AquaBound paddle durability
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Doesn't anyone use a rudder component to their stroke... like maybe at the start or maybe at the end or during an underwater recovery.... a Perk stroke would be useless... and as for stating number of years, that's could be less than a single one for some folks. As for power-n-flex snapping back - that's all fine and dandy; however at the end certainly does your 'catch phase' no good... and when that boof stroke is a must, it's a mighty small consolation to get that flex back once in the air (opps). There's a place to save money, but a paddle is not one... after all... besides the boat - your paddle is your only point of contact with the water...hopefully. A couple hundred dollars for a good paddle is mighty cheap insurance... or hasn't anyone heard of being up the creek without a paddle.
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Paddling boats where there isn't room for a spare stick to bring along apparently both taught us the same lesson.philcanoe wrote:Doesn't anyone use a rudder component to their stroke... like maybe at the start or maybe at the end or during an underwater recovery.... a Perk stroke would be useless... and as for stating number of years, that's could be less than a single one for some folks. As for power-n-flex snapping back - that's all fine and dandy; however at the end certainly does your 'catch phase' no good... and when that boof stroke is a must, it's a mighty small consolation to get that flex back once in the air (opps). There's a place to save money, but a paddle is not one... after all... besides the boat - your paddle is your only point of contact with the water...hopefully. A couple hundred dollars for a good paddle is mighty cheap insurance... or hasn't anyone heard of being up the creek without a paddle.
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I read a quote somewhere from an instructor lamenting how folks would drop boo coo bux on a boat then paddle w/a Carlisle, he equated it to putting cheap tires on a sports car.
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My brand spanking new fiberglass aquabound edge broke the very first time I had it on the water. Went over in a rapid, set up to roll, started by hip-snap and craaacckkk! Shaft broke in two pieces. Didn't hit a rock or anything like that, just the force of rolling caused it to break. Obviously it was a manufacturer defect (you could see bubbles in resin in the inside of the shaft) but I had a really hard time getting it replaced. The paddle shop claimed that the manufacturer didn't want to honor the warranty - although I had heard good thing about AB customer service so I sort of wonder if the shop just didn't want to deal with it. I eventually did get it replaced after much bitchin and moanin. But now it hangs in my garage, except for the rare times my wife wants to paddle our lake canoe.
Definitely soured my feelings to AB paddles - I doubt I'll ever buy one again. That said, a lot of my buddies use the carbon version and seem to have had good luck.
Definitely soured my feelings to AB paddles - I doubt I'll ever buy one again. That said, a lot of my buddies use the carbon version and seem to have had good luck.