I assume Rip meant PFD? Yeah, we have one. No, he isn’t wearing it in a 3 foot deep pond. The young man is almost 19 and he knows how to swim, and how to stand in 3 feet of water.
But point taken!
As to the yaks……I know the idea went over like a lead balloon when I floated it here, but we obviously got them. Glad we did, they are doing exactly what we wanted them to, which is to gain access to fish we otherwise couldn’t get to. The pond we were on this morning, which requires a five minute hike that would not be conducive to dragging in a hard kayak, has always been productive from the limited area to bank fish……but we got so many more fish today, many of them in the tall grasses at the far side of the pond from the bank clearing.
As for a review of the kayaks after two uses…..this pic says a lot!
That’s two 10 foot kayaks, with paddles, in the back of the SUV. If all you had was a car trunk they’d fit in there, too.
How are the actual kayaks? Compared to a “real” kayak…..probably shitty. With extreme portability comes trade-offs. However, these folding TuckTec kayaks do what kayaks are intended to do. They float, they are stable, they paddle straight. The seat and the ‘foot rest’ are pretty bare bones and lacking in support. However, I fished from it for 3 straight hours this morning, had a blast, and didn’t suffer. Plenty of room in the kayak for fishing gear.
The folding kayaks set up and fold back up pretty easy, in less than 10 minutes once you have it down.
I know people do some hacks and upgrades, like getting a different (stadium) seat. We may consider doing that. The plastic folding paddles from TuckTec aren’t worth the $30 bucks we paid for them, so we’ll get some better paddles (with drip guards). Otherwise, these extremely portable kayaks perform as advertised and are a lot of fun.
We’ll bring them to the Cape this weekend to do some lake/pond fishing.
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