Lidl Kyak

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#1 Post by **Chris Mc** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:03 pm

Anyone see Lidl are selling Kyaks from Thursday.
I was wondering if anyone knew are they any good. They seem to be really good value.

http://www.lidl.ie/IE/home.nsf/pages/c. ... OnTopKayak

#2 Post by **JOHN1** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:33 pm

them things are BLOW up :shock:
you wouldn't see me getting on one :wink:

i don't see how they are even allowed to sell them as kayaks.

i can see some tragedy waiting to happen.

#3 Post by **Eoin** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:32 pm

you'd be mad not to get one
what could go wrong

#4 Post by **Chris Mc** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:02 pm

I was thinking it was a bit too cheap for use in the sea but could be handy for a bit of fly fishing on some smaller lakes.

#5 Post by **TubeNFish** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:18 pm

Chris Mc wrote:I was thinking it was a bit too cheap for use in the sea but could be handy for a bit of fly fishing on some smaller lakes.

For sea fishing I would want a dinghy, but a kayak is an interesting alternative inshore for the experienced.

On the other hand if you're thinking of going afloat in freshwater you would probably be much better off in a float tube.
Something like one of these:[url=http://www.greenhobbymodel.com/floattubeireland/index.html]Float Tubes in Irish Loughs[/url]

#6 Post by **Chris Mc** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:45 pm

I may have to get one of them float tube thingys,

I used do a bit of Lifeguarding on the beaches in my misspent youth and we had access to open top Kyaks but the only fishing we ever did from them was hand lining for a few mackeral. They were really stable and and almost impossible to capsize. They were a lot more expensive then the one advertised in Lidl but I often thought the would have been great for Bass and Pollock hunting.

#7 Post by **Chris Mc** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:46 am

Any one who was interested I had a look at those kyaks not up to much. Am viewing a second hand sea going kyak next weekend very reasonable price.

#8 Post by **baldy** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:59 am

Whilst out Tope fishing on Lough Swilly , I spotted 2 guys fishing from
Kyaks . There was a rod up at each side of the Kwak.
I don't know what would have happened if they hooked into a fish , they
would probably be towed around at speed ! :lol:

#9 Post by **Chris Mc** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:29 pm

~Hi baldy

Those two had just noticed the mad price of petrol and were trying to find alternative sources of propulsion

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