REVIEWS
The following reviews were posted on Paddling.net or provided by customers.
This is wonderful!
"I bought one of your 2006 AdvancedFrame™ Convertibles recently and I can't praise the kayak enough. I have been paddling hard kayaks since the late 60s, this is my first ' blow up!' and I didn't know what to expect . This boat is spot on in every way, being easy to rig up, paddle and put back in the bag! Probably the best words come from my wife, who has never been in a kayak in her life until we bought the AF...." This is wonderful, isn't it stable? I feel really safe in this."Just about sums it up nice."
Thanks again.
Ron from the U.K.
I'd go anywhere with this kayak
"My AE's my first kayak, yet I felt secure enough in it to go out when the air temperature was minus 10. I bought it after a client with an AE inflatable. I liked my one-man so much, I bought a two-man. I'd go anywhere with this kayak."
Peter Lake
Really fine product!
"I don't do a lot of feed back stuff but I just had to drop you a note. My wife and I bought one of your convertible boats. We spent two weeks paddling it on Lake powel. We have used it other places as well and it is one of the best pieces of equipment I have ever owned. I am very hard to please and can almost always find flaws or inadequacies in my outdoor gear. Not so with this boat. It has suited our needs perfectly. We have paddled with groups using traditional hard shells and had no trouble keeping up or getting in and out of the same places they go. Our needs made a traditional hardshell impractical and our budget would not match a folding boat, this seemed like a great compromise. It has turned out to be not much a compromise at all. Kudos on a really fine product. We look forward to the future adventures we will paddle into in our Advanced Elements Kayak."
Thanks
RR
Go get one!
"Love it. I'm no spring chicken, have arthritis, back problems, blah blah blah, and I can pick it up, set it up, get in and out of it on docks, and so on. Used to have an Ocean Kayak Scupper Pro, this is much more comfortable. I have to get thru a busy harbor - in a sit on top, if you turn your head to look behind you, you fall out, not a problem in this. Go get one."
I love it!
"I am a novice paddler (female--5'3") who was looking for a kayak (my first) that I could easily transport from place to place by myself and not have to worry about storage, which is a consideration at this time. I decided on the AdvancedFrame after seeing it at a paddle show. I've only had it a month but have been out on the water about 3-4 times, and I LOVE it! I keep it in my trunk all the time, and I am already able to inflate it in under 10 minutes and it packs back up in less than that. It tracks nicely (even in wind) and is so much more comfortable than a hard-shell, and the quality of the materials is superb. I would highly recommend the AdvancedFrame to anyone, especially if storage and protability are factors."
Highly recommended!
"I purchased 2 of these a few months ago for my wife and I. We have taken them out about 15 times so far and very impressed with quality and ease of use. These boats are quick, track straight, and turn very easily. Another great thing is they were designed to look and feel like a hardshell kayak. Most inflatyables look like cheesey pontoon boats. These look like real kayaks and for the most part perform like them. Now, a hardshell is going to track better and go faster....but not much. The best thing is the portability...I put two of them in the trunk of my car! These are a good purchase. Highly recommended. They are also a good starter boat if you are new to the sport / activity...and want to later upgrade to a hardshell boat and keep these for friends or visitors."
Great product!
"I've owned this boat Since summer of 2002. I purchaced two boats for Paddling in the local area. They were great for bay paddling in the Newport Bay (CA). Learned quickly that you have to inflate them untill you can not put any more air into them for best performance. Moved to Northern California they have now seen some class II white water with little trouble with the exception that we do not have spray skirts and they are not self bailing. Since I have the Older Model there seems to be no spay skirt option as I write this my living room has a Kayak inflated and a sewing maching setup to make some skirts. We love these boats and are always asked what they are and where they are from .I'm going to experiment with some thin rigid foam to replace the floor for a lower center of gravity and for increased tracking yet still keep the brake down into a bag ability. I'd love to try the plywood floor ideas yet I think that loses the greatest ability which is the compact stored size. Great boats have held up comming up on the third summeer with a little fading but no real problems had to seal a leak in the combing tube but thats all the maintence thats been done. We always dry the boats then store them .. Great product only kinda wished I had waited for the updated boats."