Stumbled across this recently. It's been around for a few years based on YT videos, so perhaps not news to you all.
The Uncharted Watercraft Outbound GT is a very unique $1400 folding SOT "kayak". Kayak might be a generous term, but you use a kayak paddle, so I guess that's legit. The design is sort of an egg shape with wheels that unfolds into two "pods" connected by a couple of rails where the seat mounts? It's a lot easier to just show a photo than to describe it.
At 70lbs, it's the same weight as many regular SOT fishing kayaks and is 45lbs heavier than something like a Tucktec folding kayak. I find the Outbound GT very very odd and, to be honest, a little uncomfortable looking with no backrest on that seat. One maybe neat thing is that you can sit with your feet in the water and adjust position a little by kicking around like you would with a float tube. But unless you could rig up some mini flippers or something, I'm suspicious of how well that would work. Their website shows a youth of some age standing on the front pod and casting while a lady paddles from the seat, but that seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
Perhaps there's something I'm missing here. It is clever and unique, I'll give it that, and the wheels are probably handy. Plus, it's made in the USA, which is always worth a shoutout these days.
I just have trouble believing that it would be very practical or comfortable. If storage and transportation size is a problem, a Tucktec is much lighter, significantly cheaper, and will fit in any car that the Outbound GT will. A Wilderness Systems iATAK drop-stitch inflatable kayak is lighter, cheaper and folds up smaller. Hell, a cheap paddleboard with a backrest seat is MUCH cheaper and lighter.
I do love the guy in the sit-in kayak with the infomercial style "how am I ever going to get this water out of my kayak" overacting in this promo video. Maybe he needs a Sham WOW.
The Uncharted Watercraft Outbound GT is a very unique $1400 folding SOT "kayak". Kayak might be a generous term, but you use a kayak paddle, so I guess that's legit. The design is sort of an egg shape with wheels that unfolds into two "pods" connected by a couple of rails where the seat mounts? It's a lot easier to just show a photo than to describe it.
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At 70lbs, it's the same weight as many regular SOT fishing kayaks and is 45lbs heavier than something like a Tucktec folding kayak. I find the Outbound GT very very odd and, to be honest, a little uncomfortable looking with no backrest on that seat. One maybe neat thing is that you can sit with your feet in the water and adjust position a little by kicking around like you would with a float tube. But unless you could rig up some mini flippers or something, I'm suspicious of how well that would work. Their website shows a youth of some age standing on the front pod and casting while a lady paddles from the seat, but that seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
Perhaps there's something I'm missing here. It is clever and unique, I'll give it that, and the wheels are probably handy. Plus, it's made in the USA, which is always worth a shoutout these days.
I just have trouble believing that it would be very practical or comfortable. If storage and transportation size is a problem, a Tucktec is much lighter, significantly cheaper, and will fit in any car that the Outbound GT will. A Wilderness Systems iATAK drop-stitch inflatable kayak is lighter, cheaper and folds up smaller. Hell, a cheap paddleboard with a backrest seat is MUCH cheaper and lighter.
I do love the guy in the sit-in kayak with the infomercial style "how am I ever going to get this water out of my kayak" overacting in this promo video. Maybe he needs a Sham WOW.
