Test Subject 001 - Diveyak by Sevylor

Those of you who know this Baby Kangaroo will know the limited amount of experience I have with water-based activities. Yeah, have probably done a bit of swimming, kayaking, jet-skiing, white water rafting and that's about it! Diving is one sport which have yet to make it's mark into my water-based activities list.

Nevertheless, somewhere in the beginning of 2008, I had the opportunity to test out the Diveyak ST6699 by Sevylor. For those of you who wonder what exactly is a Diveyak... here goes...

This is my description:

Sit-on top, inflatable kayak made for divers.

Anyway it's really a great piece of diving gear to have. The diveyak is nice and wide and sits very well in the water, great in calm situations. Not too sure about choppy seas though. The day we brought it to test at Pangkor Island, the area we were paddling did experience some rather strong undercurrent. Paddling was rather difficult... but not too sure if it was because we overloaded the 2-seater Diveyak with 4 pax or it was because 3 pax was sitting on the kayak on top of it being heavily loaded with fishing gears there was another dude hanging on to the tail end and snorkelling along.

Anyway... to cut a long review short... here are the final scores:

Performance: Good

Appearance: Good

Quality: Good

Ease of use: Good

Value for money: Ok (Not sure how tough and lasting the materials will be)