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Haven’t had a lot of time in this yet and later in the summer should have a better review, but first impressions are it is a nice boat for what it is. Was looking at the OT Vapor and this is quite similar but had some features I liked. Mainly the bulkhead and sealed stern dry hatch. The bulkhead is 2” thick closed cell foam and sealed in place on both sides with a clear sealant. The hatch is fairly well built with a nice seal, but the locking latch is light duty. It will work fine but can’t be forced. When the hatch is fully pressed down it turns easy and does the job. I liked the sealed compartment for floatation along with dry storage. The bow floatation is a small white foam block held in with one screw on the bow deck and wedged in. IMO it would add a little but not enough. I took it out and stuffed a 10” $2 kids air bouncy ball in the nose and then a 15” $10 yoga ball that I inflated in place and the two fill the nose really well conforming to the hull and get locked in by conforming to the lower dash with the cup holder. Doing this I feel the bow and stern floatation are roughly the same and the hope is to be able to do a wet reentry and bail out the cock pit and go, or at least make swimming it in swamped a realistic thing. I added a bow painter line with a loop for pulling and a small float and attached it to the bow carry handle and it all stores nicely under the bungee. I took off the anchor and trolley lines as it wont be needed and it has all the look and feel of any other rec kayak.

There is a good area behind the seat and I lashed a 1 gallon protein can to one of the unused trolley mounts and it can stay behind the seat as a dry container for phones and car keys and the like. The seat isn’t the best support as others have mentioned and it might be getting a thin neoprene pad. The hull seems really tough and should take a beating.