Looking to replace a previous tube that I purchased on a whim and failed to fully research. After a failure in the middle of Lake Mead, I will not do that again. I am wanting to see what some of you think. I am looking at the Outcast Fish Cat 4 and the Outcast Super Fat Cats as possibilities. I am 6’4" and 250 lbs (and shrinking) so I want something reliable. Anyone have good things or bad things to say about those two? Other suggestions for someone my size? Thanks to all.
The Fish Cat will float you, but you will be so much happier with a Fat Cat…or Super Fat Cat. More floatation, bigger pockets, etc. Plus the valves are better.
In a choice between foam seats and inflated seats, the inflated have more leeway for adjustability…for comfot. They also fold up into a smaller space for storage or transport. But, the foam seats work fine and don’t get leaks. However, they do sag over time and need some added support…or a supplemental seat like I use.
I am an inch shorter but twenty pounds heavier than you. Never a question of floatability in the Fat Cat. But, when I tried a Fish Cat I didn’t have much freeboard left and the front end was so much shorter I felt like I was going to tip forward or slide out.
From everything I have read, it seems others echo your concerns of the Fish Cat. I believe I am leaning towards the SFC.
What tube did you have that failed? I am looking for an economical tube that I can keep at my home away from home when I am on the road working (which is weekly).
However, they do sag over time
What doesn’t? [;)]
I still have a H3 DIRT CHEAP! 
However, they do sag over time
What doesn’t? [;)]
**Hey, let’s not get personal…or clinical. **
I resemble that remark.
Time plus gravity equals sag.
I had the water skeeter day tripper. Bought it at Bass Pro in Las Vegas without a whole lot of research. Needed something that would hold someone my size and they suggested that. Only a handful of times being used and it failed miserably.
