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After lots of research on fishing catarafts and pontoons, I chose the Outcast Pac 1000. I had been close to getting other water craft, even went the route of building a cataraft, for one reason or another didn't feel quite comfortable pulling the trigger.
Thought hard about a Scadden pontoon, I just didn't feel comfortable with his warranty. Way to many people have had major issues with warranty from Dave Scadden.
Thought about building my own cataraft, but the price was a little more than what I wanted to spend.
Looked at other cataraft builders out there with some really nice looking boats, but again the price was a bit of an issue. In addition to price, some of them were using inferior pontoon tubes, with little to no warranties at a premium price.
Below are the specs for the Outcast Pac 1000. Tubes are good sized with a diameter of 18". Frame comes apart for easy storage. Pontoon tubes come with a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. This is a huge selling point for me, Aire and Outcast are basically the same company and stand 100% behind there products.
So the Outcast Pac 1000 retails for $1499, a bit pricey. Well I made some calls and sent some emails to some dealers. I ended up with retailers wanting my business. It's actually good to know they are willing to go below the retail prices. All I did was ask what is the lowest price they could go on pontoon. The lowest I could get was $1199 + shipping. I pulled the trigger and getting my new pontoon from a California dealer for a final price of $1264 shipped to my front door. Note the California dealer beat the out of state dealer by $1 dollar, plus I would rather give my business to the California dealer since I live here in Socal.
This is what I have to offer to anyone in the market for any type of watercraft. Do your home work and research, and give the retailers a call and ask what is the best price they can do, or email and find out what they can do. It never hurts to ask, it saved me a good chunk of cash. They will likely price match, they did for me and actually beat the out of state price. I am so glad this was possible and dealers were willing to negotiate the price.
Here are the
SPECS:
Length x Width x Height: 10' x 58"
Tube Diameter: 18"
Weight: 62 lbs.
Load Capacity: 500 lbs.
Aire Chambers: 2
AIREcell Material: Urethane
Fabric Denier x Material Weight: 1100 pvc / 27 oz.
Seam Construction: Welded
Valve: Summit II
Warranty: 10 Year
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The main reason I made the purchase on the Pac 1000, was for multi day float trips on bigger rivers. Should be able to carry plenty of gear for a couple of days on the river. Similar to this trip on the link
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Hopefully I will post a report of floating and camping on the Colorado River sometime in the near future, or perhaps some other big river. Might even take this out out on the local lakes or bays just to get it wet for now.
Cheers
Benny
After lots of research on fishing catarafts and pontoons, I chose the Outcast Pac 1000. I had been close to getting other water craft, even went the route of building a cataraft, for one reason or another didn't feel quite comfortable pulling the trigger.
Thought hard about a Scadden pontoon, I just didn't feel comfortable with his warranty. Way to many people have had major issues with warranty from Dave Scadden.
Thought about building my own cataraft, but the price was a little more than what I wanted to spend.
Looked at other cataraft builders out there with some really nice looking boats, but again the price was a bit of an issue. In addition to price, some of them were using inferior pontoon tubes, with little to no warranties at a premium price.
Below are the specs for the Outcast Pac 1000. Tubes are good sized with a diameter of 18". Frame comes apart for easy storage. Pontoon tubes come with a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. This is a huge selling point for me, Aire and Outcast are basically the same company and stand 100% behind there products.
So the Outcast Pac 1000 retails for $1499, a bit pricey. Well I made some calls and sent some emails to some dealers. I ended up with retailers wanting my business. It's actually good to know they are willing to go below the retail prices. All I did was ask what is the lowest price they could go on pontoon. The lowest I could get was $1199 + shipping. I pulled the trigger and getting my new pontoon from a California dealer for a final price of $1264 shipped to my front door. Note the California dealer beat the out of state dealer by $1 dollar, plus I would rather give my business to the California dealer since I live here in Socal.
This is what I have to offer to anyone in the market for any type of watercraft. Do your home work and research, and give the retailers a call and ask what is the best price they can do, or email and find out what they can do. It never hurts to ask, it saved me a good chunk of cash. They will likely price match, they did for me and actually beat the out of state price. I am so glad this was possible and dealers were willing to negotiate the price.
Here are the
SPECS:
Length x Width x Height: 10' x 58"
Tube Diameter: 18"
Weight: 62 lbs.
Load Capacity: 500 lbs.
Aire Chambers: 2
AIREcell Material: Urethane
Fabric Denier x Material Weight: 1100 pvc / 27 oz.
Seam Construction: Welded
Valve: Summit II
Warranty: 10 Year
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The main reason I made the purchase on the Pac 1000, was for multi day float trips on bigger rivers. Should be able to carry plenty of gear for a couple of days on the river. Similar to this trip on the link
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Hopefully I will post a report of floating and camping on the Colorado River sometime in the near future, or perhaps some other big river. Might even take this out out on the local lakes or bays just to get it wet for now.
Cheers
Benny
