Does anyone here have a pedal kayak?

[Airehead ★]

[KrAzY]

nope cause I'm not rich. I just got the cheap paddle ones

[Airehead ★]

I have no idea the cost. Can rent then in Keuka Lake for 20.00 an hour. 

[KrAzY]

18 minutes ago, Airehead said:

I have no idea the cost. Can rent then in Keuka Lake for 20.00 an hour. 

almost all peddle kayaks start off around 1.5k+ Hobie is a great one if you are looking at something you want to also stand on for fishing or just peeing off the side. 
I have an ascend 12T and I love it as a sit on time, comfy chair and it paddles and tracks awesomely. 

[groupw]

I saw one at REI. To me, they defeat one of the reasons I wanted a kayak which is for upper body work. If someone else wants them, that’s fine with me. I just didn’t look at it too closely for the reason above. 

[Further]

A guy at work has one. He bought it for fishing, to be able to keep moving while using his hands on his rod

[Dirtyhip]

We considered them.  In the end we ended up buying a couple of simple kayaks and two SUPs. We really like our SUPs.  

[ChrisL]

47 minutes ago, groupw said:

I saw one at REI. To me, they defeat one of the reasons I wanted a kayak which is for upper body work. If someone else wants them, that’s fine with me. I just didn’t look at it too closely for the reason above. 

I have looked into them mainly as a fishing kayak.  They are popular with fisherman as your hands are free.

[smudge ★]

34 minutes ago, ChrisL said:

I have looked into them mainly as a fishing kayak.  They are popular with fisherman as your hands are free.

According to @Furtherit's so you guys can keep your hands on your rod. Hey, just saying what was reported earlier. 

[jdc2000]

One of our local outdoor club member has one.  He does not have the upper body strength for a paddle kayak, so he got a Hobie.  It was very expensive, but it is also very fast.  He could move in circles around the paddle kayaks and had no problems going upstream or into a headwind, with a lot less effort than we were using to paddle.  I may get one at some point, they are definitely worthwhile,  The only issue is that they do need more water depth than a paddle kayak.

 

[Longjohn ★]

They make one for shallow water that doesn’t use a propeller. The pedals work a pair of flippers. I have never seen one on the lake but have seen several propeller types and they worked good, much better than the paddle boats you can rent.

[Longjohn ★]

16 hours ago, jdc2000 said:

He does not have the upper body strength for a paddle kayak,

That is the reason I have all paddle kayaks, to work my upper body. I thought about a pedal kayak to increase my leg strength for cycling but decided to just ride my bikes more for that. I didn’t want to look like a pro cyclist.