Today’s best deal is on an Advanced Elements AdvancedFrame Inflatable Kayak. This is a great kayak and a great deal. It is a hybrid kayak, giving you the best of both worlds. You get the excellent tracking of a hard shelled kayak along with the easy storage and portability of an inflatable kayak.

You can get over %50 off this kayak today at Amazon.com. The reviews at Amazon show there are a lot of people in love with this kayak. Here’s just one review:

This boat met all my expectation and then some. I used to do some white-water kayaking but these days mostly want to paddle around on lakes and such. I just got this kayak about 10 days ago. Did a quick float on a lake and then took it on a week-long river trip. On the lake trial run, I realized a couple useful things. First and foremost, I really like the kayak! You should know that the 12V electric pump, will not be able to fully inflate the kayak. It says that in the Kayak manual, but I didn’t know that when I ordered it and didn’t have anything else to use on this first attempt. I also didn’t have the backbone in on this first float. Still even though it was somewhat under-inflated, it performed pretty well on the lake. I didn’t like sitting down that low, and my butt sank even further down than normal due to the under-inflation. Also made the paddle angle kind of weird – every stroke kind of like a sweep. It tracked well on the lake and was still fun.

So for the week-long raft trip, I had a hand pump, the backbone installed, and a 3″ canoe cushion to sit on. The kayak was well inflated and I was sitting up higher, which is more comfortable for my back. It was a blast! We were on a pretty flat stretch of the Colorado River, but there were still a few class 2 rapids to play in. As one might expect trying to surf waves in a kayak with a keel is pretty challenging, but still fun to try. It did great just running the class 2 rapids. The only problem was that I didn’t have a spray skirt in and took on a lot of water over the bow in the waves. It still performs great even with a fair amount of water in it. It is very stable. Emptying it is a little tricky, but the standard kayak rocking on the shore will work pretty well. I am definitely going to get a spray skirt for it. BTW, the canoe on our trip took in even more water on the same level of rapids and didn’t handle well at all until we could get it pulled over to the shore and bailed. No big surprise there, but definite points for this kayak.

The other cool thing about it that even though it performs well as a kayak, it is so stable, that I could slip out of it on the river and lay down on the top like a lounger or hang my feet over one side and relax. Also, I could put one of the kids on the trip sitting on the cargo area in front of me and paddle them around. I love this boat!

With all the internal pieces parts, it is a little hard to get all the the river sand and debris cleaned out of. I totally took it apart after the trip. For my more typical lake kayaking, this won’t be as big a problem.

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