this is the stand-up paddleboard setup that baron and i got to take him out in the lake i'm going
to go through what we chose why we chose it and whatever accessories we had to get along with
it and then i'll show you how we actually used it the paddle board the 12-volt pump and the dog mat
were all bought at rei not really cheap adds up to almost a thousand dollars the one i chose was the
connelly stand up paddle board the reason i went with this one for one it was a little bit wider
and a little bit thicker so it'd be more stable for having a dog up on the front here
baron's about an 85 pound dog so i wanted it to be as stable as possible this one also has kind of a
flip up seat so instead of getting a full kayak this allows you to use the stand up paddle board
that way but be able to sit and just kind of lounge around in it as well
we went with an inflatable because it'll be easier to pack up in its little to-go bag
and stick in the back of baron's car this will be a lot easier than trying to strap a plastic one to
the roof the gals at rei also said that this one would track a little bit better because it had a
little better fin in the back as opposed to some of the other models most of these do come with
a hand pump but a friend of mine recommended to get one of these 12 volt inflators and deflators
and it makes life a whole lot easier they also recommended to get a dog board pad so i bought
this it'll stick to the front of the pad for the dog to sit on this will do two things not
only will it give him more grip but also protects the actual board i don't think his claws would go
through the material but i'd rather not take any chances okay we'll actually open the box
now and see what we've got it's going to be very careful of course not to cut it into the inside
here's the one or the when here's the ore that comes with it
i have no idea what this is
oh i guess that's a i guess a cord to tie yourself to the board here's the air pump
this looks like a ton of work so i'm kind of glad about the 12 volt one this is the actual
board all folded up i guess in here kind of curious to see what this weighs here's my scale
okay so it's about 30 pounds and that's not including the ore
there's the fin and the instructions
let's start with the easy thing we assume the ore should be fairly simple all right so
honestly there's no instructions sorry there are instructions but there's no actual pictures it's
one area they could have done better is they could have shown kind of a pictorial of how to do this
it looks like this clamp comes out you can slide that in and out and you place it over
in theory that stays still these i don't know why there's two of them there's a short one
and a long one i guess it's how long you want the thing the short option is about five foot
and the longer option is eight foot so you have a five to eight foot range on your paddles
here's the actual board kind of a safety belt or seat belt type buckle here
holds it all together i guess that's how you're supposed to pack it to put it back in the bag
looks like there's one main air inlet and then the seat has one in the back rest and one the
flat part all right so the first challenge i have is there's a specific twist in fitting over there
and this has a threaded fitting this however has a smooth fitting with these plastic pieces but
there's no threaded fitting i'm gonna have to jack with that later i guess for now
i'm gonna have to take this manual pump as much as i hate to and blow it up that way it is actually
kind of nice though it's got a gauge up on top says very clearly to keep it to about uh 15 psi
[ __ ] that it's gonna take forever doing that thanks to amazon i found a connelly pump and
it has the right connector because it's made by connelly so that thing should fit right in place
that's gonna be a hell of a lot easier than running that pump the connelly air pump showed up
and now i have the proper fitting on the end of this to go
into the air socket on the stand-up board and from this point on i won't ever have to use a
manual pump again pretty cool little pump it's got the inflate and the deflate so you just
plug that into whatever you're trying to do and if you're trying to blow it up
you can set the pressure to what you want it has the cigarette lighter adapter and also has
an adapter to go to direct to a battery if you want to i've got this on the inflate
port i've got it plugged into the 12 volt it says here that it wants 15 psi
got it set to 15. plug it into the port there we go and turn it on you can kind of see it starting
to puff up down here so faster than that damn hand pump got my assistant monitoring the air
pressure from that end now just started making more noise you can see the needle coming up
did a nice job too it turned off right around 15 automatically so that's cool put the cap back on
and then i'm not going to do it now since i'm just trying it in the yard here but then you would fill
up the back seat and the seat cushion there the same way shouldn't take near as long for those
back in the house see what this thing weighs and it says it weighs about 27.8 pounds
fully inflated now here's my dog mat you got to figure out how to put that on here
you can see it's got the cords the bungee cords kind of put stuff under it also has these guys
for putting your ore through it or paddle whatever so i'm gonna have to try to figure out how to cut
this around in a way that i can go underneath and cover as much area as i can for bearing i
took a razor and a sharpie kind of marked out the pattern so i've got clearance for those two guys
one for that ore mount and one for this one so now i'm going to clean the surface and then stick this
guy down normally if i degrease something for an adhesive like on a car i would use an acetone but
with this being a plastic i don't want to do something that's going to be corrosive to it
so i'm just going to use a little simple green wipe it off and get it clean for the adhesive
the tricky part is we have to get this stuck down underneath the bungee cord so this is
going to take a little bit of finagling and you've got to hold your tongue right to do it
what i'm going to do is start peeling the top side pulling that release liner
i'm going to try to get it oriented where i want it underneath everything set straight
okay i like where everything's sitting so i'm going to start peeling this back a little bit
that started we know where we want to end up now we just got to roll this
liner back underneath here
make sure it's all laid down well all the edges are sealed they don't roll up on you
wrinkles or anything little air pockets underneath there and there there's your dog mat
i'm gonna let this sit and just kind of let the adhesive cure a little bit and then later on i'll
deflate it with that same pump and then this should just stick to it and i'll be ready to
actually try to take it to the water for the first time there's baron seat now on the bottom side to
put the fin in you take the screw and the square nut off there's your fin see those two pins there
so those go in the middle and slide back and then that thing basically so put that in there a little
square nut goes right there so now you just lay this over wing screw or whatever you want to call
it there there we go make sure it's snug but don't break anything all right there's your fin so in
theory we'll be ready to go in the water now now i have the pump connected to deflates in there
you can already see it starting to shrink down a little bit seems to have all the
air out of it it's not turning off so i don't know if it's supposed to turn off
automatically or not i guess not i'll just shut it off all right first day trying it
i've got the paddle assembled in a short paddle form because i'm going to try it sitting down i
think the longer form would be if you're standing up got my mesh bag got my aqua socks got the
attachment cord the fin barons life jacket my pfd got my pfd around the waist yes i'm
childish but anybody else think it's funny that it says jerk to inflate right there
i let baron swim for a little bit first kind of helps wear him out so he sits still on the board
it's easiest to get him on the board while it's close to the shore so he doesn't have
too far to climb up to it and the handle on the life jacket really helps you okay
you just have to be careful about the fin getting caught on the rocks until you're far enough out
this whole setup worked really great on the lake
baron enjoyed it he laid their content on the front
really can't think of any suggestions i do differently maybe a double-headed
oar just because i ride it more like a kayak that might make it a little easier
other than that everything worked perfectly
i just connected the double drawstring to the straps on the seat
worked really well baron seemed to enjoy it now what the hell is that hole for
it's for what i think it is i feel bad for who designed it if that's your point of reference for
size and when you're done you just roll it all up i start with the other end and leave the fin part
on the bottom so it doesn't i think it makes more of a compact roll and then you've got
your bag laying there put it in and carry it to wherever you're gonna go remember to let it dry
out before you roll it up and put it in the bag or you'll be able to lick it for medicinal purposes
and now it's all in one convenient package with this bag i've got the fin in there i've got the
paddle i've got the mesh bag with the pfd in it and the compressor stays in the back of the car
so it's really easy to just grab this the dog get in the car and go to the lake subscribe to
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