08-13-2009, 12:56 AM
The maiden voyage of my ODC 420 will be this weekend. I've had it inflated on a table in the basement while I figured out an intial "rigging" . I have a scotty rod holder, and for the first time, a fish finder.
Pockets are OK in size. I've heard others on this forum complain about the valves being in the pockets. They were that way on my old Talon, so that is not an issue for me. The mesh piece they call a stripping apron is just silly. I'll actually use the stabilizer bar and apron from my old Talon tube on this first outing. It covers my entire lap, and I scavanged part of the securing from the old tube to hold it in place.
The tubes inflated easily with a 2 way manual pump. Much faster than my old tube. The seat is much nicer than the sling on the Talon, and I think I'm going to be a way up out of the water.
I hope your first impression when you take it out of the box was as good as mine was.
Tube and Toon at Aurora reservoir here I come.
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Pockets are OK in size. I've heard others on this forum complain about the valves being in the pockets. They were that way on my old Talon, so that is not an issue for me. The mesh piece they call a stripping apron is just silly. I'll actually use the stabilizer bar and apron from my old Talon tube on this first outing. It covers my entire lap, and I scavanged part of the securing from the old tube to hold it in place.
The tubes inflated easily with a 2 way manual pump. Much faster than my old tube. The seat is much nicer than the sling on the Talon, and I think I'm going to be a way up out of the water.
I hope your first impression when you take it out of the box was as good as mine was.
Tube and Toon at Aurora reservoir here I come.
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