This recruit in my bootcamp just couldn't get the bellbottoms PFD to flip over his head. He finally dove for the pool bottom, kicked off and like a porpoise shot up in the air long enough to flip his bells successfully. The instructors were mightly impressed with his ingenuity, until this old chief said O.K. now do that out in SF BAY. <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> The only caveat of any multi or improvised use is you no longer have the primary function. Sometimes leg protection is needed. But water is almost always #1, so good thinking.