Hunter 280 Р

Advantages: Weight size

Disadvantages: Did anything but hands

Comment: When there was no need to replace the boat, I, after searching the Internet, stopped at the boat hunter with the intention to order through the store. But it so happened that fate brought me to Ekaterinburg, where I decided to buy the desired boat. When I came to the store, I didn’t see the boat, but God knows what, the seams are all crooked, glue dabs everywhere, even the seller said why do you need this coffin. Well, in the end I bought a boat of another company, I do not regret anything

Advantages: Durable, well repellent pvc water, quickly swims, dries quickly. A convenient front handle for taking out the boat.

Disadvantages: The backpack is not durable - the fabric and thread are not suitable, single seams, just to be. Screeds "crack", and if desired, tearing is not a problem without special efforts. Given the weight of the boat, 18kg, the backpack must be modified. One spare valve could be put in the kit. The paddle locking system, when assembled, with a plastic spring-loaded insert is unreliable. The instruction does not indicate the maximum allowable air pressure in the balloons. The ends of the slate boards need to be pierced or impregnated additionally and they do not have enough thickness of literally 1-2 mm for full confidence in their strength, although they can withstand more than 100 kg of water each while new ones are. The weight of the boat and the dimensions in the folded form are convenient for transportation mostly in the car, rather than on a two-wheeled vehicle or on the back.

Comment: For three months of use of defects it is not revealed. Tested on the carrying capacity of three people with a total weight of about 300kg, the boat did not sag even below the rubber edge that is on board. Enough space for three adults. Swims fast Quickly washed and dried. A nylon brush is excellent for washing the boat and the surface of the sludge, for example, for sweeping snow from a car. Pump-blow-frog pump for a long time, it is better to use any compressor. A floor of three broad slides is enough to calmly get up and move around the boat on the water.

Comment: And now I became the proud owner of the Hunter 280P boat, and this weekend I spent it as it were a full test drive, and I want to share my opinion and write a review about this model.
And so Hunter 280R what kind of animal is this?
I will start with the quality of the boat, it is very good, I am not a great specialist, but all the seams, the points of the fastenings for oars, etc. done well enough and kept. There is a clear "+".
I will say a few words about the "pump" and "paddle". So, “oars”, somewhere I read that they are very weak and fragile, but I want to assure that I did not notice this, although I took the boat to swim on the lake, and not on the rapids. Now the second item is the “pump”. No, it works, but when you take it in hand, you realize that it is “a couple of times”, the quality of the plastic and corrugated tube leaves much to be desired, and then you have to wake it up separately, but I repeat again “for a couple” and even “three” once it is enough.
Road performance:
As it was stated in the description, the boat is assembled and disassembled really very quickly, you can easily meet the promised 15 minutes. This is of course the "+". The course on the water is really very easy, 5 km on it is very easy to swim without even straining. This is also a “+”.But I want to say this: when you go out into the water, all its vastness disappears somewhere, there were two of us in the boat, I and a friend, I can’t say that we were very spacious, not that closely, but not free, even I don’t have a big growth, I don’t have a girlfriend, I am 173 cm and she is 166 cm. It’s hard enough to row without touching other people's knees. According to the description, the capacity of the boat is 2 + 1, this is not true , in fact it is 1 + 1.
Included in the 280P is the floor, but only one word, it is very small, so you have to buy another one. Two there is enough, no longer needed.
To sum it up, I can say this, the Hunter 280R is worth 100% of its money. The quality is not very bad. And if you want to use it on lakes and quarries, this is what you need. If you want more, then you should think about big sizes. And if you use it together, then you probably also need to think about large sizes. Or think about sliding seats. So if you have doubts about taking or not taking, then you will not regret it, just keep in mind all of the above, and consult the sellers.