I am fairly new to Kayaking but was looking for an upgrade to my current flat blade paddle. I have a friend with a sequal and it seemed like a well constructed and made my current paddle seem like I was using a garden spade. After some research and reading the reviews here I purchased a Aqua-Bound Expedition AMT fibre glass two piece paddle. I currently have only about 20 miles of paddling on it but so far I have absolutly no complaints about weight, price, quality or ease of use. Very good indeed.