Designed with the low profile Torso Lock™ foam platform, the YTV™ has cemented itself as a simple, clean, high mobility PFD. The YTV 2.0™ maintains the same architecture, while increasing its pocket size and adding a bluesign® approved, 100% recycled shell.

Intended Use : Whitewater, Touring, Sailing, SUP

Features : Increased pocket size, hidden phone pocket, bluesign® approved shell

Entry : Pullover

Foam Insert : PVC-free Gaia® foam // Polyethylene foam

Shell Fabric : bluesign® approved, 300 x 300 denier 100% post-consumer recycled polyester ripstop

Liner Fabric : 200 denier high tenacity nylon

Webbing : Polypro

Zipper : YKK® auto-locking Vislon®

Hardware : Heavy duty acetal adjustment hardware

Weight : 1.3 lbs / 21 oz / 590 g

Sizing : S/M = 31 - 37”, M/L = 38 - 44”, L/XL = 45 - 51”

Design Buoyancy : 16.5 lbs

Approval Type : USCG Type V

Fundamentals : All Astral life jackets include…

Contour Fit // Sculpted and layered foam provides a customized fit around your torso for maximum comfort and conformity.

Progressive Sizing // Each life jacket’s size isn’t just bigger – it is methodically patterned to fit real body dimensions in a paddling posture.

Nature First // As the industry’s only Bluesign® System Partner for life jackets, we've spent 20 years replacing toxic PVC and neoprene with natural alternatives like kapok.