in a simialr thread just recently. My "no experience" answer to your question/statement
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clearly states splashes, high humidity, fog and rain may set it off. Does anyone have anything in the way of experience to share about that?
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is that it is probably a very, very small probability that the pill one will "go off" unintentionally, else we would have heard more reports about this. If you keep your PFD stored dry and inspect it frequently, there shouldn't be any real issue. If your main use of it as a safety device in relatively benign weather with the occasional splash or rain shower, the pill one should work just fine.
However, if your heavy weather sailing a lot or working on a Crab Boat in Alaska, the hydrostatic model, maybe a better choice.
I have both. I use the hydrostatic model when it pouring rain or we are sailing and getting splashed a lot, and the "pill" version all other times. Needless to say the pill version is used 95% of the time. When we have guests, they get the "pill one" and I wear the hydrostatic.
DrB