Are folding canoes a gimmick?

>>826815
Why not just go with a kayak? They are light and you can strap them to the top of any shitbox.

Folding canoe just sounds sketch

videos very related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtKDxJfZK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmYQcnw_XQ

>>826818
it's gotta be a canoe. it's just gotta be!

....but, what do you recommend for kayaks?

>>826833
It depends what you want to do. Small lakes, big lakes, or oceans, fishing or just cruising, sit in or sit on, etc.

You can get smaller sit-ins (actually comfy for an adult) around $300-$400, but if you want a larger one for more stability in bigger bodies of water, at least $500. For a sit-on fishing kayak with bells and whistles, think $700-$800. If you go above the bare minumum, you get some storage compartments and places to strap stuff down. And they always say budget $100 more for paddles and a PFD.

I guess they say sit-ons give you more freedom of movement so it is nice for fishing and you stay more dry. I'm assuming sit-ins have a lower center of gravity and maybe a little easer to manuever.

If it's just going to be you, kayak sounds like the way to go. I'm sure you will be able to move a little faster and further in a kayak than a canoe with just you paddling. Plus they are light enough that storage and transport is easy.

Get a inflatable stand up paddle board, you can get them for less than 400 lbs and they weight like 30 pounds and fit in a backpack. It takes around 5 minutes to inflate, they are pretty stable once you get used to them. Your feet will get a little wet and they are hard to paddle while its very windy or if there is a current. You can easily fit it in your apartment/car. It's just another option.

Here is the one I got that's 350 dollars on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/PathFinder-Inflatable-Stand-Paddleboard-Thick/dp/B01G7CSLSM/

>>826841
>>826844
thanks for the recommendations. i was just thinking of a small vessel for use on small lakes. just a basic sit-in will likely do. i'm just worried about strapping it on my old Honda civic.

>>826846
Just spring for the ebay roof rack if you are worried about strapping it straight to the roof. I have seen people do worse though. Especially if you don't get a giant one, they don't weigh much.

>>826815
Some folders are pretty good, people have crossed oceans in folding kayaks and commandos used them in ww2, but they're more expensive, relatively fragile on sharp rocks/coral, and probably don't perform as well as a high end rigid (but the good ones are better than a $400 rotomolded SOT). Get one if you need it for portability or storage but not if you don't.

>>826871
are there any cheap folding boats available? transportation is a huge issue for me

shamless self bump?

>>826913
You can strap a canoe upside on your cars roof. If my idiot friend can strap a 10 foot aluminum John boat upside down with its motor ontop of his sunfire.. You can strap a coanoe to ur roof. Just use pool floaties for padding. And rachet straps.

>>826844
Choose one
>Own a paddleboard
>Not be a faggot hipster

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>>826886
cheap is a relative term..
buy a portabote
straps to your roof no problem
takes a motor and planes well.
the material is very durable.
and you can take friends.

>>826886
Maybe if you get a deal on a used or demo boat. Inflatables are cheaper but even the good ones are wider and therefore slower, and have less cargo space

I made my own folder a while back for something like $200, based on this:
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/00/DM2000/articles/folding/eva.html

>>826991
Hipsters by definition only pretend to do things or only do things for an audience, so actually paddling a paddleboard would explicitly exclude you unless you filmed it and posted a documentary on Vimeo.