05-19-2006, 05:25 PM
You are quite right - the tube and tune both have a time and place. I got my tube after I already had two pontoon boats. for the same reason you realized - the toon is a bear when it comes to portages to remote locations. The tube is just right for that.
I have the FC4 that has the inflatable seat. I am probably lighter than you, but it floats me pretty high in the water.
As far as a air pump goes, I use an electric one that I hook up to my fish finder battery(a small sealed 12 volt that only weighs a couple of pounds) and it only takes a few seconds to fill the bladders. Then I top them off with a hand pump - the electric does not fill them firm enough. I leave the electric pump in the vehicle(or stash it in the bushes) and bring the manual one with me just in case.
If you need or want, I can get you a link to the manufacurer of both pumps(sorry, I'm on slow boat to china version of the internet right this minute) - the manual one was pretty cheap as I recall and the electric was a bit more spendy but still not too bad. It is definately worth it when it comes to airing up my pontoon boat - with it, I can fill all four bladders in just a minute or two.
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I have the FC4 that has the inflatable seat. I am probably lighter than you, but it floats me pretty high in the water.
As far as a air pump goes, I use an electric one that I hook up to my fish finder battery(a small sealed 12 volt that only weighs a couple of pounds) and it only takes a few seconds to fill the bladders. Then I top them off with a hand pump - the electric does not fill them firm enough. I leave the electric pump in the vehicle(or stash it in the bushes) and bring the manual one with me just in case.
If you need or want, I can get you a link to the manufacurer of both pumps(sorry, I'm on slow boat to china version of the internet right this minute) - the manual one was pretty cheap as I recall and the electric was a bit more spendy but still not too bad. It is definately worth it when it comes to airing up my pontoon boat - with it, I can fill all four bladders in just a minute or two.
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