It has been my personal experience that solid paddlefloats suck! They are big and bulky and difficult to carry, and they have less floatation then the inflatables. I have not done a great deal of paddling in really cold water, but it would seem to me that if that was your inclination you should either have a bomb proof roll or be wearing a drysuit - or both! Either way I believe the paddler will find greater benefit from carrying an inflatable paddlefloat over the hard one. The extra seconds you may save are just not worth the overall aggravation. My 2 cents. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 16 2006 - 15:35:40 PDT
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