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I'll be looking to upgrade next year and can't decide between the reload and RTM Rytmo. Both have excellent reviews, would be good to read any warts n all experiences

 

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I'll be looking to upgrade next year and can't decide between the reload and RTM Rytmo. Both have excellent reviews, would be good to read any warts n all experiences

Love the removable pod that you can have a full fish finder set up in - or it can be changed for a live well pod or an extra seat for kids ect

 

Pretty much the same price I think, although I've not been looking too hard. The rail blazer is about £1600 with rudder and one or two other bits.
Prices of anything recreational seem have all been a victim of the "Covid" tax though so I'll be waiting until winter, when hopefully prices will have settled a little. Or might get lucky and pick something up second hand.

 

Pretty much the same price I think, although I've not been looking too hard. The rail blazer is about £1600 with rudder and one or two other bits.
Prices of anything recreational seem have all been a victim of the "Covid" tax though so I'll be waiting until winter, when hopefully prices will have settled a little. Or might get lucky and pick something up second hand.

Yeah good idea about waiting until winter maybe January sales? I wonder if a few of us all got together and bought 3 or 4 of these in one order if we would get a deal?

 

We might have a chance of getting something, rather than just ordering through the website at retail price

I reckon I can negotiate a deal if I give them a call. We might save £100 each or something.

 

I was thinking about a Kayak for inshore fishing earlier in the year, but it would have to be a pedal Yak as my upper half isn't good. I follow a couple of YouTube channels from the USA - One guy is an "Influencer" for Pelican Kayaks, and the other one is connected with Old Town. At the time, the Old Town Predator PDL was around $2600 on their USA website for the 2020 model, and a local dealer had the older 2019 model "on offer" here in the UK for £4200. Whilst I know they have to be shipped USA >UK, I wasn't being ripped off by that amount, so shelved the idea.

 

Sorry, I meant viking reload rail blazer edition. Cornish Kayak Angler does a good review of the Rytmo as it's what he uses.

He now uses Hobies, remember some people get money off their kayaks etc if they are in the press or on social media, much like "online influencers".

 

I'll be steering clear of the hobies I think, you could get a very good kayak + motor and still have change for the price of one of those. Personally I just couldn't justify that sort of outlay. No doubt they're quality kit but they're also heavy from what I've read, as well as breaking me it'd probably break my wee 107 too!

 

42 HUNDRED QUID .... for a bit of plastic! Where Trampster? That's Effing disgusting.

 

Viking kayaks use thin plastic...
Ocean Kayak, Wilderness Systems are a bit better Hobie well... they’re another league!

 

they're also heavy from what I've read,

It depends on which one you go for, my Revo 16 is 38kg (without seat etc) which is doable.
The positive points are ease of control, use of the strongest muscle groups for propulsion, storage and add one.

 

Viking kayaks use thin plastic...
Ocean Kayak, Wilderness Systems are a bit better Hobie well... they’re another league!

Hi,

Where did you get this information from please?

 

Hi,

Where did you get this information from please?

WHAT ARE VIKING KAYAKS MADE OF? All Viking Kayaks are manufactured using the very latest development in virgin linear medium-density polyethylene. This plastic is stronger and stiffer than cheaper material enabling us to make the kayaks noticably lighter.

 

I'm glad the topic of thin plastic has come up, it's made me start to question how easy is it to repair viking kayaks? Can you weld them with HDPE plastic like you can with the others?

 

42 HUNDRED QUID .... for a bit of plastic! Where Trampster? That's Effing disgusting.

Still listed but it says "Product no longer available" so the price has been removed. I'm also guessing they are not importing the 2020 model. It was a quite few months back that I was looking into it.

https://www.cornwall-canoes.co.uk/old-town-predator-pdl.htm

 

Good grief, it makes me glad I use a big lump of chain as a secondary coupling. Lucky escape and outcome for you there. Thank goodness it looked like a quieter section of the motorway system.

 

hmm not sure it was a quieter part it was about 10 miles outside Glasgow (M74) if memory serves right and the police had to shut that entire side of the carriage way so the trailer could be recovered from the central reservation/outside lane where it finished and this was around rush hour.

 

Hi mate

I've gone and ordered a Viking Reload Profish (Railblaza) will let you know what it's like when receive it!

I got one of the new 2020 ones. shipped into the UK in June. Comes with 2 years warranty.

Nicely, just in time for cod season! Have fun bud