Pacific Anglers Seat for Hobie - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Caffeind · 07-10-2012, 07:39 AM

Good to know, been considering a new seat but wasn't sure which would work well on the Outback. Thanks for being the Guinea Pig...I can picture you out there cussing at the sky

haha Hope you can make it work, looks like a great seat.

My Malibu had the COD Apex ( http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...1-Kayak/Detail) which had a second set of straps to hold the bottom in place to keep it from doing that thing yours did. It was a great seat, especially with the COD inflatable pad (no longer available). I'm considering that seat again, or the GTS Elite, and adding a few padeyes to hold the rear straps, and slapping my $40 iComfort on that. Gotta quiz Andy on it tho to see if it'll work.

steveooo · 07-10-2012, 08:25 AM

Not sure if there are the same padeyes on the Outback, but on my Hobie Adventure there were stock 2 padeyes right behind the seat that were perfect to attach to. If there aren't on yours, you might want to consider adding a couple stainless or brass ones where the seat buckles would naturally attach to. Before I had it adusted correctly, I tried attaching the aftermarket seat using the Hobie posts screwed into my new seat, but that didn't work too well.

My personal preference is to have the back straps on the seat as tight as they can possibly go, so there is no way the bottom of the seat can move on you. Once you get the new seat dialed in once, it is a whole night and day difference vs. the old stock seat.

07-10-2012, 07:39 AM	#1
Caffeind Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: OC Posts: 146	Good to know, been considering a new seat but wasn't sure which would work well on the Outback. Thanks for being the Guinea Pig...I can picture you out there cussing at the sky haha Hope you can make it work, looks like a great seat. My Malibu had the COD Apex ( http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...1-Kayak/Detail) which had a second set of straps to hold the bottom in place to keep it from doing that thing yours did. It was a great seat, especially with the COD inflatable pad (no longer available). I'm considering that seat again, or the GTS Elite, and adding a few padeyes to hold the rear straps, and slapping my $40 iComfort on that. Gotta quiz Andy on it tho to see if it'll work.

07-10-2012, 08:25 AM	#2
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,922	Not sure if there are the same padeyes on the Outback, but on my Hobie Adventure there were stock 2 padeyes right behind the seat that were perfect to attach to. If there aren't on yours, you might want to consider adding a couple stainless or brass ones where the seat buckles would naturally attach to. Before I had it adusted correctly, I tried attaching the aftermarket seat using the Hobie posts screwed into my new seat, but that didn't work too well. My personal preference is to have the back straps on the seat as tight as they can possibly go, so there is no way the bottom of the seat can move on you. Once you get the new seat dialed in once, it is a whole night and day difference vs. the old stock seat.