I don't know how it paddles, but just perusing their website, I can see a lot of potential problems for anything approaching serious paddling, above and beyond questions about the materials used:
- The bulkheads aren't watertight.
- There are no hatched for loading/unloading gear, so I guess you have to load gear bags while you're assembling it.
- It doesn't come with float bags, so you're at serious risk if you don't add some.
- Only one model - the most expensive one - comes with partial perimeter lines. The rest have nothing.
- The high seat back is a nightmare. Look at the photos of the two older guys to see how it pushes the backs of their ill-fitting PFDs towards the heavens.
- They claim that all of the boats have rocker of "1.5" over the length of the boat" (YIPPEE!), but they all seem be hogged out under the cockpit.
- The day hatch has a whopping "3 liters" of capacity. (YIPPEE AGAIN!)
Yeah, it's an expensive pool toy. The only advantages I can see to it are that it's light and fits in any car. That's not enough to convince me to depend on one for my personal safety on the water.
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