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Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 117
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Hobie Kayak Recommendation
I'm looking for a second mirage drive kayak that would be suitable for my wife to use on family trips or for one of my children (age 8 and 10) to use with me when kayak fishing. I'm seeing some great OEX Sunset Beach lightly used kayaks for sale but I'm not sure which Hobie model would be most suitable for my children to fish from. I'm thinking the Hobie Sport or a Revolution 11 would work, but I'm not sure about reach to the pedals while seated for the children. I would prefer a model with a vantage seat. Thanks! Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Tapatalk |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Fullerton
Posts: 1,358
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Get the biggest onetheycan handle. Kids will grow, the kayak won’t
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Palos Verdes
Posts: 1,851
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OEX DEMOS
If you can hang on for a few more weeks Andy will be doing a couple of OTW Demo days at the Sunset Beach shop.
We'll have a bunch of the Hobie models for you to try out... ![]() If you can't make it to one of Andy's Demo days, Hobie will also have some kayaks in the water at the Long Beach Fred Hall Show down at the lagoon to try out...Kevin Nakada and I will be there...then you can go back to OEX and get a killer deal on the model you like...!
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
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Get the 2019 Outback for yourself and the wife or kids can use your 2015 outback. Problem solved, since you didn't mention a budget.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Garden Grove,CA
Posts: 206
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hobie revolution 13
You said your wife and children, I have old outback and revolution 13 , outback for me and revolution is for my daughter (100lb) sometime my wife ,my daughter speed up with me and it's stable enough for fishing Revolution 11 or sport will do the job now but when they grow up , it might little bit small for them Last edited by dorado123; 01-25-2019 at 01:13 PM. |
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Junior
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 27
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Any chance you guys will have the revo 16 to demo? |
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#7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: san diego
Posts: 210
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Take a good luck at the Compass. Little light on the extras but I nice boar that can handle any water your outback does and can be upgraded as needed if your son sticks with it.
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 117
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Thank you all for the feedback and advice. I'll definitely get them both to test out a few models before we decide. The nice thing about Hobie products is that they hold their resale value pretty well making a trade up not too painful if they grow out of the kayak.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A5000 using Tapatalk Last edited by Batmann; 01-28-2019 at 04:25 AM. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: 1-2 miles off the point
Posts: 6,943
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Check with me as we get closer.
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Junior
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 3
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Do they usually offer deals on the hobies during fred hall?
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Junior
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 4
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an interesting question. I too was looking for it
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