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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > The Great Outdoors > Inflatable boats and other packable watercraft
 
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TheLastManStanding
Jan 14, 2008
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Cugel the Clever posted:

Any folding kayak havers ITT? I've seen a couple around my local lakes and am curious about how they compare to inflatable. I'm a car-free apartment dweller, so size and portability are must-haves.
I'm in an apartment, so space was my main concern, which is why I bought an Oru Inlet; it's been amazing. Packed, it is about the same size as an inflatable paddle board, it weights 20 lbs (which is insanely light), and it sets up in literally 2 minutes (make sure to break it in ahead of time as the folds are extremely stiff to begin with). On the water it handles about how you would expect; roughly similar to really really short hard shell kayaks, significantly better than my Explorer K2. The seat is pretty bad, but better than the inflatable and it's been my only complaint. I wish it was a little narrower, but that's just the trade-off of not getting the sit-in version. It's definitely a head-turner; people ask me questions about it every time. It's better than the inflatable in every way except price: After taxes and a paddle it came out to under $1200, which is significantly more than the $95 I spent on the Explorer. If you know this is something you will be doing regularly and don't mind the price I would say go for it, otherwise buy a stand up.

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TheLastManStanding
Jan 14, 2008
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It should have come with a patch kit. Assuming it's lost, you can buy a patch kit at any outdoors store or on Amazon.

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