Hit-Air Inflatable Air Vest (Black)

Recommended and worn by top riders, the Hit-Air Inflatable Air Vest will instantly inflate in the event of a fall.

The vest deploys in 0.25 seconds to cushion key areas and decrease your chances of serious injury. The jacket with the HIT AIR (Shock-buffering Protection System) is to be worn as outerwear when horse riding.

• The award-winning air bag is triggered when the rider and horse become separated to provide a stabilising, shock buffering system for added protection to the neck, spine, chest, ribcage, lower back and vital organs.
• Provides neck and torso coverage
• OUTWARD inflation – Unique to the HIT-AIR vest, therefore reducing the pressure on the rider upon inflation of the vest
• super-lightweight and flexible while providing optimal protection on inflation
• Total Freedom of movement 
• When you buy the air vest you also receive the saddle strap, lanyard and full safety instructions (which you must read carefully before using your Hit-Air vest)
• Leisure riders (21%) are increasingly choosing Hit-air as a means to increase protection in every day riding
• Worn in competition – at FEI and BE competitions it is compulsory to wear a body protector also
• Fully CE certified
• Salon du Cheval award for Innovation in Safety
• Air vest includes one CO2 canister, a saddle strap and an adjustable lanyard

The Hit Air Jacket is an innovation in equestrian safety. Air Jackets have been used for motorbike riders for numerous years now and have proven invaluable for improving safety and reducing serious injury. The introduction of Air Jackets into equestrian sports has been an overwhelming success and the increased protection offered will undoubtedly ensure that they become as common place as wearing a riding hat.

Hit Air Vests are super lightweight and flexible to offer complete freedom of movement when not inflated. In the event of a fall and become separated from your horse the Hit Air Jacket will inflate to offer protection to the neck, spine, chest, ribcage, lower back and vital organs. This equestrian airbag creates a shock buffering system for the body that offers maximum protection and helps to prevent injury. The Hit Air Equestrian Air Vest will inflate in 0.25 seconds to ensure it is fully inflated before contact is made with the ground or other obstacle. Once your Hit Air Vest has inflated the CO2 canister must be replaced before being used again.

Hit Air Vests work differently from rival products in that the airbags inflate outwards instead of inwards, ensuring the jacket can have a closer fit when not inflated. This Hit Air Vest comes complete with a saddle strap that attaches to your stirrup bars and a lanyard that connects your air jacket to your saddle (via the saddle strap). One CO2 canister is also included and a full instruction booklet that should be read prior to use. Replacement Hit Air Canisters are available to purchase and only Hit Air Canisters should be used in Hit Air Jackets.

The Hit Air Vest is fully CE certified and conforms with 89/686/EC*96/58EC and EN 340:2003. It has also won numerous awards for safety innovation in equestrian sectors.

Children must weigh a minimum of 25kg to trigger the mechanism and the vest must be purchased on behalf of the child by an adult of 18 years or over. An adult must read the instructions on the receipt and be responsible for fitting the vest, attaching the saddle strap and lanyard and changing the canisters once inflated.

This Hit Jacket comes with a pressurised canister so therefore cannot be sent overseas.

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