Hey! This is Emily at Oz Inflatable Kayaks and this is our Dog Lovers
Package. Over the years we've just had so many customers that love paddling with
their dogs (or their dogs love paddling with them) and they're often sort of, you
know, wary, you know, can you take a dog on an inflatable kayak? and I sort of
said well not only can you do it it's awesome and here's why. So I put together
this package to kind of help people understand what is the the best product
they can get if they want to take their dog or dogs paddling with them, so and
people are loving it! This is John and that's Ellie, their springer spaniel
there on the mighty Brisbane River - people just love taking their dogs
paddling and their dogs love going too so it's great. The basis of this
package is a kayak called the AdvancedFrame Convertible Elite and there's a
few reasons that this package, this kayak is really ideal for taking your dog and
the first reason is it's really stable. So you can see with this little dog here
sitting on top of the deck, okay, this is obviously not a wobbly kayak or else he
would have been overboard and this is open ocean you can see the chop, you know,
here they're not on a glass-like lake or anything here but that little doggie
would have been overboard in half a second had this not been an incredibly
stable kayak. So that makes it great not just for the dogs to feel, you know,
comfortable but also for you to be able to relax knowing that your dog can
move and you don't have to keep adjusting or keep sort of balancing or
stabilizing to offset their movements. The second reason it's amazing is it's
got this massive capacity - it's a huge kayak right so it's got both plenty of
space in terms of legroom and you know deck space and inside room but also a
huge weight capacity so you could honestly fit two large adults and you
know a large dog or a couple of dogs it really would fit almost anyone in it.
You can see here you've actually got a front adult that's the foot of a rear
adult and two very large dogs and there is space, you know, to do that as well as
the weight capacity. You can see here, what you've got is the dog taking the
place of the foot rest, so the rear paddler has a
footrest that's optional you just take it out if you want and that's a huge
that's a German Shepherd by the looks of it, you know, so plenty of space it's
also extremely durable and this is the thing people are often a bit concerned
about you know can I take my dog or is it going to puncture the kayak?
Basically the short answer is no, you're going to be fine. In terms of the
inner tube - so the main buoyancy if we go back the main buoyancy in the kayak
comes from a big inner tube that goes all the way around, okay, and that inner tube
is has the tube itself then it has a cover on the tube and then there's a
shell over the tube cover so you have several layers of material that's
protecting the tube and the outside layer is this very, very thick triple
layer PVC Tarpaulin, okay, so this is really high quality stuff you've also
got two main air chambers so that, you know, if something was to happen to one
the other one would still function and then what you've got is a drop stitch
floor so the drop stitch floor is - it's basically a floor chamber that's got
stitches top to bottom all the way down the kayak and what this means is you can
inflate this to quite a high pressure and it will maintain its shape. Now that
gives you excellent performance in the water because it gives you these corners
in your hull (they're called chines) and also just
makes the kayak more rigid but for the dogs, it's fantastic for two reasons. First of
all it's something firm for them to step into and step out of, if that makes
sense. It's not as soft as the original floor but secondly, it's extremely
durable. So in order to withstand the high pressure the material on the drop
stitch is very thick, very durable PVC Tarpaulin. So the whole kayak is basically
designed to withstand your dog. Now the other nice thing about this kayak is it's
what's called convertible. It's called the AdvancedFrame Convertible Elite Kayak
because it converts from tandem to solo and this, as you can see this paddler in
the solo position, there's a central seating position. So why is this
important when you take dogs? Well it might be you and a couple of dogs or you
and one dog and now the dogs, like, they love to go paddling but they
don't exactly pitch in, right? So if you're going to be the only one paddling
you want to be nice and balanced in the kayak and this one has
this kayak has the versatility to offer you that. You can sit in that
central sitting position and have your dog behind you, in front of you, whatever
suits, or both - one each, you know, one behind, one in front, and away you go.
You can actually - it's designed to paddle very well solo and it does paddle
very well solo, okay? You're not going to be struggling in this one, it tracks
very well, as well - you can see here we've got this fin on the hull that helps it
track straight. But the main reason it tracks pretty straight is that drop-stitch
floor and this - the aluminium rib. So you don't see this rib, you don't
touch them, you don't install them, they're just in the kayak, they sit
inside the shell and the kayak still folds up into a bag. But what this rib does (there's one
in the bow and one in the stern), what these ribs do, is basically keep your bow and stern
IN the water. So that you track straight through the water. It cuts
through the chop at the front and the one at the back acts kind of like a skeg -
draws the water behind so you get really nice tracking, and you know, given that
it's probably, like I said, it's gonna be just you paddling some of the time, it's
really important that the kayak goes fast and goes straight in the water. Now,
packs up into a bag - that's the beauty of this. You can take a traveling, you can
store it in an apartment, you don't need roof racks, you can take it camping - it's great.
The AdvanceFrame Convertible Elite Kayak actually comes with backpack straps
as well, so even more convenient, just for getting around, and it's simple to setup
so if you're trying to supervise your dog or a couple of dogs when you're
setting up you want to basically be able to get out on the water really quickly
and this one it has a few really simple steps. You basically unfold the kayak,
right, then you start pumping up the main chambers. So there's two main chambers -
you basically pump up one (this is a double action hand pump with gauge which
is the best one - gives you really accurate pressure reading and it's
pretty quick to use, very powerful - powerful enough for that drop-stitch
floor) then you do the floor now that's slightly different because that's the
soft floor in the original Convertible. The drop stitch one will take a little
bit longer because it's got a bit more air in it.
That's the optional footrest for the rear paddler.
There's the deck lifts. He's putting in a couple of little plastic inserts just to
separate the front at the bow and the stern. Clipping your seats and away you go. Now,
the seats on the Convertible Elites are new ones - they're very high backed,
contoured ones with inflatable lumbar support so they're actually really,
really supportive and really comfortable. So that's it - it's about 7 or 8 minutes for
the Convertible Elite to get out on the water, like from in the bag to on the
water, seriously, it's really good. Now, what else do we offer with this package?
We offer two of the Touring 4-Part Part paddles. These are a really durable
paddle but they're also quite lightweight and they have nice snug fit
in between the parts which is important. We offer a dry bag set because dogs like
food so let's keep everything sealed, and the Double Action Hand Pump with Gauge,
like I said it's it's good quality - it pumps up quickly, the gauge gives you an
accurate pressure reading and this is Matt "loving the kayak". So you can see here,
he's a bit back heavy - if he's only taking one small dog out, he
needs to be in that central seating position to keep the kayak rigid but
look how stable it is. Look at his dog there, sitting out on the bow. Now, what
if you are going solo? So we do suggest if you're gonna be going solo pretty
well all the time, you want to look at the AdvancedFrame Sport with either
a Dura-floor or a drop-stitch floor. Get in touch if you want to go solo - I can hook you up
with a solo equivalent of the dog lovers package but if you have any other
questions in the meantime about the Dog Lovers Kayak Package, please don't
hesitate to get in touch. This is Emily at Oz Inflatable Kayaks.