At last a full sized packraft built for longer days on the water with a low price tag from the high quality MRS company
https://paqualife.co.uk/shop/ols/produc ... H-WTH-TZP1
White is the lightest boat colour but it's very marmite (love or hate it) but the green weighs a fraction heavier if white isn't your thing.
Please note for the in experienced paddler this is not designed for carrying a bike on the front
I like how the seat is more forward to keep the boat more level in the water, when you sit at the back you need a heavier loads up front to level other packrafts.
So, a bag up front and tent gear behind you it's a real winner.
At £670 it's a brilliant one for the on the foot adventurer that's for sure.
A full size ultralight packraft
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JohnClimber
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A full size ultralight packraft
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Cheeky Monkey
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Re: A full size ultralight packraft
White 
Still, eye of the beholder and all that.
210 floor makes me twitchy given most use 420 or 840. Recent experience with the Anfibio has made me nervous and that was 410, I think. IIRC the latest 2k has an uprated floor of 840. The 2k also has a deck, which you know I'm a fan of, which at least keeps the paddler drier in a touring situation and is probably piping the MRS in weight-stakes. You're not wrong about seating position being a "thing". I wonder if suspending the seat in the 2k might help, apparently there's a bit of an anchor effect where your bum pushes down the raft base. Current raft by comparison is a bit easier going (but weighter as built for WW).
Bagsy first refusal on one of the Norserafts when you succumb to gear lust and have to make some funds for a new MRS
Still, eye of the beholder and all that.210 floor makes me twitchy given most use 420 or 840. Recent experience with the Anfibio has made me nervous and that was 410, I think. IIRC the latest 2k has an uprated floor of 840. The 2k also has a deck, which you know I'm a fan of, which at least keeps the paddler drier in a touring situation and is probably piping the MRS in weight-stakes. You're not wrong about seating position being a "thing". I wonder if suspending the seat in the 2k might help, apparently there's a bit of an anchor effect where your bum pushes down the raft base. Current raft by comparison is a bit easier going (but weighter as built for WW).
Bagsy first refusal on one of the Norserafts when you succumb to gear lust and have to make some funds for a new MRS
Re: A full size ultralight packraft
White is lighter
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fatbikephil
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Re: A full size ultralight packraft
It'll look fine once you are on the watter. Plus there is something to be said for having a raft that is fairly visible...
Good value for the weight - I was heading for an MRS raft before John sold me his!
Good value for the weight - I was heading for an MRS raft before John sold me his!
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JohnClimber
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Re: A full size ultralight packraft
Alpacka is the one that every packraft company looks to as the number 1 in qualityfatbikephil wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:13 pm It'll look fine once you are on the watter. Plus there is something to be said for having a raft that is fairly visible...
Good value for the weight - I was heading for an MRS raft before John sold me his!
MRS are number 2 for sure