ADVANCED ELEMENTS Advanced Frame Inflatable Kayak with Duffle Bag and Repair Kit

A great kayak. I have bought this to enable me to get out on the water without having to roof-top a hard touring kayak. The performance is good - it tracks well, is easy to manoeuvre and copes well with chop. Given the large open cockpit I personally wouldn't take this out in rough water because I think it would be easily swamped, but for trips of a more sedate nature this is ideal. It only takes minutes to inflate and is light enough for me to carry it single-handed, which means solo trips are now feasible. My first outing on the River Dart in Devon was a real delight.

I have been using my kayak for 3 years now. The kayak has been used on a lake in calm, but also in more windy and challenging conditions. I use the back-bone with the kayak, and would recommend this. Where i kayak the weather can change very quickly from very calm conditions to very windy conditions which creates waves. Without the back-bone the bottom of the kayak moves a lot in these conditions, but with the back-bone the kayak just slices through the waves with ease and there is no movement to the bottom.The kayak is extremely stable and a joy to use, it only takes about 10 minutes to set the kayak up. Recently i bough a rechargeable pump which i use to blow the kayak up, and then get to the correct pressure with the normal pump with gauge, I would also recommend this.There is a bit of leakage of water into the boat were the zip ends (in choppy conditions), but most of this has been solved by stuffing a latex glove in the hole at the end of the zip.I wish i had bought the kayak 10 years ago! Highly recommended.

It is compact and stable but not suitable for sea

I bought my Advanced Elements Sport in 2014 and have been using it ever since without any problems. It's an amazing kayak. It's been paddled by me, our children, our grandchildren and friends. Everyone loves it without exception. It's easy to inflate and deflate, and is safe, stable and tracks well on lakes, rivers and the sea (off the beach only for me). More than that, it looks good as well. People have offered to buy it, but I'm not selling. One tip (if you prefer to keep fairly dry, like me) - put a towel across the seat, because any water in the kayak (from wet feet when getting in, usually) will collect at this lowest point. Worth every penny.

love this kayak, better than i could have dreamed. opened up so many opportunities, it handles well (obviously not as good as hard kayak, but not far off). I had to raise my seating position to get a better paddling action but apart from that I'm very very happy with it. inflates very quick and easy (much easier than a paddle board)

Okay it won't win a race, but it's a propper little workhorse! I took it on the Danube on a small tour and carried it there in a big rucksack (105L), heavy load to carry but doable for the athletically minded, then it carried me plus all camping gear quite happily. Excellent stability, even with the motorboats. Highly recommend to beginners, like myself :D

Great little kayak. Glides great in the water. But mine unfortunately arrived clearly used and dirty and marks and with damage on the bottom stern. Repair could only work temporary cos inbetween hard casing on inside so not could repair from outside. Which came undone after it dried after first test on water. It managed to stay afloat and almost dry for a couple hours though. But will be returning it given the damage and fact it was clearly used already when it came. Seems too fragile. So trying the next one up elite expedition,to see how that fairs. I’ll review once it arrives. Awaiting delivery date. Pending. I can’t wait. I’m hooked on these boats. They glide so well in the water. Super easy to paddle. But cos of damage it only got 3 stars. Otherwise it would have been 5 stars.

Great boat but I went for the bigger one