Oceansouth Aluminum Boat Oars with Oar Stops – 2-Piece Split Shaft Rowing Oars for Dinghies, Inflatable Boats & Tenders – Lightweight Marine Grade Aluminum Pair

Ordered two sets of the oars. Small issue with delivery but the seller fixed asap. I have not used yet but they look like fairly good quality and should work fine.

These are very well constructed and come in two parts that click together.

Excellent product and very lightweight!

I like how these oars break down and stow away nicely when motoring around on open water. They are stated as "heavy duty", but I would rate them as "light duty". I have a 15' jon boat, and often need oars for mucking around Mississippi sloughs and backwaters. But I would NOT trust them with heavy pulling in the main current. I can feel them "giving" a little on the harder pulls. The oarlock sleeves are friction fit and can be moved (with effort) to fit the boat width. I used a big adjustable wrench and a rubber mallet. They also came with plastic oar locks. These immediately failed. There is a metal structural rod in them. One fell out somewhere in the river, and the plastic pin busted right off in the first 5 minutes of use. I jury-rigged it with a spare carriage bolt, but the other one torqued out so bad we ended up using the oars like canoe paddles. Once I got new, all-metal oarlocks, the oars worked perfect for the backwater mucking about I had wanted them for.

Better than expected. These will last many years.

Good quality

It is very difficult to get the hang of oars that are free to ride up and down in the oar locks. The oar locks are made - of all things - PLASTIC so they bend and break almost immediately. I had to but clamp-on stainless steel oarlocks which work great.

Shipping was surprisingly quick considering they arrived via FeDEx (lucky if it gets there at all!), and packaging was acceptable. I was concerned about the strength of the oar lock after reading some reviews about them being plastic and breaking, and I guess the manufacturer took notice because these have a steel pin through them for added strength. While they did fit into the holder, they were a little loose for my liking, but it was an easy fix with a $3 steel sleeve to take up the slack (see pics). I also added a pin to stop them from coming out, and also a “safety line” to be sure (see pics). Before I even put my boat in the water, I put the oars together, put them in the boat, and easily adjusted the plastic oar stop by placing the oar on the ground and pushing the sleeve up/down until both oars were adjusted so they wouldn’t touch In the middle while rowing. I just bought this boat ($200!) which is 12’ feet long, and took it out on its maiden voyage to see how these oars would go, and to also check for leaks on my $200 bargain boat. Both the oars and the boat passed the test with flying colours, and while I didn’t go all out, I also didn’t go easy on these oars and they didn’t come even close to feeling “flimsy”. I noticed some questions about which way the oar locks should go into the holders, and I put mine in so that the pin was closest to the front of the boat (see pics) thus taking the majority of the pressure from the oar while rowing, that made sense to me physics wise, and seemed to work fine, but I could be wrong. Overall I’m happy with these for the price, and unless you’re planning on going out into some surf or rapids I think these are perfect for everyday use.

They are exacting what I needed. Lightweight but strong and won’t rot like the wooden ones I’ve used in the past.

These aluminum oars are fantastic, light, and feel durable. Im super happy with them. Also, they showed up to my door before the expected dates. I would highly recommend these over wooden ones, they do come apart for easy storage. Price wise cost me 20-30$ more because they were shipped from the states, but im happy I ordered from Oceansouth brand.

So far these work well they are the right weight and length for our 14 ft boat

Seem to be excellent quality. The only reason I did not give five stars was that one of the spring clips was too weak to snap into place. It took a little doing but I was able to remove it and bend it so that it would snap in correctly. Other than that, very pleased.

Perfect and easy to put together