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Gear Talk / Calling all Inflatables!!! Longevity AND to roll or not to

« on: August 11, 2017, 07:57:25 AM »

This is a two part question for all the inflatable owners out there. Start off by calling out what brand and model you own.

1) How long have you owned yours and what condition is it in so far?

AND

2) Do you roll yours up, keep it semi deflated and standing somewhere or completely deflated laying flat?

My curiosity or concern is if the whole rolling up and unrolling process is taking it's toll on yours. The seems etc I'm sure get tired after a while. Who knows, maybe not.

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Gear Talk / Inflatables-Isle, Tower, Elevate OR ?

« on: August 08, 2017, 10:42:12 AM »

Howdy to all!!

Just got approved and been searching and searching and reading and searching.

I'm out in Colorado and have recently decided to get into SUPing and add to an already long list of "ING" things I do here.

I've been looking into and have narrowed my search down to 3 choices.
1) ISLE series
2) Elevate series
3) Tower series

My stats are 6'3", 225, 51. Newbie looking to just paddle around lakes,reservoirs AND potentially get into easy river runs.

I have found the above sup's priced from 800-945.
Lengths from 9'-14' and up to 8" thick.
One reviewer mentioned the 8" one (tower explorer 14'er) being a real pain to get back into because of the thickness of it.
Then of course there's the MONSTER ISLE Megalodon 15' 8" at 1295.00 that can hold 1050lbs!! LOL.

My question is pretty much the same as I'm sure a lot have asked but since I was seeing dates back to 2015 I figured I would begin a new one since I'm sure things have changed since.

What would be a good choice?
Comparing
Quality
Stability
Speed (I know, the mega is a tank so let's not worry about that one )
Agility

Right now I'm taking a serious look at either the
Isle Explorer@ 895 -12'
Isle Sportsman@945- 11' 6"
Elevate all around@799-10'6"
Elevate touring ISUP@849-12'6"
Tower Explorer@799-14'

Suggestions?
Feedback?

Thanks for any advice or suggestions offered.