Sea EagleInflatable Kayak - SE 370 Pro Package

Very stable, easy to inflate and deflate, takes matter of minutes for both. Carry bag handy but heavy for one person to carry. Used on sea, canal and river without difficulty.

Would highly reccomend this product. We use it on the sea, near to the coast and it is extremely stable but still maneuverable. Very good service from seller. High quality product, huge amounts of fun. Easy and relatively quick to set up and inflate and to pack up at end of trip.

I purchased one of these in the autumn of 2010. Firstly, I found that it was narrower than described and I could not get the seats into it. I managed to get round this by putting some of those floats for learning to swim.Then as a result of a car accident I have not been able to use it much over the last five years.I have now found that one of the seams has split. This is not a result of an accident but clearly poor construction.It is clear that the boasts of Sea Eagle about their boats made decades ago still being used does not apply to the modern equivalent and I wish I had instead bought a Sevylor.

The SE 370 is marginally better than a toy. I have just returned from 3 weeks in the Caribbean and used the kayak 3 times only as it performed so poorly in the sea. It is unstable, uncomfortable and tracks terribly. I previously owned a white water inflatable - ZPro Flash 2 seat, which I used as a snorkelling and diving platform and for surfing in 5ft waves - it was infinitely better, however due to the seams being glued and not welded it did not keep well and so I looked for something of a better build quality. I believed the hype on the Sea Eagle site but I was very disappointed to see that my SE 370 was made in China - notorious for poor workmanship.I should have gone for an SE Fast Track or a 380x (which is almost identical to the ZPro Flash but twice the price). But as I only wanted to paddle out and snorkel from the kayak I thought that the SE 370 should be fine (as I now surf on my iSUP). Sea Eagle claim that the SE 370 can carry up 3 people – it cannot. Two adults and a small child perhaps – but not far as the front paddler cannot operate properly (I know as we took a 5 year old to see the turtles).The seats are reasonable but made in a canvas type material that gets mildew in a tropical climate. I cannot comprehend why the manufacturers used cheap steel for the metal hooks, pocket poppers and paddle clips. In the very limited time I used the kayak all were rusting or corroding after the first or second use. The valves are located in very obscure positions and are not great Lastly the bag is open ended so it useless for transport in a plane hold – I had to buy a large case that had zips (both ZPro and my iSUP both had great travel bags).All in all I would not recommend this as a serious kayak – certainly not to rely on. If you want a bit of day fun splashing about on a lake or river then it might be ok.