Life Vest & Raft Maintenance

Your safety comes first! SVB offers certified maintenance servicing by qualified personnel. Our fully-qualified technicians service your lifejackets and life rafts in house at SVB.

Service check for non-inflated lifejackets

This service is for lifejackets that have not been inflated. Our fully qualified technicians check the pressure of the bladder and the function of the trigger mechanism, and any worn seals are replaced.

SVB price: €44.95

VAT inc., ex-works

Item number: 47775

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Service check for inflated lifejackets

Your lifejacket has been inflated and should now be rearmed and serviced to restore full functionality? In addition to the key tasks carried out as part of the standard inspection, this service also includes a replacement of the CO2 bottle.

SVB price: €69.95

VAT inc., ex-works

Item number: 47776

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Lifejacket servicing

To ensure that your automatic lifejacket operates correctly, it should be serviced on a regular basis. It is critical to adhere to the prescribed servicing interval, especially if you have a self-inflating lifejacket. If no servicing interval is specified by the manufacturer of the life jacket, we recommend an inspection 2 years after purchase. Even if your life jacket has only been worn without being inflated, it will still have been exposed to the sun, salty water, and impacts.

Before sending to us, please check the year of manufacture of your life jacket. SVB only services life jackets that are no more than 10 years old.

Your safety – our job

Certified service of your product according to international standards
Complete servicing documentation in log or record book
Fully-qualified SVB service technicians

SVB is a certified service station for:

It’s this easy

Book your life jacket service through our website by adding the product 'Service check for non-inflated or inflated life jackets' to your shopping cart. If you would like to have more than one vest serviced, add the product to the cart as often as necessary.
Send your life vest to SVB, making sure it is sufficiently stamped.
We service your life jacket.
After servicing, we send your life jacket back to you.

Order your service here

We offer the following:
1. Your lifejacket has NOT been inflated and should be serviced every 2 years? In this case, please select the option Lifejacket Service Check.

2. Your lifejacket has been inflated and should now be rearmed and serviced to restore full functionality? In this case, please select the option Lifejacket Service Check and Rearming.

Lifejacket repair: If your lifejacket is damaged, we can also perform a repair. From defective seams to exchanging the bladder or repairing the protective cover, everything is possible. The service is carried out in agreement with the customer and together a price estimate is calculated.

You should always check your life jackets before any voyage to ensure that they are fully functional. Examine the outer appearance, belts, buckles, CO2-cartridge, and trigger function (green display). Lifejackets that are more than ten years old must be serviced by the manufacturer, and this should be done annually after that.

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SVB services your life jackets of the brands Seatec, Kadematic and Secumar, Plastimo, Seago and Spinlock. Please label the package containing your life jacket as follows:

SVB – Spezialversand für Yacht- und Bootszubehör GmbH
-Westenwartung-
Gelsenkirchener Straße 25-27
28199 Bremen
Germany

Step 1:

The life vest is opened and the CO2 cartridge is removed

Step 2:

Automatic inflation device is removed and its gasket changed

Step 3:

Correct operation of inflation device is checked

Step 4:

Inflation of live vest in order to assure leak tightness

Step 5:

Air-pressure is measured

Step 6:

Folding of the life vest and insertion of CO2 cartridge

Lifejacket servicing includes:

Density test of the inflated bladder according to the manufacturer’s specifications
Test of the automatic trigger via water/manual
Inspection of the release mechanism
Inspection of the mouth valve
Cartridge replacement (only when servicing life jackets that have been inflated)
Inspection of the CO2-cartridge
Replacing with new seals
General inspection - especially of the belt system

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Life raft service

SVB is a certified service station for PLASTIMO and PLASTIMAR life rafts. At SVB your life rafts are serviced in-house by our qualified serviced technicians. The inspection is documented and recorded in a logbook. Other rafts are sent to their respective manufacturer for correct servicing.