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<blockquote data-quote="calling4life" data-source="post: 2289396" data-attributes="member: 48454"><p>Look at the load rating, you don't want to buy a raft with a load rating of 220lbs just to realize that you, with your boots, heavyweight clothes etc... are going to be pushing that.</p><p>Also, bigger tubes for something that will help keep water from splashing in.</p><p></p><p>Also, are you going to be in rapids? If so, you'll want great durability.</p><p></p><p>If not, you may still want great durability because there may be sunken logs or rocks or you may drag in up on gravel beaches etc...</p><p></p><p>Alpacka rafts are where I am looking, I am also looking at their biggest, the forager, 13.4lbs but this thing will hold 1,000lbs... so, a 2nd person, sure, large heavy pack and moose meat, ok, duck and goose decoys stacked high, I suppose.</p><p></p><p>They also have a system where you can store stuff inside the tubes of the raft. </p><p>So, say I was going to duck hunt out of it, I could jam a bunch of duck decoys into the tubes, put my blind bag in there, shut it, inflate the boat.</p><p></p><p>Now I can have less stuff in the boat with me that keeps me from being able to paddle well.</p><p></p><p>They have many models and their rafts have done rapids I would never have thought humans would do, I'm not a white water rafter, but I could never have fathomed the stuff these guys take on, it is truly insane.</p><p></p><p>You can also custom order one of their rafts, so if you don't need insane durability like that, order the forager, or the ranger, or whatever, in the lighter fabric... Their carabou is 5lbs holds 400lbs and still has the ballistic 840d floor, they've got many models with an eye towards lasting. </p><p></p><p>Many other companies, pay attention to durability if it is needed, pay attention to tube size as noted, weight may be a factor, shape can even come into play. </p><p></p><p>Also realize you still need a life jacket to be legal, and a paddle to paddle, or buy the weird paddle gloves, they may fork for you and save a ton of space and weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="calling4life, post: 2289396, member: 48454"] Look at the load rating, you don't want to buy a raft with a load rating of 220lbs just to realize that you, with your boots, heavyweight clothes etc... are going to be pushing that. Also, bigger tubes for something that will help keep water from splashing in. Also, are you going to be in rapids? If so, you'll want great durability. If not, you may still want great durability because there may be sunken logs or rocks or you may drag in up on gravel beaches etc... Alpacka rafts are where I am looking, I am also looking at their biggest, the forager, 13.4lbs but this thing will hold 1,000lbs... so, a 2nd person, sure, large heavy pack and moose meat, ok, duck and goose decoys stacked high, I suppose. They also have a system where you can store stuff inside the tubes of the raft. So, say I was going to duck hunt out of it, I could jam a bunch of duck decoys into the tubes, put my blind bag in there, shut it, inflate the boat. Now I can have less stuff in the boat with me that keeps me from being able to paddle well. They have many models and their rafts have done rapids I would never have thought humans would do, I'm not a white water rafter, but I could never have fathomed the stuff these guys take on, it is truly insane. You can also custom order one of their rafts, so if you don't need insane durability like that, order the forager, or the ranger, or whatever, in the lighter fabric... Their carabou is 5lbs holds 400lbs and still has the ballistic 840d floor, they've got many models with an eye towards lasting. Many other companies, pay attention to durability if it is needed, pay attention to tube size as noted, weight may be a factor, shape can even come into play. Also realize you still need a life jacket to be legal, and a paddle to paddle, or buy the weird paddle gloves, they may fork for you and save a ton of space and weight. [/QUOTE]
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