Sea Eagle SE330 Two Person Inflatable Kayak with Seats, Paddles, Bag-Affordable-Lightweight-Portable

Used this for the first time today. I have to say that I love it. It’s well made, easy to use, fast to inflate and put away. Made a couple stupid mistakes the first time out, but I also inflated it at the launch site, put it in and headed up the river.Most of the time I will use it by myself, but did take a friend with me. It had way more room than I anticipated. As long as you shove the back seat as far back as you can, it will gain you a few extra inches. Just slightly punch each side back and forth and it does go back further than just pushing it together with 2 hands. (hard to explain, but made a big difference). The heights of the 2 of us was 5’9” and 5’6”. We were both comfortable.Love the pro seats. Really comfortable. Don’t feel like Kayak seats. Great support and I didn’t even use the blue support straps (because I didn’t look closely at the instructions). The only down side to these seats is that it takes a lot longer to dry, but easy to take inside the condo (I live in a high-rise) to re-inflate and fully let the canvas dry. I still wouldn’t go with the lighter weight deluxe onesThe double inflate valves makes it inflate and deflate really fast. I didn’t need to use the pump. Once you unscrew the lower valve the air comes right out. You just have to really catch the water that is trapped all the way in the bow and particularly the stern. Still easy to dry to put away.I wish it came with bungy cords across the bow to stow things like a life jacket if it’s in a place that’s not mandatory to wear but I can probably come up with something to make it work.Regardless this is a great Kayak in all ways. Can’t wait to see the fall colors change next month.I would suggest that if you are deflating it in a grassy area that you put it on a plastic tarp. It makes it easier so that you don’t have to continually dry off the grass that’s stuck to it because it was wet. Use camping chamois towels to dry it off. They absorb a lot of water and are so much less bulky than a regular towel.

I went from an Intex K2 Explorer (2 person) to the Sea Eagle 330. Reason being my rabbit chewed several holes in the K2 and I fixed all but one which was next to a seam. I would have bought a K2 but the price has gone from $65 several years ago to $180+ so I thought I would upgrade to the Sea Eagle.Like other reviewers have pointed out , this is barely a 2 person Kayak unless both if you are about 5 ft 2 in. It is short and very narrow. I use it solo but feel sad I wouldn’t be able to take anyone in it . The K2 is longer, wider and much roomier.I got the pro seats. When fully inflated you tend to sit quite high which contributes to instability. Best not to inflate seats too much if you want to sit lower. There is no way to atracb the seats but they are held in place by the narrowness of the sides.The paddles are decent. Good length. The K2 paddles always felt too short but the blades are bigger.Two permanently attached skegs. This feature I do NOT like. Harder to roll the deflated Kayak and store. No way to replace if the bend or crap. K2 has a removable skeg and you can buy replacements.It tracks decently, is easy to maneuver but not so with a cross wind. Could be because I haven’t paddled in a while.Inflating wasn’t bad BUT the 3 holes are placed together near the back if the Kayak and are difficult to get to OR keep the pump in place when almost inflated. Makes me think there was no testing of this whatsoever.All in all I am okay with it and will probably like it better as I get use to it. Will update as time goes on .I did really like my K2 Explorer and would recommend this if you are just starting out and want to paddle with another person. My K2 took a beating on rocks and held up well. Just couldn’t hold up against rabbit teeth but was never designed for that.

Kayak was delivered in two days in great condition. Took the maiden voyage last weekend - 12 mile trip (about 5.5 hours). We were kayaking with two hard-sided single kayaks. Results: this boat is easy to inflate, looks great, is a bargain, is very easy to transport (especially compared to hard-side kayaks), and is set up nicely to transport people and gear with ease. The "pro" seats are super comfortable and paddles seem to work fine. NOTE: this is not a boat built for speed - it cannot keep up with a hard-sided kayak - but it isn't hard-sided and many of the conveniences and comfort features are precisely because it is inflatable so they really shouldn't be compared! The other great feature is the price. For under $300 this boat was sturdy enough to slide over rocks and bounce around tree-trunks (big storm the night before we were on the river). It has two skegs (protected by little inflatable sleeves - very complete!) but it doesn't point particularly well. We put the front seat forward (to give leg room to back rower) and front rower dragged right foot in water and solved the problem. The spray guard made a nice little tent for our small dog, who got enough sun after an hour and scooted under cover happily. As front rower, I put both legs over the sides (it was comfortable and gave room for dog). If two long-legged people tried to keep all legs in boat, bent knees would be required. At the end of ride it was fast and easy to deflate boat (good quality valves), fold into trunk and head home. We reinflated, rinsed and air-dried the boat this morning and packed back into travel bag. Easy. After one excursion - we rate this kayak "Excellent"!