![]() ![]() She won't go out as often as I will, so this boat needs some longevity, but doesn't need to be the best in my fleet. Features may be more important than quality, but I suppose that depends on how wide the quality gap is. In the excitement of holiday sales, I picked up the Pelican Mustang 100X from Dick's for $229. Since we're recreational yaker's planning to camp, the storage on this model was really appealing vs other options, but I'm concerned about quality. My experience with Pelican yaks hasn't been bad, but I've seen some quality complaints about Pelican in general that I wasn't aware of before my purchase. My "back-out" plan is to receive the Mustang 100X shipment, then take it back to my local Dick's and buy a Perception Swifty 95 instead. It's pretty lacking on features vs the Mustang, but I know Perception vs Pelican is a quality no-brainer.īoth boats seem like fantastic deals, but I'm concerned about storage if/when I go camping with the Swifty, as well as the open design (no contained dry spots). So, what would you do? 1) Keep the Mustang 100X. It's $229, and after this season, it will only be used 3-4 times a year. 2) Swap the Mustang for the Perception Swifty, and find some storage solution for camping trips/long day trips. The old town boats look great, I agree! Where I live they are hard to find. Whenever you get to Dick's, look for the 13 foot Conduit and sit in it if they have one. For the money and on sale I don't think you can find a better deal. It is worth it to try sitting in other boats. I was searching for a kayak that my girlfriend was comfortable in for about a year. She didn't want a sit on top, but has wide hips that made smaller cockpits very uncomfortable. Current designs' Kestrel seemed to accommodate her better than my conduit did. But we couldn't find them for sale nearby, only as rentals. Somehow last year we discovered Perception makes a deluxe Swifty 11. ![]() ![]() 5 and she felt very comfortable in it! So I bought the last one in stock at Dick's. ![]()
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