Both myself and my wife use Point 2 motorbike airvests, made in the UK and serviced every year by the manufacturers who clean the vest, replace the airbags, and test the system before returning it to the customer.
My wife did a little test of her own (Point 2 equine air vest) a few years ago by getting thrown in the air by her horse, and landing on her head fracturing her neck, back, and sustaining compound and compressed factures to both wrists.
You may think that in the circumstances that the airbag was a total failure then, but the inflated vest supported and stabilised her neck which is probably the reason I'm not a widower, or at best pushing her around in a wheelchair.
After 10 hours in A&E Emergency, several weeks in Critical Support, and several months recovery she's riding horses once more... and they say bikes are dangerous!
I've been using the airvest for about the last 9 years, and despite getting off the bike whilst still tethered I've not managed to set it off yet, it needs a good sharp pull on the tether to do so!
Wouldn't be without it nowadays.
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