485

Reasonably Happy but a Few Issues – I have had my 485 for about 18 months. We switched to an inflatable because I was finding a sea kayak uncomfortable to sit in for long periods and it was more difficult to lift the sea kayaks on top of our camper van. It's a very comfortable boat on rivers and coastal lakes although its a bit difficult to handle if the wind gets up. Plenty of… Read more

room for gear on overnight paddles. A couple of faults I have noticed: The carry bag the boat comes is crap, its quite difficult to get the boat back in, the bottom section of the bag collapses when to push the boat in. If the designers / manufacturer had tried to put the boat back in the bag they would have come up with something better. I have noticed that the PVC fabric is deterioration at the fold points and I suspect thet durability of the craft may not be that great.