Customer Reviews

The Original Konfidence Jacket

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I bought this jacket for my grandson and think it is wonderful. It is soft and comfortable so he can wear it for hours. Also, it fits properly and does not ride up around his head like other jackets. I feel it is a great aid for a child to feel secure in the water as well as learn to swim. I highly recommend it.

I love this product, we have been using this for over a month. It took some getting used to first couple times in the pool. The buoyancy is just where the chin is barely above the water.(Same as where the water naturally hits me while I am swimming.) If water is splashed my child often gets a face full of water, but this has taught him to close his mouth and hold his breath. Every time we go swimming I see improvements with my son's swimming recently he started leaning forward and propelling himself by kicking his feet behind him. Before he was just doggy paddling. I have yet to remove any of the inserts and decrease the buoyancy, so I can't comment regarding. But using the vest with all the inserts has been great for us.

My daughter has never been to any kind of swim class and we never even trained her to swim in the bathtub, but with this vest (she is 2 yo now) she feels extremely confident in water! She ventures into the deep and she can swim up to 40-60 feet into the sea and back. I thought I would be confined to stay on the shore with her all the time, but I can actually smim as I normally would independently, with her paddling along! (Granted I am not an Olympic swimmer, but I much prefer being able to swim than bulding sand castles). The vest is holding her afloat, and even when a wave splashes onto her face, she just shakes the water off, smiles and keeps on paddling. You should see the faces of other parents on the beach whose 7 year olds are afraid to walk into the sea farther than knee deep, when they see a chubby toddler, all dressed in pink, fearlessly entering the water and swimming towards her father waving to her 40 feet away. Everybody wants to know where I got the vest! And how she is enjoying it too! She invents her own little tricks, like spinning around or an "armchair" (floating in the "sitting" position with the tips of her toes sticking out of the water in front of her). I tought myself to spin in the water when I was, like, 12!

I can see she feels very secure in the vest, because she refuses to hold onto my fingers even when I offer!

This is the best swim jacket on the market. We tried several and this was by far the best. The removable floats allowed us to alter the kids buoyancy in the water as they gained confidence.

I would recommend this to anyone with kids learning to swim!

My kids loved the bright colors as well!

After much searching, (and after learning that this company is a short drive from my home), I purchased a vest for my very water-anxious daughter. I am using it in conjunction with lots of swimming practice, and lessons, and I think the design and quality are both great. It's important to remember that THIS IS NOT A LIFE VEST, though. It is a tool for helping new swimmers learn how to manage in the water by decreasing the amount of vest bouyancy as they develop their skills. Prior to using this vest, my daughter would swim in a traditional life jacket, which was a big mistake, as it kept her body in an upright position and she had a hard time adapting to having her body prone in the water. This jacket keeps the wearer prone, and offers just enough support to keep them on top of the water. But, for parents of new swimmers, follow the direction that come with the vest and don't let yourselves feel so secure that you turn your back on your little one with this jacket on. I really like this jacket.

by far the best life jacket out there. It is non constricting on my son, it's like having a wet suit on, not an astronaut suit on. i had a problem with the original one i received and their customer service sent a new one to me in 2 days, great company!

First, the Jacket works great - we used it with our son in Hawaii and it was a hit. HOWEVER, what none of the marketing materials show, here or on the website, is that the back of the jacket has in huge letters: "THE ORIGINAL KONFIDENCE JACKET."

What is that all about? You can't find a picture of the back of the jacket! We were stunned when we opened it up and saw the advertising (what it really is) and realized we were going to put that on our Son's back.

Huge downer. Other than that it worked great, but they still get one star from me.

**UPDATE**

A number of people have responded to this review and noted that it is possible to find a picture of the back of the Jacket. [...]. I've also noted that so far 16/22 people found the review helpful which is more than any other review (though 9 of 22 did not...also more than any other review).

I just want to note that I respect the views of people who don't like my review and think it is too extreme, but I see that by giving the jacket one star I'm alerting a significant number of people who may feel as I do that the jacket design significantly detracts from its value. The purpose of my review is to help other consumers make a good decisions, and not to denigrate the product. In that aim I'm going to respectfully leave the one star review.

If you don't mind your child serving as a walking billboard for the manufacturer, it's a decent jacket. I'm upset by Konfidence's choice to print a slogan that consumes much of the back of the jacket, and surprised that an image of the rear was not included on Amazon's product page, given the impact the slogan has on the overall look of the jacket. Please take a look before buying this product.

My daughter has special needs and we are always in search of larger, more comfortable flotation devices. She is enjoying wearing this and it is working fine. She is 10 years old and loves the water. It is a well made product, so far. We have had it about 5 weeks and have used it approx. 11 times already. We will begin to remove the inserts soon and hope to have success with that as well. I wish they made them larger though, she will be out of this one by summers end.

Good product so far and we could care less about the company advertising across the back of the vest. If it works, and is a well made product, we have spent our money well. She is never left unsupervised as it clearly says it is not a life saving device. We are satisfied with this product.

I purchased this product after a lot of research on similar products. It's basically a quality product with one flaw. The problem is that the jacket tends to ride up on the child. It needs either a "pant like" product or a strap thru the crotch that can be adjusted. A competing product comes with a pant but reviewers stated that it was difficult to get on and off and the floatation pieces could not be removed without cutting the vest. I attached a strap and clips from an old life jacket that appears to be working better but some sort of pant would be more comfortable.