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Emotion Glide Kayak - Is It Worth Buying

The Emotion Glide Kayak makes an ideal kayak for your family's recreational needs. It delivers a nice mix of stability, as well as comfort. A lightweight design and construction helps provide smooth handling whether on or off the water. Every member of the family can make use of this kayak with its adjustable padded seat and adjustable padded foot braces, which deliver a great all around fit.

It also makes an ideal kayak for beginners, due to the wide hull design and slight "V" shape that provides for good initial stability as well added secondary stability. In addition to making an ideal learners kayak, the "V" shaped hull also helps in tracking and performance for the more experienced paddlers.

A paddle keeper and ledge allow for quick switching from paddling to hands free positions. Also, an over sized cockpit makes it quite simple to enter and exit the kayak. The Glide by Emotion is constructed of specially compounded polyethylene plastic which is easy to repair and also resistant to UV rays for long-term use.

 

Emotion Glide Kayak Features:

• Adjustable padded seat and adjustable foot braces

• Wide hull for maximum stability

• Float bag

• Easy to maneuver and transport

• Oversize cockpit enabling easy entry and exit

• Easy to repair

• Bow and stern carrying handles

• Paddle keeper and ledge

• Specially compounded polyethylene plastic

• Length: 9 feet, 7 inches

• Width: 28 inches

• Weight: 37 pounds

• Weight capacity (depending on the conditions of the water): 225 to 275 pounds

Emotion Glide Kayak Reviews:

One of the first impressions we got from researching about this kayak from Emotion is that many people are very impressed with the quality, stating them to be made to compete with the pricier kayaks. Also, being on the low end of the cost spectrum, they are built very well and are comfortable.

It was stated as being light, speedy, and tracks well. As a matter of fact, one of the reviewers with whitewater experience said it is an outstanding kayak. Originally he thought he would have to have a rudder, but decided it wasn't necessary, saying it tracks like a boat 2-feet longer. However, it does not have the speed of a fiberglass kayak, but is nonetheless quick for polyethylene with a wide cockpit.

Another thing that was mentioned is, since they are very light weight, they are easy to attach to the Roof Rack, and because they are plastic they won't make much noise if you were to hit the paddle against the side of the boat.

It seems to be an excellent value for the money, and great for the solo kayaker as well. It is relatively small but has ample cockpit and plenty of storage room.

This kayak from Emotion is made in the USA and what we are finding is it is getting many great reviews. Due to the fact that they are easy to enter and exit, very stable, have padded seats, along with bungee cords nearly everywhere, we simply have to give this high marks and strongly recommend this kayak.

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