Tucktec 8' Jr. Foldable Kayak - 225 lb. Capacity - Made in USA

A very good kayak for traveling and camping needs. We now leave the other Kayak at home and just load this one in the camper. Wife loves it

Compact, lightweight, portable, well-made, and reasonably priced. It's not hard to set up, IF you watch the instructional video. An instruction card would be nice, but the existence of the instructional videos means that it's unnecessary. It floats, and gets me from point A to point B on the water, without sending me for an undesired swim. I can't comment on long term durability, but it's held up well so far. For waterfowl hunting, fishing, and backpacking this is an excellent, and very competitively priced, option - ~2/3 the price of the next cheapest folding Kayak I could find on a cursory search, and comparable even to the cheapest hard shell option at my local sporting goods store.

Turned out to be a great purchase. The only difficulty was unfolding and refolding it for the first time setup. Yes, there are YouTube videos out there to show you how to unfold and refold to set up, but they've changed the design a little in terms of some braces and the seat attachments from what was in the videos I watched. However, once past that first initial setup, it became easier to unfold and fold with each use. You want a helper during that first setup as the plastic doesn't have any creases in it yet and it takes some muscle while somebody else hold things steady.

I love this! Fits inside my trunk, sets up super easy-less than 5 minutes. Used a full season and no leaks, comfortable seat and it’s lightweight.

I took the Kayak out to a nearby lake. The kayak is sturdy, and it floats. Fold out and fold up are easy. Here’s what I hated: 1. The sides of the kayak are sharp, so while paddling I would occasionally scrape myself on the edge of the kayak. It peeled some of my thumb skin off. Maybe duct taping the edges will fix this? Both my hands are a bit sliced up and stinging after an hour on the lake. Not happy. 2. The foot rest is AWFUL. No matter which holes I used, how many times I situated it, how careful I was, as soon as I put a single toe on it, it would fly out of the holes. Completely unusable. I wanted the pro specifically for the foot rest and so I could bring my dog (weight). I still like the kayak, I’m going to modify the foot rest and try to tape up the sharp edges. I’m just surprised that they didn’t address these problems before producing and selling the kayaks. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I haven’t taken it in the water yet… I have the Pro. They sent me the 2025 instead of the 2024, so maybe that’s why it was so easy. I set it up, on my first go, in less than 5 minutes. It wasn’t difficult. I’ll come back and finish my review after I take it out this weekend (