I had purchased the cheaper blue one during a sale and returned it without even opening it, decided to spend the extra money on the better one, so glad I did
There is a solid area behind the rear seat, as well as in the front, and y pi u can easily fit a dry bag in both areas
The booster cushion (my girl used it) was very comfy, but she had small issues with her seat backrest not being as supportive as without the added cushion
I was a first timer and it felt very stable Overall, a great purchase.
My first one purchased in April 2019 had problems on its maiden voyage (in an alligator-infested lake!
Guess I'll go first... over all a great value short of life jackets, whistles, and a light it's got everything you need
Amazing value, color, shape and space, but at second trip floor start to loosing air....
It does not seem to be causing any damage but my fear is that in the long term it could wear the sides .Over all We are happy with this Kayak and feel like we have good value for money and a well built product that we plan on using for years to come
I inflate the bottom cushion, but I would recommend not pushing the valve into the pad as it's hard to pull back out.
One more thing, we were extremely careful and never dragged the inflatable kayak across the ground.
Good thing other parts stayed inflated so no emergency occurred
The only minor flaw I can think of is that this thing is GREAT for fishing by myself, all the rod holders and such are in the right place for solo fishing
For now this thing is great and we can pack it around anywhere
There are two things that should be improved in the next versions though: pressure gauge should be on the pump (hate that little thing), and replace the phone mount by a cup holder (know your target group).
The pump works great, and the pressure gauge takes the guesswork out of over or under inflating
The second time, the pump broke (we borrowed pump from some strangers..).
One minor exception is one of the kayaks purchased (not ours - but our friend's) had trouble blowing up one side of the kayak - when he took the pump out that particular side would lose air before he could get the plug in - it's a defect and he'll return his to get another one - but ours and the other kayak bought by the other couple is perfect and exceeds our expectations.
The kayak came late, the pump didn't work and when I returned it the charged me for shipping it back to them and a restocking fee
The quality of the kayak is really good and the pump it comes with works quickly and efficiently
Pump is okay, but the kayak has a slow leak on one side.
I really liked this kayak until I found out the starboard (right) air chamber leaked after used 3 times.
The booster cushion (my girl used it) was very comfy, but she had small issues with her seat backrest not being as supportive as without the added cushion
after using it 3 or times it developed a slow leak on the seem
The 1/2” end of the MNPT male adapter provides a nice leak free friction fot with the Intek Hose without warping or stretching the hose
the Hard Plastic one tracks better (without a skeg) & goes faster than the Intex.
Super comfortable compared to hard plastic seats as seats are air filled
The booster cushion (my girl used it) was very comfy, but she had small issues with her seat backrest not being as supportive as without the added cushion
but I should have got a hard plastic one and saved myself the headache.
The skeg allows for straight tracking - usually a shortcoming for inflatables
When it's heavily loaded up weighed down like in my attached photos it doesn't track well with the shallow water skeg
We used the shallow water skeg and it was blowing about 5 knots.
We decided that in a placid shallow river we probably don't need the skeg and it just gets hung up in the shallows so we're going to leave it off next trip
I need a replacement 12181 long skeg, I saw on the website they were unavailbale, I was told the same thing and the caller said he had no idea when any would be back in stock, without a proper skeg I am basically up a creek