In this test, effectively spread out across many paddle trips, the question is whether the #ItiwitX500 Strenfit #inflatablekayak from @itiwitbydecathlon6708 can keep up with sea #kayaks, something that is often asked of many inflatables when trying to get a sense of their performance. All paddle trips were done by Patrik Vuorio who runs the Air On The Water channel.

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The Itiwit X500 Strenfit which is used in this video is a V2, second version. Both a wing paddle and two kinds of euro paddles are used, including the Itiwit X500-specific paddle. It should also be noted, as is done in the video as well, that performance highly depends on the experience and capacity of the paddler(s) involved. A strong paddler in a fiberglass kayak using reasonable technique will for example definitely be notably faster than an Itiwit X500 paddler, while the difference might be less notable with some plastic hardshell sea kayaks.

With equally strong paddlers in an Itiwit X500 and a sea kayak, the sea kayak will in most cases have the advantage - the point of this video is to note that the X500 is powerful enough, especially with a performance wing paddle, to be able to join on long paddles with sea kayaks - but the X500 paddler will need to extend more effort. Racing them, it will in most cases lose. It is, after all, an inflatable kayak, wider, shorter, and less optimally shaped - but will in many cases have a stability advantage - and certainly a storage and portability advantage! As such, the Itiwit X500 offers capabilities that even a powerful sea kayak does not, just as sea kayaks offer capabilities that the X500 does not - such as better performance and more or at least easier storage.

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