FourPlay Paddle Float

Great multi-use product. A bit expensive but it's worth it.

Brilliant multi-use piece of kit. Quite expensive

I've had my paddle float for over ten years now, and I take it with me on all paddling trips. I've used it in many ways - as a seat, as a self rescue float (I did a practise rescue just this week at Hick's Lake, BC), to protect the truck, to lie on at the beach. It's very well made - looks good as new still. I love it.

So far, the list for me includes paddle float, chair, sleeping pad, emergency foot brace, insulating layer for improvised cooler and sliding cushion for loading canoes and kayaks on my vehicle roof. This thing is tough in addition to being versatile. I forgot how much I paid for it; that's how long I've had it.

Took a paddle round Saltspring this past weekend and I used fourplay for the first time. ( this may change my life ) having an uneventful trip I had no need of the paddle flotation however when used as a beaching pad suddenly every beach becomes inert to your hull. I am so thoroughly impressed that I am back on the website to purchase a second one . Leapfrogging them will be a game changer allowing a harmless surface of endless length.

There are two ways for a product to earn five stars; either to do one thing superbly, or do a number of useful things and do them all well. The Fourplay float falls in that second category. These days, we just don't hit the water without it. The six panels of closed-cell foam cased in tough nylon fold up tightly and clip into place with side-release buckles. When folded up, it deploys quickly as a paddle float that is "always inflated" - useful for a cold-water paddle-float rescue. The one advantage a more conventional inflatable paddle float has is that it is compact and easy to store until needed. The speed of deploying an always-inflated float more than makes up for the minor hassle of rigging the bulky pad on our kayak deck. The dense padding serves as a comfy seat, even on rocky cobble. The two end panels have nylon stiffener rods, so that they can be lifted up and locked in place with straps to give your seat a low back rest. Fully extended, the pad is great for two or three people to sit on, or as a one-person pad napping pad. If I were still burly enough to do a lot of winter camping, it would take the place of the fragile closed-cell foam pad I used as a sleeping pad, and replaced every couple of years.. It's especially useful as a boat pad. Lots of landings in the Great Lakes are gravel or cobble; the Fourplay has saved our kayaks from a lot of cosmetic damage, and maybe some structural damage, too. .

There are two ways for a product to be excellent; either to do one thing superbly, or do a number of useful things and do them all well. The Fourplay float falls in that second category. It has become an essential part of our sea kayaking gear -- theses days, we never hit the water without it. The six panels of closed-cell foam cased in tough nylon fold up tightly and clip into place with side-release buckles. When folded up, it deploys quickly as a paddle float that is "always inflated" - useful for a cold-water paddle-float rescue. The one advantage a more conventional inflatable paddle float has is that it is compact and easy to store until needed. The speed of deploying an always-inflated float more than makes up for the minor hassle of rigging the bulky pad on our kayak deck. The dense padding serves as a comfy seat, even on rocky cobble. The two end panels have nylon stiffener rods, so that they can be lifted up and locked in place with straps to give your seat a low back rest. Fully extended, the pad is great for two or three people to sit on, or for a one-person pad napping pad. It's especia