Rambler 9.5

Amazing boat.

I have had this kayak for about 4 years, and have put it through the wringer.

It does not float fast or straight, but it is damn fun. I take it down the creek and river and it has been through class IV rapids. It is stable as all get out. I have had someone over 300 lbs use it and use it confidently with no fear of tipping or filling with water; this is after they timidly rode a 14ft fishing kayak and flipped it several times. I keep the rear and front scupper plugs out and never have to worry about filling with water (cheap hack: use training golf balls!).

It has decent room for storage in the back, you can fit a milk crate and a playmate cooler which is plenty of room for me. It is not very fishing friendly, but I don't do much of that anyways.

It is EXREMELY stable. I mean that. Besides the 300 lb person who rode it, I frequently stand up, jump up and down on, and dance on this boat without it even flinching. I can even stand on the very front of the boat, toes poking over the edge of the bow, and make the whole ass-end stand up without my feet going under and without flipping or sinking. Extremely buoyant boat. It is super fun to ride and make people laugh by acting a fool on. Would recommend it for anyone doing relaxed river/creek floats.

If you really like paddling hard, it can do that too. I won an adventure race with a 7-mile kayak leg in this boat also. It isn't fast but it'll get you there.

Sit on top easy in and out but very poor tracking and slow.

This was my first kayak and for a cheaper kayak it's not awful but the tracking is horrible and the footwell is so small my feet don't fit to get into a comfortable seating position. The seat isn't bad it's not great. Without scupper plugs plan on a wet but if you weigh over 100#. It was a great beginning lower priced option to see how you like padding. I fished a lot out of it pretty stable not stand up stable but much better than a sit in kayak.