There are three common styles of swim vests: removable swim vests, non-removable swim vests, and nylon swim vests. Removable swim vests and non-removable swim vests are made of 88% neoprene and 12% polyester for the liner, 100% polyester outside, and stuffing EPE foam. With regard to the nylon swim vest, it is made of 100% polyester with EPE foam stuffing.

What Materials Are Used For Swim Vest?

There are three common styles of swim vests: removable swim vests, non-removable swim vests, and nylon swim vests. Removable swim vests and non-removable swim vests are made of 88% neoprene and 12% polyester for the liner, 100% polyester outside, and stuffing EPE foam. With regard to the nylon swim vest, it is made of 100% polyester with EPE foam stuffing.

Neoprene includes the CR, SCR and SBR. Generally speaking, SBR is always used for a swim vest.

SBR is the abbreviation for Polymerized Styrene Butadiene Rubber. SBR is the backbone product of the rubber industry, is the largest general synthetic rubber variety, and is one of the earliest synthetic rubber varieties to achieve industrial production. It has excellent cushioning and thermal performance, but the compression performance is not so good. It is an important reason to pay great attention to the packaging of swim vests. Another reason is that SBR is more cost-effective than SCR and CR. Swim vests don’t require as much elasticity as the wetsuit. So SBR is more commonly used for swim vest.

Polyester is usually used for swim vest outside.

Polyester is a synthetic fibre created by the chemical condensation of organic dibasic acid and dibasic alcohol, which is a polymer molecule. Its creation dates back to the 1930s, and it is now the most significant type of synthetic fibre.

Polyester has many advantages. First of all, it has excellent wrinkle resistance. The clothing is not easy to wrinkle in the wearing process and can maintain its original shape. Second, because polyester fibres have great strength and elastic resilience, the woven fabric is robust and durable while recovering rapidly. Furthermore, polyester possesses anti-wear and non-sticky hair properties, making the cloth seem neater.

There are four common types of foam on the market, of which EPE foam is widely used in the production of swim vests.

Polyethylene foam, commonly known as EPE foam, is a novel form of ecologically friendly packaging material with a non-crosslinked closed-cell structure.

It has several benefits, including water-proofing, moisture-proofing, shock-proofing, sound insulation, heat preservation, excellent plasticity, toughness, recycling, environmental protection, and high collision resistance. It is also chemically resistant. It is an excellent replacement for traditional packaging materials.