Life vests are for safety/law requirements... Only people that can't swim well need to wear them. I went out on my kayak once and got capsized from some rouge waves. My bro was with me and he immediately swam to the kayak and grabbed a life jacket. I was rolling laughing... He's a free diver for gods sake. I told him to put that s#*t away and help me dive down and grab all the gear on the reef.