Sevylor QuickPak K5 24 Gauge PVC Polyester 1 Person Inflatable Kayak w/Hand Pump, Paddle, Double Lock Valves and Easy To Carry Backpack System, Gray

Just got back from kayaking the Rio Grande through the Santa Elena Canyon in a pair of these. AND I FRIGGING LOVED IT. Here's why: 1. These kayaks assemble and inflate very quickly - less than 5 minutes. 2. Perfect size - I'm 6' 2", 185lbs, and I had some room to spare. Plus they aren't that heavy and much easier to travel with than a hard body. 3. Easy to pack - each kayak carried a tent, an extra paddle, the pump, a day bag w/ food, 3L water bladder, a filled dry sack hooked to float behind, an extra Class I PFD, river shoes, and a few beers ;) 4. Highly responsive manuevering - I was able to paddle quickly through rough rapids, turn on a dime, paddle backwards, and slide right into a muddy bank landing. 5. A trick I learned when I got sucked in between 2 boulders less than 3ft apart - if you lean back hard on the back rest and push your feet down on the foot rest, you will pick up off your butt, stretch the kayak length ways, and slide through tight spots or over shallow waters. 6. After the expensive paddle I bought to replace the included paddle, which is universally trashed in these reviews, BROKE in the rapid immediately before the biggest rapid, I was forced to use the included paddle. And it worked great! It wasnt as comfortable and did give me a blister or two, but heck - it saved my life when I wrote it off. 7. Easy to dry - remove the bladder from the cover slip and hang both out to dry for a day. I really cant come up with a single con for this product. It has exceeded my expectations and held up to some real abuse. I'll update this review if it ever fails me, but I really doubt it ever will.

Great blow up kayak, sturdy, lightweight....it only takes minutes to inflate...I used it on an inland lake, very stable and comfortable...it doesn't have quite the glide as a regular plastic recreational kayak, but it does move easily through the water

We are absolutely in LOVE with these little kayaks. In fact, we liked them so much we traded in our tandem for two more so we now have four of the Sevylor K5 kayaks and couldn’t be happier. A few tips before you start (wish someone had told us lol) 1: Immediately get new paddles. 3/4 of our paddles broke within minutes of the first trip on the water. It was NOT fun getting back with tiny hand oars. Also, the blisters they gave were REAL! 😩 Don’t even attempt it. I promise. 2. The skeg makes the boat turn in circles. No it’s not your imagination. Someone else said they cut them off with a kitchen knife and that’s my next chore for these also. 3. Make sure you have them blown up enough. This is super important. My oldest daughter didn’t have hers blown up enough and ended up looking like a bad scene from the titanic by the time we got back to dock 😂😂😂 4. Make sure you clean them and dry them before you fold them back up for storage. This was initially very hard. We ended up piling them in the trunk and bringing them back home to do and it was still very cumbersome. Someone else mentioned separating the belly from the bag and that helped tremendously! 5. Huge drawback!!!!! Be careful when lining up the seat with the kayak. The backpack (lime green) turns into your actual seat. So because the Velcro ripped halfway through the trip (this Velcro secures the seat to the kayak) so it caused one strap in two separate boats to snap and break permanently so those seats will no longer snap in with the kayak. This is the biggest upset for us! I’m not sure how they will function without the seats being secured to the kayak at all but I will update after we try again. Major bonuses: they blow up SO fast and easily. They really do fold into a backpack and even my 12 year old can carry his pack through the woods to the dock. The actual kayak had lots of room on board. Leg room for me was mediocre and a bit rough due to bad knees and not much ability to change position. This only bothered those of us with bad knees lol. I gave it a 4 star because we love them so much but to be fair with all of the broken parts and paddles I would give it a solid 3. We still will make do with them but these are major things to be considered.

This is the third inflatable kayak I've owned. It's also the most I paid for one, and the worst of the 3 I've had. To start with the pros: * It's fast to set up * Very comfortable while allowing a variety of seating preferences. * The storage compartment doubles as a cooler * Drain ports are easy to use * Should be able to handle some pretty rough waters well * Backpack feature opens this to more adventurous trips * Rides pretty straight for an inflatable * The hand pump blows up on both the push and pull, which makes a big difference in how quickly you can get it on the water. A lot of that sounds pretty good, but here's what brought the score down: * The cloth exterior gets wet very easily, and stays wet. I tried to spray it with something to make it waterproof, which hardly helps at all. * The paddles are practically useless. * While the backpack feature is nice, it's way too much of a hassle if you fold it back up right after getting out of the water, which to me, defeats the purpose of it being a backpack. * The valves, while not bad, are not as good as the Boston valves that some other inflatables use. * The biggest con is how slow this is. I can't figure out why this is so slow compared to others I've used.

en general es muy buen kayak, se comporta agil y estable, la lona exterior lo proteje bastante, el remo me parece su unico punto devil, no trae tope de agua y el sistema de ensamble no me parece practico, si lo recomiendo y lo compraria de nuevo.

The Quickpak K5 is a great single person inflatable Kayak that can actually be carried long distances and should be a firm 5 Stars. I've had it on lakes and in the sea, in sunshine wind and rain and it handles really well. But... there is no support for this in the UK. I now have a problem with one of the main bladder valves that will need the bladder replacing and I can't seem to get spares anywhere. I've tried the Europe and the UK distributor and tried to make contact with Coleman in the US, but no-one seems able to help. Another problem is the connectors for the 3 piece paddles. They aren't really up to the job and I have had two snap on me. You can find replacements on amazon, but unfortunately these are not as strong as the originals. Better to buy a good two-piece. Amazon (who sells the product itself) also doesn't seem to have a mechanism to help people in my position either, just 6 months after the sale. If you choose to buy one, they are amazing fun and very capable, but don't expect to be able to get any spares, So if you have a catastrophic failure you could be out of action for a long time, or not recover it at all, unless Amazon starts importing the spares.

This is a spectacular purchase. Strong, durable materials, the covering fabric is tough and slick aesthetically as well. It exceeded my expectation for comfort. I'm 6'0/175 and its very comfortable. I don't know why people are crying about the paddle, I find it very durable and super light, which works well for the portability of this product. I can see why people are a bit uneasy though. It comes in one easy box. The hand pump is very effective and its ready to go in a few minutes. My only critique is that there should be an excitment warning: don't sit in it when you first blow it up, cause it bends the bottom fin (which I had to put a weight on for an hour to bend back). But your instinct is to hop right in after you turn the backpack into your seat!

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I liked the idea of an inflatable 1 person Kayak, as I already have a Wolf Armor 2 person kayak. The thought of a backpack conversion appealed to me as well. I looked forward to the integrated back support aided by the internal bladder.It was comfortable to sit against. On my first and only day out,I found my feet were crammed into the front(a narrow tunnel),and I am only 5'10" tall.After 6 hours on the water with a couple of stops,my feet were sore.The floor bladder was not flat,which held sand/mud upon entering the boat, and wasn't as easily cleaned out as a flat floor would have been. The skeg is permanently attached which can be a problem in the shallow water, and it was bent on arrival.Upon stepping back into the kayak 1/2 way through the trip,my foot brushed against the filling valve (which was secured as per directions) on the side,it opened,and I had to deal with a partially filled bladder the rest of my trip(didn't think I had to bring the pump). At the end of the first day of use,I noticed the front right upper stitches on the exterior cover were coming apart, yet I had followed recommended air pressure guidelines upon filling,and am sure I did not make contact with anything which would lead to this issue. I think this kayak is innovative as far as the backpack presentation ,the integrated back support and spray skirt,but it tends to lack the polish and execution my other inflatable kayak gives me.