I fill it with beer, lanyard it to my water saddle and I'm set. That it's a vacuum bottle means its self-buoyant, it's easy to drink from, seals well enough to keep out lake water and keep liquid in, and it keeps my beer cold, too. The only thing it doesn't do is get out of the water and refill itself.

I have two of the 'floatinator' drink holders......they work well enough and can hold large diameter drink huggers.....

as far as getting out of the water to refill your drink, here is one of the best additions I have made yet to my boat...... ;-)

https://www.amazon.com/Connectable-...401704&sr=8-1&keywords=gail+force+cooler+tray

 

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