Testing the NEW CAJO Outpost 128 PDL… Here’s What I Found — Transcript

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1. 0:00The Kaku Outpost 128 PDL has been
2. 0:02getting a lot of attention lately and I
3. 0:04totally get why. But today we're going
4. 0:05to actually put it to the test on the
5. 0:07water and see if it's as practical as
6. 0:09they say. We're going to test out the
7. 0:10features, the pedal drive, and even do
8. 0:12some fishing out of it. But first, dad
9. 0:13joke of the day. What kind of shoes do
10. 0:15ninjas wear?
11. 0:17Sneakers.
12. 0:29All right, so here's the Kaku Outpost
13. 0:31128. Shout out to Eco Fishing. If you
14. 0:33need to buy a kayak, they'll ship it
15. 0:35directly to your house. Super protected
16. 0:37as well. One really, really cool feature
17. 0:40is this strap right here, which can
18. 0:42function as a paddle park, but also
19. 0:45holds down your rods while you're in
20. 0:47transport. So I got four of my rods
21. 0:49there. They're tucked in under the chair
22. 0:51and then they're strapped right there
23. 0:52with a really strong Velcro, so they're
24. 0:54not going anywhere. I really like that
25. 0:56feature. So let's get it out on the
26. 0:57water and see how this kayak performs.
27. 1:01>> [music]
28. 1:07>> I got a really minimalist setup today.
29. 1:09If you need a place to store your soft
30. 1:10plastics and you don't want to take a
31. 1:11lot of stuff with you, these North Shore
32. 1:13fishing bags are awesome for your
33. 1:15plastics. So I got all my plastics in
34. 1:17there and I just have a couple tackle
35. 1:19boxes with some hard baits and my
36. 1:22terminal tackle.
37. 1:32It's the perfect kayak if you want to
38. 1:34cart it around. It's really not that
39. 1:36heavy and I got it I mean I got it
40. 1:38loaded up with most of what I'm going to
41. 1:39bring.
42. 1:40You know, if you got to maybe put a
43. 1:41motor or battery, you'll have a little
44. 1:43bit more weight, but overall, still
45. 1:46really not that heavy to be
46. 1:48dragging around. Can't forget to set it
47. 1:50down the phone. Last thing you want to
48. 1:51do is
49. 1:52drop my iPhone in the water.
50. 1:55Cuz this baby's been kicking for about 4
51. 1:56years. so going to make it last a little
52. 1:58bit longer if we can.
53. 1:59There we go.
54. 2:01Not going nowhere.
55. 2:13Oh, can't forget to unhook
56. 2:17the rudder.
57. 2:18All right, paddling this bad boy. This
58. 2:21seat is pretty high up. I mean, it's
59. 2:22it's higher up than some of my other
60. 2:24kayaks, my Old Town, either of my Old
61. 2:27Towns. I don't know if it's as high up
62. 2:29as the Hammer. I mean, you you feel like
63. 2:32you're sitting high up right away. But,
64. 2:35even with it sitting high, I mean,
65. 2:37obviously we're not in rough waters.
66. 2:38First impression on stability, seated
67. 2:41down, high up seat is not that it's
68. 2:44unstable or wobbly. I mean, my knees are
69. 2:47almost at a 90° angle, as you can see,
70. 2:49and I mean, there's plenty of space, and
71. 2:51it doesn't feel unstable or tippy with
72. 2:54this high up seating right off the rip.
73. 2:56Now, let's
74. 2:57put the paddle back right here. I do
75. 2:59like the little paddle
76. 3:01compartments that they have
77. 3:03on either side. Now, let's get this
78. 3:06pedal drive situated. Excuse me if my
79. 3:09beard gets in the way.
80. 3:11All right, so to deploy this,
81. 3:14we got to
82. 3:16first of all,
83. 3:17all right, so got to make sure it's all
84. 3:19the way up. All right, so to deploy
85. 3:21this,
86. 3:22you got to pinch these this little these
87. 3:24two little clasps right here, and then
88. 3:26drop it down.
89. 3:28Then when it's down, you twist this
90. 3:30knob, and it's locked in place, okay?
91. 3:33So, that's two steps. Pinch the clasps,
92. 3:36bring it down, twist these knobs, so
93. 3:38three steps. And then you got to
94. 3:41loosen up this lever right here, drop it
95. 3:43down,
96. 3:44loosen it up, I mean, tighten it up
97. 3:46again. So,
98. 3:48five steps
99. 3:50to just drop down the pedal drive.
100. 3:55Oh, I lied. Six steps. So, I forgot the
101. 3:57little indexer right here. All right.
102. 3:59So, just pull, twist.
103. 4:01Now,
104. 4:03you're good to go.
105. 4:05I got to adjust my seat here momentarily
106. 4:08so I get a little bit closer to the
107. 4:09drive. It's not too loud. I mean, I hear
108. 4:12I hear the drive. It's a little bit
109. 4:13louder than the drive on my
110. 4:17on my other kayaks.
111. 4:19But, it's not it's not incredibly loud.
112. 4:21I mean, it's definitely something you
113. 4:22can get used to. The resistance is is
114. 4:25good. It's not very You you don't feel a
115. 4:27lot of resistance. I do I mean, again,
116. 4:29one of the highlights of this pedal
117. 4:30drive is how freaking light it is.
118. 4:32Noticeably lighter than any of my other
119. 4:36pedal drives. We have the steering on
120. 4:38the left-hand side like I showed you
121. 4:40guys during the overview. I have the
122. 4:42steering right here. I really like it uh
123. 4:45that it's on the chair. I don't have to
124. 4:46bend down to access it. It's just right
125. 4:49here close to me within arm's reach, but
126. 4:52also within
127. 4:54whatever seating position I'm in,
128. 4:56whether I'm more reclined or less
129. 4:57reclined or front, back,
130. 5:00up, down, it doesn't matter. It's always
131. 5:02going to be right here. One of the great
132. 5:04things about prop drives, of course, is
133. 5:06the instant reverse. Once you stop, you
134. 5:09just kick it in reverse. It is a little
135. 5:11bit louder in uh in reverse. I'm
136. 5:13noticing that. Seems like it's a little
137. 5:15bit louder
138. 5:16when I'm kicking it in reverse. And it's
139. 5:18also a lot slower in reverse than in
140. 5:21forward. So, maybe the reverse gears are
141. 5:23a little bit smaller. I'm not a
142. 5:25mechanical guy. I'm just
143. 5:27That's what I'm guessing. So, it's
144. 5:28moving moving obviously a little bit
145. 5:30slower in reverse
146. 5:32versus forward. In forward, it's a 10:1
147. 5:35gear ratio. Yeah, you're you're moving
148. 5:36and cruising
149. 5:38in the forward. And then when you kick
150. 5:39it into backwards,
151. 5:41and I'm even going against the wind when
152. 5:42I'm going forward,
153. 5:44it's a lot slower, noticeably
154. 5:48noticeably slower when you kick it into
155. 5:50reverse. So, I mean, is that a deal
156. 5:52breaker? No. How often are you going to
157. 5:54reverse besides to get out of obstacles?
158. 5:57You know, so maybe when you're trying to
159. 5:58get out of the way of some obstacles or
160. 6:00maneuver might be a little bit of a
161. 6:01pain.
162. 6:02Uh
163. 6:03but it is it is what it is. I mean, you
164. 6:05still have your paddle here so you can
165. 6:06make quicker cuts,
166. 6:08sharper cuts. All right, so we're going
167. 6:09to get to the middle of the lake here
168. 6:11and then we're going to try to retract
169. 6:13the drive and deploy it again. Cuz one
170. 6:15of my favorite things about the Old Town
171. 6:18drives, the Native Hammer uh X Range
172. 6:21Propel Drive is how easy it is to deploy
173. 6:24and retract. I mean, you're just talking
174. 6:25about one swing of your arm.
175. 6:27This one seems to have a couple more
176. 6:28steps in between. Okay, not seems to, it
177. 6:31does. So, I want to see how much of a
178. 6:33pain in the butt it it is cuz it's going
179. 6:35to depend. Like if you're floating some
180. 6:36rivers and you're going to you're going
181. 6:38to hit some obstacles quick, you need to
182. 6:39be able to get that drive up quick. Uh
183. 6:42if you're going to use this drive in
184. 6:43that situation. All right. So, we stop
185. 6:46the drive. First thing we got to do is
186. 6:47index
187. 6:49the prop. So, you twist it right here
188. 6:52and what you do is you wait for it to
189. 6:54hit. It'll index
190. 6:56right there. So, that's how you know the
191. 6:58prop is up and down
192. 7:00and uh it's going to come right up. All
193. 7:02right, so you
194. 7:03you loosen the lever,
195. 7:05bring it up.
196. 7:07You tighten down the lever. Oh.
197. 7:10All right, so apparently doesn't stay up
198. 7:12when it's wet.
199. 7:14So, let's see. Yeah, it slides a little
200. 7:16bit.
201. 7:21Might have to find that sweet spot, but
202. 7:23yeah, when this when the shaft is wet,
203. 7:25it doesn't want to lock all the way.
204. 7:27All right, looks like we're locked now.
205. 7:29Then you you untwist
206. 7:32the uh the the drive lock. You push up
207. 7:35and you're up. Now, as far as deploying
208. 7:38again,
209. 7:40you
210. 7:41squeeze these clamps.
211. 7:44You drop the drive.
212. 7:46You twist the handle.
213. 7:49You hit the lever.
214. 7:51You re-hit the lever.
215. 7:53And then you move the indexer.
216. 7:56Now you're good to go. And again,
217. 7:59right here you hit the indexer.
218. 8:02You hit the lever.
219. 8:04It It looks like it doesn't want to
220. 8:06stick when the shaft is wet. So, I might
221. 8:09have to figure that out.
222. 8:11That's user error or not. So,
223. 8:14All right. So, it's there. Twist.
224. 8:18Up.
225. 8:19There you go. Yeah, I mean, it's
226. 8:21definitely something that is going to
227. 8:22take a little bit more muscle memory and
228. 8:25repetition so that you can do it
229. 8:26quickly. So, if you plan to use this
230. 8:28drive in rivers or somewhere where you
231. 8:31fish a lot of shallows and you want to
232. 8:33go up and down
233. 8:34um quickly and retract and deploy
234. 8:36quickly, you're going to have to get
235. 8:38used to how this drive works.
236. 8:41Again, pros of the drive, incredibly
237. 8:43light compared to other drives.
238. 8:46And it it does move. I mean, it does
239. 8:48move. It goes quickly. It's a little bit
240. 8:50louder than than my other drives,
241. 8:52but it does move quickly. The reverse is
242. 8:54slow. So, there are some pros and cons
243. 8:56with it, but I don't I don't hate the
244. 8:58drive right off the bat. So, let's drop
245. 9:00the drive again and then we're going to
246. 9:01test some of the other features of this
247. 9:03kayak. All right. Next thing we're going
248. 9:04to look at is the rudder. So, I already
249. 9:06showed you guys the placement of the
250. 9:08rudder. Let's see how wide these turns
251. 9:11are with the rudder. So,
252. 9:14we're moving. As this is on the side and
253. 9:16it's not flat, up is going to be right.
254. 9:19Left is going to be
255. 9:21down. And I'm not sure if it's different
256. 9:23if you put it on your right-hand side,
257. 9:25but it is a cool thing. It's
258. 9:26ambidextrous. So, if you don't want it
259. 9:28on your left-hand side, you want it on
260. 9:29your right-hand side, you can do it cuz
261. 9:30you got a rail here, too. You know, on
262. 9:32this rail you can even put a couple
263. 9:33other if you want. Anyways, not to get
264. 9:34distracted. All right. So, let's see
265. 9:37Let's see
266. 9:39we're moving
267. 9:40slow pace. We're probably like at 2 mph.
268. 9:43I mean,
269. 9:45it's a regular turning radius. I
270. 9:46wouldn't say it's like ultra tight, and
271. 9:48I wouldn't say it's ultra wide.
272. 9:51Now, let's
273. 9:53bust to the right.
274. 9:55Yeah, I mean, they're
275. 9:58it's regular. I wouldn't I wouldn't say
276. 10:00it's it's one way or another. It's It's
277. 10:02a turning radius. It's not good. It's
278. 10:04not bad. It just is.
279. 10:06You know, it is it is responsive. I
280. 10:07mean, as soon as I turn, that's a It's a
281. 10:09big rudder. That's a good thing. I think
282. 10:11that rudder is going to really play
283. 10:13uh when you're in choppy water or in
284. 10:15some strong current. I think that
285. 10:16rudder, because it's so big and it is
286. 10:18very rigid, I think it's going to play a
287. 10:20little bit
288. 10:22uh better
289. 10:23in that scenario.
290. 10:25Uh cuz you're not going to get a lot of
291. 10:26flex to it. All right, so enough about
292. 10:28the rudder. I think I think we got it.
293. 10:31The rudder The rudder's pretty good.
294. 10:32It's responsive.
295. 10:34I like that it's removable easily if you
296. 10:36want to add your motor on there. So,
297. 10:38we're going to throw a Newport uh NK180
298. 10:41Pro back there
299. 10:42uh at some point. And I like that I
300. 10:44could just take it and take off the
301. 10:46rudder, take off the steering cable, and
302. 10:49the rudder control, and then hook up the
303. 10:50foot steering that's already included to
304. 10:53the Newport. So, we're going to do that
305. 10:54at some point. Not today,
306. 10:56but I like that option. So, just quick
307. 10:58and easy. Pop pop pop if you want to
308. 11:00change things up. All right, so let's
309. 11:02test one of the most important and
310. 11:03critical things for a kayak, and that's
311. 11:05the stability. But, before we do that,
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329. 11:39right, so let's talk about stability. I
330. 11:41already told you guys as soon as I
331. 11:42launched, as far as sitting goes, this
332. 11:44feels super stable. Again, you're
333. 11:46sitting high up and anytime you're
334. 11:47sitting high up, your center of gravity
335. 11:49is higher and there's a potential to
336. 11:51feel a little bit more tippy, to
337. 11:52actually be a little bit less on the
338. 11:54primary stability. But, I'm telling you
339. 11:56right now, this is a 35-in wide kayak,
340. 11:58more narrow than any of my other current
341. 12:01kayaks. It does feel really stable when
342. 12:04I'm sitting. I don't feel
343. 12:06like like I'm wobbly
344. 12:08um or anything like that. Again, this is
345. 12:09not rough waters at all, but it feels
346. 12:12really stable when you're sitting, when
347. 12:14you're adjusting yourself, when you're
348. 12:16moving. I don't feel like I'm going to
349. 12:17tip over or anything like that. If you
350. 12:19are just starting out kayak fishing, of
351. 12:20course, it might feel a little bit
352. 12:22different. Uh but also something to
353. 12:23consider, too, is that you have to keep
354. 12:25your center of gravity all aligned cuz
355. 12:27if you throw your shoulders off balance,
356. 12:29you can easily when you go to grab
357. 12:30something like this,
358. 12:32uh you can easily tip over when you turn
359. 12:34around and it's probably going to be Oh.
360. 12:37All right, these little buckles are
361. 12:40maybe not holding up.
362. 12:42It's all part of the test, baby. We're
363. 12:43testing it all out. We're not We're not
364. 12:45hiding anything. All right, so we'll
365. 12:46look at those buckles in just a bit when
366. 12:48we talk about the seat. But, again, you
367. 12:50don't want to tip in and it's probably
368. 12:52not going to be you tipping the kayak.
369. 12:54It might be more so you falling out of
370. 12:56the kayak, which is what happens a lot
371. 12:58of times. All right, so the sitting
372. 12:59stability is good to go. Now, let's
373. 13:01stand up and see how it feels on the
374. 13:04stand up.
375. 13:05I mean, it
376. 13:07it feels really stable, guys. I'm not
377. 13:10I'm not here lying or selling a false
378. 13:12bill of goods. It feels really stable.
379. 13:15Again, 35-in platform,
380. 13:17you know, you got I mean, the primary
381. 13:20and the secondary stability
382. 13:22is is really good
383. 13:25on this kayak. I mean, when I tip it all
384. 13:26the way to one side, you see it even the
385. 13:29water level doesn't even really come
386. 13:30over the top. Of course, if you step on
387. 13:32the gunnels, you can make that water
388. 13:33come in, but I mean, really really
389. 13:36stable kayak, man. Kaku did a fantastic
390. 13:39job with the stability of this thing,
391. 13:40man. And being narrower again at 35 in,
392. 13:43that makes a big difference and it still
393. 13:45does not feel tippy. High up seat, more
394. 13:48narrow kayak, and it still feels plenty
395. 13:51stable
396. 13:52from a standard position. I love to
397. 13:54stand and fish, do it quite often. Uh
398. 13:57most of the time I'm standing up. I just
399. 13:59find it to be more comfortable. So, that
400. 14:00is very very important for me. Another
401. 14:02factor that's going to change how stable
402. 14:04a kayak feels is how much it's loaded
403. 14:06up. I have a minimalist setup. Again, I
404. 14:08have my North Shore fishing bag, got my
405. 14:10lunch bag, some tackle crates. I don't
406. 14:12have that much stuff with me. I don't
407. 14:13have batteries, I don't have motors, I
408. 14:15don't have a big tackle box filled with
409. 14:17a bunch of stuff. Once you load up a
410. 14:18kayak, it might feel a little bit less
411. 14:20stable. It's going to sit a little bit
412. 14:21lower in the water. And then those those
413. 14:23little turns there might feel a little
414. 14:25bit more extreme when you're moving
415. 14:27around. So, just keep that in mind, too.
416. 14:29That's why there's weight capacities to
417. 14:30these kayaks. Now, a next super
418. 14:32important factor when it comes to
419. 14:33fishing kayaks is storage. Storage is
420. 14:36crazy important. Especially fishermen,
421. 14:38we tend to bring a lot of stuff with us
422. 14:40that we don't need. All right, so
423. 14:42storage is cool, but is your storage
424. 14:44accessible from the seated position or
425. 14:46can you maneuver a little bit to grab
426. 14:48it? A big tank well is great, but if you
427. 14:50can't reach it from the deck of your
428. 14:52kayak, then it doesn't do you a whole
429. 14:54lot of good on the water, okay? So, this
430. 14:56kayak does have a lot of storage. I
431. 14:58mean, you have on the sides, you have
432. 15:00your tackle box storage on either side,
433. 15:02which I love that cuz right now with
434. 15:04this setup, I got two tackle boxes on
435. 15:06either side, and then I got to have
436. 15:07another tackle box
437. 15:09uh in the junk drawer under the seat,
438. 15:11okay? So, you have those obviously easy
439. 15:14to reach, your cup holder. I bring my
440. 15:17own cup holders cuz typically I have the
441. 15:18bigger Yeti bottles, uh but you have a
442. 15:20cup holder on either side for storage as
443. 15:24well. Now, behind you, can you reach
444. 15:26that storage behind you? You have a big
445. 15:27tank well. All right, I am seated a
446. 15:30little bit more closer to the pedal
447. 15:32drive. I'm 6-ft tall. All right, so most
448. 15:35people are probably in that range or
449. 15:37shorter. There's some guys that are a
450. 15:38little taller, but if you're under 6-ft
451. 15:40tall, you're probably not going to reach
452. 15:42the back of your tank well. I mean, I
453. 15:44can't even reach it without sliding my
454. 15:46seat back or pushing the seat down and
455. 15:49being able to reach back there. So, I'm
456. 15:51not going to be reaching for stuff back
457. 15:53there very often, okay? I can obviously
458. 15:55reach my Northshore bag right here. I
459. 15:57can reach my lunch box, which is right
460. 15:59behind me. So, that's another thing.
461. 16:00When you move your seat up, you have
462. 16:02this other spot that would be otherwise
463. 16:04taken up by your seat for tackle, for
464. 16:07battery, for a lunch bag, whatever it
465. 16:10is, uh, right back here. So, that's
466. 16:13almost like a secondary tank well. I
467. 16:15mean, there's a lot of space here to
468. 16:17store fishing gear, tackle boxes. You
469. 16:20know, I I you see me have my rods right
470. 16:22here. I don't even need my crate because
471. 16:25I have plenty of rod storage. You have
472. 16:27four flush mounted rod holders right
473. 16:28here. You also have the rod holders that
474. 16:31are horizontal, so you can strap down
475. 16:34with the rubber
476. 16:37strap right here. Hold them down. Now,
477. 16:40because I have this cup holder here,
478. 16:42that actually gets in the way of where
479. 16:44my rods would lay. So, I probably can't
480. 16:48use accessories here if I'm going to be
481. 16:50laying down my rods. So, that's
482. 16:52something to take into consideration as
483. 16:54well. So, I don't have anything here, so
484. 16:56I can lay
485. 16:57my my rods horizontally here. You have
486. 17:00those plastic straps to keep the rod
487. 17:01tips down and protected. So, if you want
488. 17:04to bring four rods behind you, you can
489. 17:06put two rods on either side. That's a
490. 17:08total of eight. But again, if you have
491. 17:10these accessories here, that might
492. 17:12That's probably going to get in your
493. 17:13way, and you're not going to be able to
494. 17:14lay two rods down easily. Now, as far as
495. 17:16the storage up front, you have your
496. 17:19sonar pod here. Now, we're not using it
497. 17:21for that case, we're using it for
498. 17:23storage. I got my keys, my wallet, my
499. 17:25Newport uh throttle control for when I
500. 17:27throw the Newport on there. I got my
501. 17:28fishing bag, some tackle,
502. 17:31lippers, things like that. So, this is
503. 17:34clearly very easy to reach,
504. 17:37easy to buckle down with one hand. I do
505. 17:40love the idea of throwing a fish finder
506. 17:42on here. So, I think I'm going to be
507. 17:43buying the Garmin Striker 4 CV, which is
508. 17:45a great little unit, very affordable,
509. 17:48plopping it on here, running the
510. 17:49batteries and wires in here. And that
511. 17:51way, when I get into the truck, I just
512. 17:53lift the whole pod out with everything,
513. 17:56and I don't have a mess of wires laying
514. 17:58around. Now, you do have your front
515. 17:59hatch ahead of that. So, reaching this,
516. 18:01let's see if we can reach this easily.
517. 18:04Open up the latches.
518. 18:06Yeah, I mean, you can open this.
519. 18:08Uh as far as reaching what's in there,
520. 18:10you're probably going to have to get on
521. 18:11your knees and push up a little bit um
522. 18:13to get in there. So, it's it's
523. 18:14accessible. I wouldn't say it's
524. 18:16something I want to be grabbing all the
525. 18:17time. Maybe that's a good spot to put
526. 18:19your drinks or your food that, you know,
527. 18:21you might get to one or two times while
528. 18:23you're out on the water. Now, if you
529. 18:24have your drive in the up position,
530. 18:26which I don't right now, you're going to
531. 18:28have a little bit of trouble opening
532. 18:30this. You're going to have to move it
533. 18:31back down to be able to get into this
534. 18:33sonar pod. So, just something to keep in
535. 18:35mind as well, whenever you have that
536. 18:37drive of retracted, then you're not
537. 18:39going to as easily get into that pod up
538. 18:43front. And of course, you got your
539. 18:44storage under your seat. That's very
540. 18:46easy to access. I got stuff in here. I
541. 18:48got my script for this video. I got uh
542. 18:51my terminal tackle, but it's a pretty
543. 18:53big junk drawer. You could accommodate a
544. 18:55lot of good stuff. All right, and the
545. 18:57final thing we're going to be looking at
546. 18:58on this kayak is also a really critical
547. 19:01important part of any fishing kayak, and
548. 19:03that's the seat. All right, I've talked
549. 19:04about the seat a little bit. You've seen
550. 19:06some things for it. It Like I said, it
551. 19:08sits high up. If you want a seat that
552. 19:09sits high, makes it a little bit easier
553. 19:11to stand up, a little bit more
554. 19:13comfortable to stretch out your legs,
555. 19:14and this is a seat you want to look at.
556. 19:16Originally, I had some concerns about
557. 19:18these armrests, okay? Cuz for bigger
558. 19:21guys, if you got bigger hips, uh these
559. 19:23armrests might be digging into your
560. 19:24hips, digging into your thighs, and you
561. 19:26don't want that, especially when you're
562. 19:27trying to paddle. Uh it's just not very
563. 19:29comfortable when you're out there and
564. 19:30you got these things these things
565. 19:32digging into your into your hips and
566. 19:34your thighs. I have not had that issue.
567. 19:36I'm a I'm a little bit of a bigger guy,
568. 19:38you know, 230 235 lb depending on the
569. 19:41day of the week you catch me, but I
570. 19:42mean, I have plenty of space. I mean,
571. 19:44even even the way I'm sitting right now,
572. 19:46I have a couple inches between my thigh
573. 19:49and the armrest. Same thing over here.
574. 19:52So, again, it all depends on
575. 19:54on your size and your comfort level.
576. 19:58Um I don't see that as an issue for for
577. 20:01myself or for someone that's even a
578. 20:03little larger than me. You just have to
579. 20:04take that into consideration. You know
580. 20:06your limits, but it's not a concern of
581. 20:07mine anymore with this armrest digging
582. 20:09into your hips and thighs. Something
583. 20:11that is a little bit of a concern are
584. 20:13these yellow clips. So, again, from the
585. 20:15beginning, I thought it looked a little
586. 20:17bit cheap. I don't necessarily see them
587. 20:21breaking. They don't seem brittle, but
588. 20:23you saw earlier, they do they do slide a
589. 20:25little bit. So, I'm just going to put a
590. 20:26little bit of force back.
591. 20:30And this one's moving back a little bit.
592. 20:32This one not so much, but here, let me
593. 20:33move these let me tighten these up. I am
594. 20:35a little bit more reclined than I
595. 20:36normally would be
596. 20:38cuz you're pedaling, you need to have
597. 20:40good force held up on your back cuz
598. 20:42you're going to be pushing on it, but
599. 20:43right? So, I I tighten them up a little
600. 20:44bit.
601. 20:45You see,
602. 20:47they lean back, and I mean, that's just
603. 20:48a couple pushes. I'm not I'm not out
604. 20:50here pushing super hard. Uh so, that
605. 20:54might be something you want to change.
606. 20:56Yeah, you know, they don't they don't
607. 20:58hold on great. So, luckily, I mean,
608. 21:01these things are cheap to replace. You
609. 21:02can find some good ones on Amazon and
610. 21:04just probably thread them on there
611. 21:06pretty easily. Um that's something that
612. 21:09I'll probably have to change out because
613. 21:11again, when you're paddling, you don't
614. 21:13you don't want this and then eventually
615. 21:14you're paddling in this reclined
616. 21:16position. That's not very comfortable
617. 21:19for anybody. As far as the seat comfort
618. 21:20though, I am cheating a little bit. I
619. 21:22have my kayak cushion
620. 21:24right back here. As you can see, one of
621. 21:26the most comfortable cushions around for
622. 21:29kayak anglers.
623. 21:30Um I did get out with this on the water
624. 21:33just to test it out the very first time
625. 21:36and I didn't use that. It was It was
626. 21:39comfortable without that. However, I'm
627. 21:42at the point where no matter how
628. 21:44comfortable a kayak seat is, on all my
629. 21:46kayaks, I put a kayak cushion down
630. 21:48because it just exemplifies and
631. 21:51increases the comfort level of any seat.
632. 21:54So, if you get one, they're expensive,
633. 21:56but they're comfortable, they're weather
634. 21:57resistant, they're water resistant, they
635. 21:59don't hold on the water like a sponge.
636. 22:01Um some people put them on the bottom,
637. 22:03some people put them on the bottom and
638. 22:04the back. Gives you lumbar support. Uh
639. 22:06so, again, without that, I still say the
640. 22:09seat is really comfortable. It's
641. 22:11breathable. It has like it has the mesh
642. 22:13and some of it is actually like kind of
643. 22:14sheer where you can see through it, but
644. 22:17it is very comfortable as far as the
645. 22:19seat and the cushioning itself goes. You
646. 22:22probably don't need a cushion if you
647. 22:23don't want one. Again, that's something
648. 22:25I add by default regardless. And one of
649. 22:27my favorite features, I haven't seen
650. 22:29this on other kayaks, is just having
651. 22:31these rails right here. So, when I get
652. 22:33the Newport on here, I already started
653. 22:35kind of getting ready for it. I'm going
654. 22:36to have the throttle control right here.
655. 22:39So, that way I can easily have the
656. 22:41throttle real close to me and you can
657. 22:43put it up and down. So, if you want it
658. 22:44higher, lower, you can put a cup holder
659. 22:47there, you can put a rod holder if you
660. 22:48want a front facing rod holder, which
661. 22:49doesn't come with this kayak. You can
662. 22:51place it right there, that way you can
663. 22:53put your rod down while you're you know,
664. 22:55boarding a fish or changing out your
665. 22:57lures or whatever. And then, of course,
666. 23:00on the other side, you have your rudder
667. 23:01control steering right here. You can
668. 23:03also easily change the angle of the
669. 23:05seat. Obviously, you got to get up to do
670. 23:07it, but you have these four positions
671. 23:10right here. So, you really want the seat
672. 23:11high up and reclined, almost in a laying
673. 23:14down position, you can do that easily. I
674. 23:17find that the second from the bottom is
675. 23:19the most natural position for me. When
676. 23:21I've been pedaling, it doesn't hurt my
677. 23:23lower back. It doesn't feel like I have
678. 23:25to move it around. So, this this bottom
679. 23:27one is almost a little bit too uh low of
680. 23:30an angle. So, that that second to that
681. 23:32second to last one is more of a 90°.
682. 23:35Uh and then I guess a 180°, and then the
683. 23:38other ones are a little bit higher than
684. 23:40I would like. So, I haven't even tried
685. 23:41them, and I probably won't, but you can
686. 23:43easily change them when you're on the
687. 23:45water. You just got to get up and pop it
688. 23:47out and move it real quick. Some other
689. 23:48questions that I've had from from
690. 23:50viewers and buddies that have seen this
691. 23:52kayak, and they wanted to see
692. 23:54how the kayak does in certain situations
693. 23:57was one, what happens when this pedal
694. 23:59drive was to hit an obstacle. Again, if
695. 24:01you're fishing in in shallow waters or
696. 24:04rivers and things like that, if this
697. 24:06were to hit an obstacle,
698. 24:08it's probably not the best pedal drive
699. 24:09for that. I mean, it's not going to
700. 24:10swing up because it's down. Now,
701. 24:13obviously, if you have the drive a
702. 24:14little bit higher up, um it could swing
703. 24:16up. So, from this position, if I were to
704. 24:18hit an obstacle, it'll swing up to a
705. 24:20degree, but then that prop on the
706. 24:22bottom's just going to bump against my
707. 24:23hull just like that. So, it'll give it a
708. 24:26little bit of leeway, but at the end of
709. 24:28it, the hull the hull in the drive is
710. 24:30going to take a pretty good uh brunt of
711. 24:32the hit
712. 24:34with that. Another question was how fast
713. 24:36water drains in this kayak. Now, I have
714. 24:39the scuppers in here, and I don't have
715. 24:41no water coming in to let you guys know
716. 24:43how fast it's going to drain, but all
717. 24:45the scuppers come
718. 24:47uh with this kayak. And I mean, you see
719. 24:49right now where that water level is. You
720. 24:51have about an inch uh from the water to
721. 24:54the top of the kayak. I typically don't
722. 24:56have scupper plugs on in my kayak, but
723. 24:58since it came already with the kayak,
724. 25:00I've just left them in there. But, yeah,
725. 25:02so I couldn't tell you for sure how
726. 25:04quickly it it drains [snorts] or doesn't
727. 25:06drain. I don't have the appropriate
728. 25:09weather conditions to do that. But,
729. 25:11uh you know, you can always get the
730. 25:12one-way plugs, too, if that's something
731. 25:14you want to keep the plugs in there. Um
732. 25:16but also have it uh bail and drain out,
733. 25:18then get those uh one-way plugs. Now,
734. 25:21another question I got was on the rails
735. 25:22itself, um how the rails are with space,
736. 25:25and how they accommodate. Now, I have
737. 25:27only a couple things on here. Uh I have
738. 25:29my cleat for when I get my Newport on
739. 25:31here. I have the ring on here so that I
740. 25:34can run the um the the deployment rope
741. 25:37for the Newport, and I have my cup
742. 25:39holder. One thing I did notice is that
743. 25:42the rails are larger than uh the rails
744. 25:46on my other kayaks. So, the T-bolts have
745. 25:49to sit sideways. So, you can actually
746. 25:51drop in uh a T-bolt on its side, and
747. 25:54then pop it in. You don't have to run it
748. 25:56to the to the opening and all that. But,
749. 25:59they have to be sideways in order for
750. 26:00them to sit properly. So, you see it's a
751. 26:03little bit more of a diagonal versus uh
752. 26:06straight on. So, I don't know if I love
753. 26:07that or not. I mean, when you tighten
754. 26:09it, it's going to go sideways, and it
755. 26:11still
756. 26:12holds on pretty good. Like, I don't feel
757. 26:14like it's going to come off really
758. 26:16easily. But, plenty of rail space in the
759. 26:18front, plenty of rail space on the back
760. 26:21for whatever you guys want to add. But,
761. 26:23to answer the question, you don't need a
762. 26:24adapters uh to put accessories on these
763. 26:27rails. So, let me know what questions
764. 26:29you guys have about this kayak, the
765. 26:31Outpost PDL 128. We're going to be
766. 26:33playing with it all season long, getting
767. 26:35it on the water, getting it on the
768. 26:36river, and seeing how it does on the
769. 26:38river, as well. Let me know what your
770. 26:39questions are down below. And if you
771. 26:41thought this video was helpful,
772. 26:43subscribe to the channel and check out
773. 26:44this video right here. So, till next
774. 26:46time, guys. Peace and God bless.
775. 26:56>> Oh, pickerel.
776. 27:08Ah, got a snot rocket, guys. It's not
777. 27:10our uh It's not our target species, but
778. 27:13we're catching fish, so I'd say the Kajo
779. 27:15has passed the fishing test, too.
780. 27:18All right, snot rocket.
781. 27:21All right, guys. Fish number four?
782. 27:24Five? Plus with the pickerel. Listen,
783. 27:27the Kajo passes the uh fish test. Even
784. 27:29if they're dinks.
785. 27:31Dinks need a love, too. And the Kajo
786. 27:33catches fish.
787. 27:35Bloop.