Seaver Equestrian Airbag Vests

Seaver is a French brand that built its SafeFit airbag vest around fit as much as the safety mechanism itself. Rather than offering one standard cut, Seaver sizes the vest by chest and shoulder measurement alongside body shape (straighter, curved, or fuller through the torso), aiming for a slim, close fit that layers discreetly under a competition jacket rather than bulking out your silhouette. 

Like other equestrian air vests, it works through a lanyard connected to your saddle: a fall pulls the connector free, releasing a CO₂ cartridge that inflates the vest in roughly 200 milliseconds. What sets Seaver apart beyond fit is SafeRide, a connected safety feature available with the vest that adds phone-based emergency alerting and location sharing, with a complimentary subscription included for the first year. It's a genuinely different angle from most competitors, who focus purely on the mechanical airbag system, worth looking into if riding alone or at quieter times is a real consideration for you.

 Tips for Choosing 

• Use Seaver's full sizing guide (chest, shoulder, and body shape) rather than going by your usual jacket size, since the fit system is built around more than one measurement.
• Check the minimum rider weight for the connection strap size you need. Seaver offers both adult and lighter/child-sized straps, so match this to the actual rider rather than assuming one setup covers everyone.
• Decide whether the SafeRide-connected features matter for your riding; they're a genuine extra, not a requirement, so weigh the ongoing subscription cost after the first free year against how much you'd actually use it.
• Pick a long-torso size if you need it rather than sizing up generally, since Seaver offers that as a specific option for proportion rather than just width.
• Keep a spare CO₂ cartridge on hand, since the vest itself resets after swapping the cartridge, but you'll need a fresh one ready before it can protect you again.