Inflatable Kayak: Trib. Tomcat Tandem vs 2 Spuds
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Looking for opinions here. I think it’s time for myself and my family to add inflatable kayaks to our rafting trips. Now I gotta choose which ones.
Here is where I’ve landed (I’ll go through my reasoning next). Do I get an Aire Tributary Tomcat Tandem or do I get 2 Aire Tributary Spuds?
We mainly do Snake, Salmon, and Colorado rivers. Adults will use these. But so will pre-teens on up. We can clip them to the raft through big stuff (class III+), but I bet the adults will choose to run it all in whatever we buy (when it’s their turn).
We played in a few spuds this Summer on the Salmon. I was very surprised at how the “youth” kayak serviced the adults. No issues as far I’m concerned. And they where really nimble and tracked well. I became an Aire convert on that trip (other people had a Aire rafts....Aire makes a good product I can say from first hand experience now).
I’ve been in NRS outlaws and Mavericks and found that they didn’t track well, I was always wet ie my butt was below water line most of the time), and compared to the Aire, they where a little soft (those Spuds where rock hard). So unless something significant has changed, NRS is out for me.
I don’t want to spend 1/3 as much for a raft and only get a kayak. Therefore the Lynx and outfitter are out.
So 2 Spuds or one tomcat tandem. Thoughts??
Here is where I’ve landed (I’ll go through my reasoning next). Do I get an Aire Tributary Tomcat Tandem or do I get 2 Aire Tributary Spuds?
We mainly do Snake, Salmon, and Colorado rivers. Adults will use these. But so will pre-teens on up. We can clip them to the raft through big stuff (class III+), but I bet the adults will choose to run it all in whatever we buy (when it’s their turn).
We played in a few spuds this Summer on the Salmon. I was very surprised at how the “youth” kayak serviced the adults. No issues as far I’m concerned. And they where really nimble and tracked well. I became an Aire convert on that trip (other people had a Aire rafts....Aire makes a good product I can say from first hand experience now).
I’ve been in NRS outlaws and Mavericks and found that they didn’t track well, I was always wet ie my butt was below water line most of the time), and compared to the Aire, they where a little soft (those Spuds where rock hard). So unless something significant has changed, NRS is out for me.
I don’t want to spend 1/3 as much for a raft and only get a kayak. Therefore the Lynx and outfitter are out.
So 2 Spuds or one tomcat tandem. Thoughts??