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Summary: Good product. However Mis-labeled.
Comment: I like Coleman products. 90% of my camping or outdoor items are Coleman. I had been thinking of buying this boat for a couple years. It's well made, however it is NOT a 4 person boat. 2 adults can fit comfortably, and 1 child at most. The oars are cheap and small, I may end up replacing them. If you're looking for a boat for 2 people or you and a couple kids, this is great! If you want to fit the whole family ... you might want to look elsewhere.
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Summary: So far so good
Comment: Arrived on time and in good condition.
Used it twice and enjoyed it very much. I don't know how this could be a 4 person raft... 2 people fit in it comfortably but I can't see any more people in it unless they are sitting on the outside edge.
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Summary: Just for floating.
Comment: This is a great boat at a great price. (I paid $50 directly from Amazon) I intended to row down a local river for a few hours and drink some brewsky with my lady. But "rowing" is cumbersome in this boat. I am 6'4" (she's 5'8") and there was just enough comfortable space for the two of us, two backpacks, and her two-year old - it was a great afternoon. The inflatable bar in the middle was somewhat annoying but you can use it as a perch if you so desire.
Rowing, with the intent of covering a lot of distance, is not such a great idea in this boat. You have to screw the oars together which means that the range of motion is somewhat compromised with the various parts and how they interact while in the process of rowing. The oars are short as it is, and the boat spins very easily, so it takes quite a bit of correction rowing if you intend to be facing, and moving, in one direction. This will require you to be quite energetic; it is much more annoying than fun.
So we ended up kneeling in the boat, or on the edge, and treating it like a canoe - because we didn't want to go at the speed of the small river we were on. And that's when the fun started - really. We were moving fast! We like canoeing a lot, but this boat fits in the trunk of an Accord with room for the oars (that became paddles!) and all of our stuff, including her munchkin; but my girlfriend wanted her munchkin in the carseat instead.
One more "idea" about the oars: I broke one, without too much exertion, so if you intend to use it like a portable canoe get bigger, sturdier paddles. These are somewhat small for paddling anyway. But they're great if you don't expect much. And paddling will require two people working together, unless you want to spend the day switching sides every other time you stick the paddle in the water.
So if we had two more munchkins, and they were all splashing around within earshot, out on a small lake that doesn't have a lot of larger watercraft, while I was cooking up on the grill, or we just wanted to lazy-float for an afternoon down a river, I would feel like I was getting maximum value - at this price.
You could buy three to four of these, plus some cheap PFDs (get good PFDs if the water is rough - this isn't the time to save cash), and have yourselves a great time with a bunch of like-minded individuals. Like I said this is highly transportable aquatic fun and if you parked a car(s) at the end of a given point on a river and everyone piled into the other car(s) and drove to the beginning point of a river trip you could do it all with very little hassle and not have to strap anything onto your roof.
You'll need to get a pump, too, and the Coleman dual-action pump is an excellent choice - you can use it on your inflatable matress, too.
One more note: we did get a quarter-inch hole on our second use, but nobody else complained about it so I imagine I should have been more careful. We discovered it out on the lake, but because of the multiple chambers we weren't worried about sinking before we got to shore.
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Summary: lasted 2 months! waste of money
Comment: i dont know whether this was just my bad luck, but mine tore in just a month or two. i wanted to get out on the lake and fish, and an anytime inflatable rely sounded great, and easy. so i bought this raft, then 80 bucks, last summer. i probably used it les than ten times. i tried pumping it up once, i herd a leaking sound, but the time i found the leak, the boat blew up and the smal tear became a 3 foot tear. it wasnt my fault of overfilling, cuz the seam didnt tear, it was off the seam, and i didnt pop it, cuz it looked like the material actually just teared, and not punctured. by the way, this stupid boat is too smal for 4 people, and not much room for any other things like tackle. with no warranty, this product is crap, and useles, a waste of my 80 bucks. DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT, AND DONT BUY ANY OTHER JUST BECUZ IT SAYS GUARENTEE, LOOK FOR A WARRENTEE!!
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Summary: Coleman Inflatable Boat
Comment: I received the Coleman Inflatable boat in a very short period of time. The instructions were very clear and understandable. The boat was purchased for a very specific job. I had to replace a filter in a pond behind our home. we use the filter to provide water for irrigating our lawn. The boat provided exactly the transport to carry the filter to the center of the pond and deposit the filter on the bottom of the pond. The task was completed and in the future I will use the boat to keep the alge from collecting around the filter. In the mean time I will use the boat for lounging in the swimming pool.
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