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lightweight backpacking floattube - cpierce - 10-18-2014
I know that some on here backpack tubes into lakes. So I thought I would post this here too.
I ran across this little float tube company recently. I don't own one of their tubes but they look great for packing into lakes.
[url "http://wildernesslitefloattubes.com/"]http://wildernesslitefloattubes.com/[/url]
A very specialized tube, whose primary design is to be lightweight and packable.
Here is an owner review:
[url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2XDw17GTGQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2XDw17GTGQ[/url]
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Re: [cpierce] lightweight backpacking floattube - flygoddess - 10-19-2014
I will take 2 please! Seriously need to look into those.
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Re: [cpierce] lightweight backpacking floattube - Belasko - 10-19-2014
Would love one but the cost is prohibitive.
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Re: [Belasko] lightweight backpacking floattube - cpierce - 10-19-2014
I know that they are a little spendy, but I don't think they are unreasonably pricy.
I think it is a well designed tube for a special niche market. That means the number sold is going to be less, so their production costs are higher also.
The Outcast Trinity tube, which is also sold as a backpacking tube, is about a hundred dollars more and is 3 lbs heavier.
I am just kicking myself that I didn't know about these before I picked up a Creek Co ODC 420 lightweight (8lbs) when I needed a tube that would pack up smaller than my Fish Cat 4. The ODC is currently priced at $289.
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Re: [cpierce] lightweight backpacking floattube - kentd71 - 10-27-2014
These look nice. Just throw a couple sets of float tube gear on another one of my packgoats to get to the remote lakes.
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Re: [kentd71] lightweight backpacking floattube - cpierce - 10-27-2014
Looked into packgoats quite a bit a few years ago. Amazing pack animals. Enjoy!
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