Customer Rating:      Summary: High quality inflatable kayak Comment: I purchased 3 Coleman Kayak's this year- 2 at on line auctions, and one through Amazon. First, the product is fantastic. I recommend buying the coleman inflator, because with that you can inflate one of these in less than 5 minutes, and you can deflate them just as quickly. The kayaks hold air very well, and are extremely easy to use. They appear to be very high quality for such an inexpensive item. We use them to float on streams and small rivers, and have never had a problem. They are easy to control and lots of fun. And, we get tons of comments every time we take them out!!
In the future, I'll check Amazon before the on line auction place. I ended up paying less through Amazon.
Customer Rating:      Summary: good value for the price Comment: My 10 year old son loved this boat when we got it. But even he says it's hard to get it to track straight. I highly recommend a full cooler in the front of the boat - otherwise, the front fin has no tracking power.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Coleman user for life!!! Comment: I am extremely impressed with my inflatable kayak and The Coleman CO. I used my kayak for a few weeks then during an outing a seal tore. I contacted Coleman and they replaced my kayak very quickly and with no charge. I love this product and Coleman. The first time I had kayaked was in this inflatable and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I would recommend this product and any other Coleman product to anyone anywhere. I look forward to being on the water constantly.
Customer Rating:      Summary: It's 'cute'... Comment: This kayak is my second inflatable and third kayak overall. I am not impressed. My first kayak was a hard kayak, which I carried aboard my sailboat and used all over the bahamas. I could go further distances, faster, in bigger winds and seas than I could when rowing the dinghy. The second kayak was a higher end ($500) inflatable. Not as good as the hard shell but more stowable. This coleman, well, it does fit into my small car when deflated, which is about all I can say for it. And the seat is comfortable. I'm an excellent rower/paddler and still found it difficult to make way against 10 knots of wind and a half knot current. Maybe a longer paddle with larger blades would help? Definitely to be used in flat water/calm winds/no current. It would be good for running down a slow stream with someone to pick you up at the end of it.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Sit on top Kayak Comment: The Coleman Kayak's are more fun than anything else we have used in the water for 20 years. We did discover that if you didn't head into the wave with the point of the kayak and accidentely got dumped, they were very easy to get back on to, even in the ocean. We used them on two different vacations in the ocean with 2 different families and found they were very light weight and easy to carry after being inflated. We also bought a Coleman Quick Pump and the kayak completely inflated in 3 minutes, then at the end of the day, we used the same pump and deflated them so that we could put them in the condo. We had 9 grandchildren (all teenagers) with us and they had a blast. Our order came in 2 days and we were really pleased.
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