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    • Best Touring Inflatable Kayaks 2022
    • Full Drop-Stitch IKs
      • Tested: Sandbanks Style Optimal inflatable kayak review
      • Tested: Shipwreck ArrowStream drop-stitch inflatable kayak review
      • Paddling with a Yakkair Full HP2 dropstitch IK
      • Review: Aqua Marina Tomahawk Air-K 375 full drop-stitch kayak
      • Advanced Elements AirVolution Dropstitch Kayak
      • Preview: Itiwit Strenfit X500 Droptitch kayak
    • Hybrid (DS Floor) Inflatable Kayak Buying Guide 2022
      • Preview: 2023 Aquaglide Cirrus 150 TPU hybrid
      • Preview: Aquaglide Chelan 155 (2021)
        • Preview: Advanced Elements AirFusion EVO
        • Preview: Zelgear Spark 450 inflatable kayak (hybrid)
          • TPU: the Missing Link
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      • Gumotex Seawave
        • Kayaking the Sussex Coast
        • Kayaking Summer Isles; a lap of the Taneras
        • Gumotex Seawave: Owners’ Tips & Tricks
        • Midsummer Sail
        • Landfall on Eilean Mullagrach
        • Seawave 2: improving the SoT backrest
          • Gumotex Slip-On Skeg Roller (kayak trolley)
        • All Quiet on the Waterfront; Kayaking through London
        • The Long Wey Down: kayaking Guildford to Hampton:
        • Seawave 2: fitting a footrest tube
        • Seawave 2: what’s the damage?
        • Five years with a Gumotex Seawave
        • Fitting extra PRVs
        • IK&P Video of the Week: Seawave vs Sea Waves
        • Kayaking the Swanage Stacks
        • Urban kayaking: East London
        • How to repair a ‘hypalon’ kayak
        • Kayaking Hayling Island
        • Kayaking to Brighton
        • Skerries of the Summer Isles
        • Loch Sionascaig and Eilean Mòr
        • Chichester Canal & Pagham to Bognor
        • Flat Calm in the Summer Isles
        • 2016 Seawave rudder option
        • Seawave – DIY rudder
        • Gumotex Seawave or Incept K40
        • Seawaving, not drowing
        • Seawave in Venice
        • Strake, seat and footrest mods
        • Windy first run
        • Seawave – first look
        • Seawave preview 2013
      • Preview: Gumotex Rush 1 and 2 IKs
      • Preview: Gumotex Thaya IK
      • Gumotex Framura preview
      • Gumotex Swing 1 & 2
      • Gumotex Sunny 2020
        • Sunny 2020 on the Medway Canoe Trail
        • Kayaking the tidal River Adur
        • Adios Sunny, hello Solar 410C
        • Gumotex Sunny IK
          • Sunny in Shark Bay (WA)
            • Sunny self bailing and hull rigidity
            • Sunny – seat and footrest mods
            • Sunny – lashing and trolleys
            • Sea kayaking on Loch Linnhe
            • Sunny on River Wye
            • Sunny on River Spey
            • Sunny in France
      • Gumotex 330 XL Safari
        • Gumotex Safari
        • Gumotex Safari and Halibut IKs
      • Gumotex Twist on the Tarn Gorge
        • Gumotex Twist (new models)
        • Gumotex Twist (old model)
      • Gumotex Solar 300
        • Gumotex Solar Mods
      • Gumotex Seaker
      • Gumotex K1 & K2
      • Gumotex Junior
    • Tested: 2020 Kokopelli Moki II inflatable kayak review
      • Preview: Kokopelli Moki 2
    • Tested: ROBfin Big Boy L Packraft review
    • Preview: Aire Tributary Sawtooth 2020
    • Grabner Mega and Tramper
    • Feathercraft Aironaut
    • Incept K40
      • Incept K40 Tasman IK preview
      • Incept Tasman K40 test in Scotland
      • Incept K40 IK review
      • Incept K40 – second opinion
      • An Evening Paddle
      • A windy weekend
      • A wet weekend that turned windy
      • Sailing the Incept K40
      • Incept K40 – speed, straps and storage
      • Summer Isles Overnighter
      • Pacific Action sail on Incept K40
      • Sailing slowly
      • Around the Isles of Ristol
      • Kayaking through London
      • Grabner Amigo mods
      • Kayaking Ningaloo (Australia) Part 1
        • Kayaking Ningaloo (Australia) Part 2
      • One Midsummer’s Evening
      • Landfall on Horse Island
      • Around Tanera Mor island
      • Grabner Amigo
        • Sailing with the Amigo
        • Paddling a Blood Moon
        • Last of the Summer Isles
        • Touring the Slate Islands
        • Loch and Sea
        • Spey descent
        • Grabner in Enard Bay
        • Grabner at Coigach Point
        • Grabner in Summer Isles
        • Grabner Sea Trials
        • Amigo – first outing
      • Kayaking Summer Isles to Ullapool
    • Tasman vs Grabner H2
    • Feathercraft Java kayak review
    • Grabner Holiday 2 IK review
      • IK&P Video of the Week: Grabner IK on the Ammer
    • Semperit Forelle
      • Semperit Forelle 2; afternoon refurb’
      • Semperum Mare (Semperit at Sea)
      • Semperit at sea – 2
      • Semperit Mori
      • Semperit autopsy
  • Igla
    • Zelgear Igla 410 – first paddle
  • Packrafts
    • Packrafting Quick Guide
      • 6 Packrafting Essentials
    • Preview: Decathlon Itiwit Packraft 100
    • Anfibio Sigma TXL Main Page (videos)
    • Anfibio Rebel 2K
      • Land, Sea and Loch: Packrafting Knoydart
      • Coastal Packrafting
      • Packrafting the River Wye
      • Anfibio Rebel 2K packraft
    • Tested: Kokopelli Rogue R-Deck packraft review
      • Guest review: Kokopelli Rogue Lite
    • Quick test: Anfibio Revo XL packraft (video)
      • Packrafting through London – Anfibio Revo
    • Book review: The Packraft Handbook by Luc Mehl
    • Preview: Advanced Elements Packlite+ packrafts
    • Preview: Decathlon Itiwit 500 Packraft
    • Tested: Anfibio Packrafting Nano RTC packraft review
    • Bestway Wayfarer Packraft Slackraft
    • Tested: ROBfin Big Boy L Packraft review
    • Tested: Anfibio Alpha XC packraft review
    • MRS Nomad S1 packraft review [video]
      • MRS Nomad
      • MRS Nomad S1 – a few mods
      • Packraft sailing; MRS Nomad S1 + WindPaddle II
      • Packyaking in Whitianga (NZ)
      • Packrafting the Wairoa River (NZ)
    • Tested: Longshore EX280 packraft review
    • Alpacka Yak two-colour
    • Alpacka Yak 1 Main Page
      • First time Alpackrafting in Scotland (2010)
      • Packrafting in Scotland – Osgaig river
      • Suilven packrafting
      • Suilven Packrafting ~ gear report
      • Suilven packraft triathlon
      • Packraft surfing – Intex vs Alpacka
      • Packrafting in France ~ Chassezac
      • Packrafting in France ~ Ardeche Gorge
      • Packrafting the Fitzroy (NW Australia)
      • Packrafting the Polly Lochans
      • Urban packrafting: River Colne, west London
      • Trying out bikerafting
      • Packrafting in a Force 6 Gale
      • Packraft to Suilven Mountain
      • Packrafting the Tarn Gorge
      • How fast is a packraft?
      • Cape Wrath Trail via Assynt
      • Packrafting around Suilven mountain
      • Kayaking and packrafting the Allier (France)
      • Lycian Way with packraft
      • Packrafting the Tarn Gorge
    • Guest review: Klymit Litewater packraft
    • Pointy Alpackas
    • Slackrafts
      • Slackraft Sea Trials
      • Skinning the Sevylor slackraft
      • Slackrafting to Clashnessie
      • Slackrafts in NW Australia
      • Slackrafts in France
      • Slackraft to Clashnessie
      • Testing the Sevy Slackraft
    • Packraft Group Test: Aire BAKraft
      • Supai Canyon II review
      • Packraft Group Test: MRS Microraft
      • Packraft Group Test: Supai Matkat
      • Packraft Group Test: Nortik Trekraft
      • Packraft Group Test: BAKraft, Trekraft, Yak, Microraft, Matkat
  • TXL
    • After the Gale: Packrafting with the Teignmouth Beast
    • Packrafting the Jurassic Coast (video)
    • Sigma TXL: floor-mounted skeg and foam backrest
    • Sigma TXL: Sailing struggles and skegs
    • Sigma TXL: air floor and front skeg test
    • Sigma TXL: Footpath to the Shore
    • Sigma TXL • bow skeg and thigh straps
    • Sigma TXL • Tandem sea packrafting
    • Sigma TXL • Packrafting Swanage
    • Sigma TXL • First paddle
  • Gear
    • Paddles
      • Tested: 4-part kayaking paddles: Anfibio Vertex and Wave review
      • Tested: Anfibio Vertex Multi Tour paddle review
      • MYO Packstaff
      • Tested: Anfibio Fly ultralight paddle
      • Wax your paddle blades to reduce drips
    • Pumps
      • Tested: FlextailGear Max Pump / Plus
      • Tested: Tyre pump adaptor for inflatable kayaks
      • K-Pump Mini review
    • Packs & Bags
      • Tested: Six Moon Designs Flex PR review
      • Tested: Anfibio DeckPack
      • Tested: Ortlieb Duffle RS140 review
      • Watershed Mk1 Ultimate Ditch Bag (UDB) review
      • NRS Paragon pack harness review
      • Tatonka Lastenkraxe review
      • Alternative to D-rings for IKs
      • MYOG: TiZip Pakbag
      • Watershed dry bags
    • Olympus TG-5 camera
    • Tested: Gimp stove (solid fuel)
      • Woodgas stove tested
      • Tested: Honey woodstove
    • Lowa Desert Boots
    • Anfibio Packsuit review
      • Adding latex socks to dry pants
    • Packrafting Fitzroy – Gear
    • Packrafting Suilven – gear
    • Anfibio Buoy Boy pfd
    • Tested: Terra Nova Laser Compact 2 packrafting tent review
      • Hilleberg Nallo vs Vaude Odyssee tent review
    • Water Shoes
      • Packrafting shoes or boots
    • Book review: Best Canoe Trips in the South of France
  • Travels
    • Fitzroy: Follow The River
    • Summer Isles & Coigach Kayaking Guide
    • The Long Wey Down: kayaking Guildford to Hampton:
    • Kayaking the Swanage Stacks
    • Packboating in southern France
      • Book review: Rivières Nature en France by Laurent Nicolet
      • Kayaking and packrafting the Allier (France)
      • Packrafting the Tarn Gorge
      • Packrafting in France ~ Chassezac
      • Packrafting in France ~ Ardeche Gorge
      • Book review: Best Canoe Trips in the South of France
    • Urban Packrafting: London’s Regent’s Canal
    • Urban kayaking: East London
    • Packyaking in Whitianga (NZ)
      • Packrafting the Wairoa River (NZ)
    • Trying out SUP paddle boarding
    • Packrafting in NW Australia
      • Packrafting Fitzroy 1
      • Packrafting Fitzroy 2
      • Packrafting Fitzroy 3
      • Packrafting the Fitzroy 4
      • Packrafting Fitzroy – 5/5
    • Chichester Canal & Pagham to Bognor
    • Wandle: An Urban Packrafting Nightmare
    • Kayaking to Brighton
    • Kayaking Mull and Iona
    • Paddling in Venice
    • Walking with Sharks
    • Lycian Way with packraft
    • Kayaking to Bottle Island
    • Slate Islands (Hebrides)
    • Packboating the Spey – 2013
    • Inching towards Bird Island
    • Paddling to Achnahaird
    • Slackrafting to Clashnessie
    • Kayaking in Sardinia
    • IKs in Manhattan
    • Urban packrafting: River Colne (London)
    • Kayaking Ningaloo Reef
      • Kayaking Ningaloo – Part 2
    • Kayaking through London
    • Scottish Sea Kayak Trail 1
      • Scottish Sea Kayak Trail 2
        • Scottish Sea Kayak Trail 3
    • Summer Isles to Ullapool
    • Packboats on Spey 1
    • First time packrafting in Scotland (2010)
  • Tech
    • Sails & Sailing
      • Sigma TXL: seat and sailing sorted (videos)
      • Sigma TXL: Sailing struggles and skegs
      • Tested: Anfibio Packraft AirSail
      • Packraft sailing; MRS Nomad S1 + WindPaddle II
      • WindPaddle Adv 2: disc sailing revisted, again
      • Windpaddling to Achnahaird
      • Homemade disc sail
      • Windpaddle sailing
        • Seawave 2: WindPaddle sail mount
      • Pacific Action V sail
      • Tested: Anfibio DeckPack
      • Trans Atlantic
      • Packraft disc sail test
      • IK disc sail test
      • Fitting a Pacific Action sail to a K40 IK
      • Incept K40 sailing in Scotland
      • Pacific Action V sail in Western Australia
      • Pacific Action V sail revisited
    • Fabrics
      • TPU IKs: the Missing Link
    • Bladders vs ‘Tubeless’
    • Rigidity & Dropstitch
    • Glue, D-rings & Repairs
      • Repairs
      • Repairing huge rips
      • MYO ‘hypalon’ D-rings
      • Alternative to D-rings
    • Valves & PRVs
      • Fitting 4.8psi PRVs to Seawave
      • Testing 4psi mini PRVs
      • Leaking pressure release valve (PRV; Gumotex)
    • Seats
      • Grabner H2 overhaul
      • Seawave 2: footrest tube
    • Skegs (tracking fin)
    • Rudders?
      • Seawave 2: Mk3 rudder (MYO)
      • Home made rudder
    • Decks
      • The Case for Open Boats (SoT, IK, SuP)
    • IK Autopsy
    • Grabner Amigo mods
    • Gumotex Solar Mods
    • Rolling IKs

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This entry was posted in Boat reviews, Drop-Stitch Kayaks, Inflatable Kayaks, Tech and tagged Airkajak, airtrek 485, Aquamarina Tomahawk, Bic Yakkair Full HP2, drop stitch flooring, drop stitch kayak floor, DS kajak flex, FDS, high pressure IKs, kraken kayak, kxone slider, Kxone slider flex, sea eagle razorlite 473, Selytech DS fabric, SLIDER2 KXone DS, yakkair DS, Zebec Pro on May 27, 2015 by Chris S.

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