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Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2023
I really wanted to be stoked on this kayak, but it's just not living up in terms of quality or toughness. There are lots of great features and parts which I think would make it a quality kayak for little lakes. I think more effort was put into making it look good and review good for Instagram, than actually surviving much use in the wild. The left side pontoon will not stay inflated for more than 8 hours. Enough for an afternoon float. I will say Bote customer service was very responsive and offered suggestions on where to try to fix it. I suspect it's a poorly seated Halkey-Roberts valve. Which tightening didn't help. But at the end of the day, this thing won't hold air right out of the box.I am not sure if the seams are supposed to be stitched, but if they are...not single part of this thing has intact stitching. The vinyl is very thin which surprised and disappointed me most. My kids played on it for day, and I was shocked by the amount of stress marks on the surface just from small kids walking over it. I can't imagine hitting any type of rocks in a river won't cut right through it.The pump is great, seats are actually pretty neat, comes with the fishing rod holders which is a bonus.The bottom comes out and is basically a short and narrow SUP. They don't advertise this can be used as a SUP, and it has no fins, but it could be used as a fun floatation platform or camp table if you needed as it is removable.For the money, I would probably buy an Aire Tomcat or NPS kayak. This thing looks great, and comes with a great package of accessories, but I can't imagine this will hold up to much use without constant patching and conditioning.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2022
Inflated it twice, heard a small sizzle and found a seam that is leaking, seems that the glue had an air pocket that didn't seal.
Melinda Guadalupe
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022
Got this to for fishing mangroves and the shallow Bay areas. I didn’t want to deal with buying a trailer or taking up garage space with a traditional kayak. I did inflate it ahead of taking it out on the inner coastal to make sure there isn’t a slow leak anywhere. Customer service has been awesome BUT I ordered it directly from BOTE’s website. You don’t save any money by ordering on Amazon. Maybe the people who didn’t have great experiences with customer service ordered from Amazon, not sure. I sent an email over the weekend to BOTE and got a response within an hour. So far, it seems to be high quality and well made. If you plan to take this out solo, you may consider a kayak cart to roll it to the water.
Ole Roy
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2021
Good kayak, inflates easily. Unfortunately seat buckle broke first time out and the other one is bending. I’m 250lbs so maybe too heavy for the seat.
Mike Tiihonen
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2021
Great kayak. Easy to inflate and delate. Great on the water and very easy to pack up
Cass Sumrall
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2021
We will be using it primarily on trips in our motorhome. We like that it collapses into a sea bag that fits in the back of our car we tow behind the motor home.
Spencer Baker
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2021
Exceeded my expectations. SUPER stable. One-man-carry, don’t even need a roof rack.I inflated manually and it was both easy and quick.
Emery Wise
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2021
Easy to inflate.
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