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I have owned two of the Liquid Logic Coupe's for about 5 years, and I love them. I like the length 10 ft., means that it is easy to store and transport. I like the weight, at 50 pounds, it is easy to lift on and off of your car. I like the built in wheel for single person transport to the put-in and take-out. I like the retractable skeg, which allows tracking on class one and flat water, raise the skeg for class two and three paddles. I like the seat which is the most comfortable seat I have ever sit on, think going down the river on your patio lounge chair. I like the performance of the hull that makes playing on the rapids and surfing an ease. And you can turn this kayak on a dime to avoid a strainer, or that clumsy first time paddler in your line. Now the cons. The hull oil cans easily, but that doesn't seem to harm the performance. It leaks water around the retractable skeg, but not too bad. Water collects in the seating area, which is uncomfortable in cold weather, but I expect Liquid Logic did not expect the average paddler would paddle this kayak in cold weather. I wish it had a better bottle holder. In summary, I love my Liquid Logic Coupe because there is really nothing else that competes with it, it is in a class by itself, as a sit-on-top crossover.

I own two Coupe sit-on-top kayaks which I have paddled flat through class three water. They are very stable and have the most comfortable seat I know, so long hours on the river or lake or no problem. The coupe performs best on class one and two rivers. It has a drop down skeg which makes it track well on flat water river sections, but it handles like a whitewater boat on faster rivers. It surfs very well, and you can buy knee braces which helps when you take it on a class III river. Although it tracks well on flat water, you will struggle to keep up with a group of paddlers with longer sit-in kayaks. If you only want to own one boat, and you plan to paddle different classes of water, I would recommend the Coupe.