Hobie E-Volve ??? Looking to Buy

[Riskey Water]

Looking to buy the E-Volve , broke my leg back in March,it's healed but get the tingle when peddling my Hobie Adventure .I know you're thinking to paddle more ,but that's not an option with ALL the INJURIES my body has had to suffer through with the stupidity of youth to the age of 46 .Has anyone dropped the Dime on this unit and What do you Think. Whats the true run time ,and Pros and Cons of this Unit .Thanks for your time and opinions ,Riskey

[romspacenut]

I think it would be an awesome addition to your Hobie BUT the biggest con would be the price.

[Jzo]

Seem pricey. Here is the link to other option

http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...-System/Detail

Call them see if you can get it installed for your ride.

[sdcityboy]

have you seen this? called stealth serpent http://stealthserpent.com/

[tagyak]

that is cool. do you have one? i noticed that this is in Australia, is there a retailer here in the US?

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by sdcityboy

have you seen this? called stealth serpent http://stealthserpent.com/

Aye Carumba, that cassette is not going to hold up for long even with that little bit of reinforcement. You can steer with the rudder so the whole control up top is unnessary.

Lithium battery is the big cost factor, if you don't mind a little extra weight go with conventional deep cycle. Bass yaks uses a pulse modulator(?) that extends the battery life

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Riskey Water

Looking to buy the E-Volve , broke my leg back in March,it's healed but get the tingle when peddling my Hobie Adventure .I know you're thinking to paddle more ,but that's not an option with ALL the INJURIES my body has had to suffer through with the stupidity of youth to the age of 46 .Has anyone dropped the Dime on this unit and What do you Think. Whats the true run time ,and Pros and Cons of this Unit .Thanks for your time and opinions ,Riskey

I don't know crap about the E-volve, but being an older myself, I hear a lot of that kind of stuff from my friends. That they are getting too old or that their past injuries keep them from doing things. My take is if you want to live a longer better life you have to put in the time and stay in shape. I'm on facebook now and I have all those old friends from highschool looking me up and saying hello. Most of them look like they are fifty to sixty even a hundred pounds overweight and headed straight for a nursing home. In contrast I wear the same size jeans I wore in highschool, and my last girlfreinds said the only thing that looks my age is my hands...




It's like a skateboard on level ground, if your not kicking yourself forward and putting in the effort, your loosing ground.

If your leg tingles now it's going to be a whole lot worse down the road if you quit using it. I'd say at least 60% of how we age is about mentality, how we see ourselves makes us what we are. If you think you are too old to to do the things you love you certainly will be. Basically my take is you got to push back and keep going through the pain, because once you stop you are done.

I'll admit it: I'm now fifty, but it beats the alternative and I still have a lot of years left to have fun. Keep peddling or paddling if you can, part of the beauty of this sport is it's good for you, even if it does make you sore at the end of the day.


Jim

[Iceman]

Just the fallen getting deeper into the dark

i did this Bassyaks set up last year

[Riskey Water]

Sorry Jim but I'm not one of those guys that put on the extra 100 lbs. I am a career swimmer who gets up at 4:45 am and swims 5,000 yds in an olympic size pool 5 Days a week with a resting heart rate of 32 bpm and a bp of 117 over 68 , My doctor told me to lighten up on the cycling and peddling .Had to hang up the Triathalon workouts but still surfing . I'm just trying to extend the warranty on this body . The E-Volve alternatives look nice but looking for feedback on the E-Volve itself

[Riskey Water]

Hey Iceman , thats a clean set-up you got there ,did you install it yourself ?

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Riskey Water

Sorry Jim but I'm not one of those guys that put on the extra 100 lbs. I am a career swimmer who gets up at 4:45 am and swims 5,000 yds in an olympic size pool 5 Days a week with a resting heart rate of 32 bpm and a bp of 117 over 68 , My doctor told me to lighten up on the cycling and peddling .Had to hang up the Triathalon workouts but still surfing . I'm just trying to extend the warranty on this body . The E-Volve alternatives look nice but looking for feedback on the E-Volve itself

It's cool... I give that same advice to all my friends. Sorry if it seemed heavy handed. It's a battle everyone goes through it. I've had to change my diet quite a bit over the last decade, and give up running do to knee issues but kayaking is one way I still keep in shape. My big issue is I get joint pain in my left shoulder from working a rod. Not so much with big fish, but more like little things like jigging Iron.

Good luck, Jim

[Iceman]

Hey Iceman , thats a clean set-up you got there ,did you install it yourself ?

This was a customer's yak. He purchased the Bassyak's motor set up and asked me to install it.

http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...-System/Detail

http://www.bassyaks.com/about17.html