Oru Kayak Review
Oru Kayak Review: The Beach LT Folding Kayak
A full review of the Oru Kayak Beach LT, and why it’s ideal for solo paddlers with limited space for storing
A simple found out
A floating origami creation
An efficient and responsive cruiser
Precious down-time
Child-like joy from a folding kayak!
Oru Kayak Beach LT: The Stats
Features of the Oru Kayak Beach LT
Oru Kayak Review: the decision
It’s 4.30 on a Tuesday afternoon and therefore the sun is blinding me through my office window. i would like out of here. i would like to be within the sun and that i want to get on the water. But my friends are still working and there’s no surf to be had. Plus, it’s far too windy at my local beach to completely enjoy the heat of the afternoon rays. A solo water mission to the south coast is so as .
A simple found out
I throw the Oru Kayak into the boot of my tiny car, chuck during a paddle and buoyancy aid, and drive half-hour to the closest sheltered bay. There’s no waterside parking available. But regardless of , the Oru only weighs 26lbs (11.8kg). Plus, it’s folded up in such a neat little package that even my weeny arms can easily carry it to the beach and across the sand to the water’s edge, and that’s without a carry strap or backpack.Woman walking on beach with bags
The conditions are perfect: calm water, a light-weight breeze and warm sunshine. an excessive amount of chop or wind and therefore the lightweight nature of the Beach Light may be a little vulnerable within the water. But today, at this beach, this cool little origami boat will cruise.
I dump my stuff on the sand and in under 5 minutes I’m paddling off to explore deep into the estuary. Yep, after only two practise set ups reception , I can transform the Oru from a folded suitcase into a sleek and streamlined paddling machine in 4 minutes and 42 seconds.
A floating origami creation
There are people sitting on the beach watching me, or rather watching the box because it unfolds into a vessel that floats. An origami creation that effortlessly glides through the water. A kayak! As I zoom across the bay with only a couple of strokes, I’m as awe-struck by this thing as they're . But i buy to take a seat in it and luxuriate in how smoothly it displaces the water. i buy to feel as on the brink of the ocean together possibly could without actually being in it. i buy to paddle it, and it’s sheer joy!
Oru Kayak on water
Today my exploration takes me across the edge from sea to river. It’s high water so I manage to urge much further upstream than the shallow trickle of the river would normally allow. Still, the water shallows and that i can feel the river grasses brush rock bottom of the boat. But the flat-bottomed design means the boat only sits a few of inches below the surface, so it’s only the necessity to submerge my paddle that stops me venturing further upstream.
An efficient and responsive cruiser
I turn the Oru around with the responsive efficiency that I’d expect from a sea kayak, and paddle with the slow current of the outgoing tide. I cruise for a touch while, passing a little paddle boarders who discuss how cool the Oru is. They’d seen me set it abreast of the beach earlier. I paddle on knowing what proportion they secretly wished they were sitting within the comfort of its simple seat with its supportive backrest. Smug? Me?!
As the estuary widens I start to note myself working a touch harder. the present has slowed, but the breeze has also picked up, and it’s a headwind. this is often not what I had planned, having only paddled the Oru in very low wind. I quickly quell my negative thoughts on things , stay up straight, engage my core and dig my paddle deep into the water to maneuver the boat steadily into the wind. because it happens, the Oru isn’t quite as suffering from the wind as I’d first thought. Sure, it’s not blowing a gale or anything. But goodbye as I’m careful to stay the nose straight into the wind the boat stays on track and easily requires a touch more paddle power to push it along, as any boat does. Even when the Oru is sideways onto the wind it holds its own rather better than I expected. and therefore the chop that has been whipped up by the growing breeze is additionally not enough to hinder progress.
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