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Outfitter Molded Foam Kayak Seat, No Pack

This seat series was originally designed for rental and instructional kayak programs. With that in mine our quest was to make a kayak seat that could withstand the use and abuse typical of a commercial kayak fleet. To say that commercial kayak seats get worked is an understatement to say the least. The Outfitter seat design is in essence, fairly basic. The seat is compression molded under 60 tons of pressure and baked at 400 degrees, thereby permanently bonding the fabric to the foam. This process makes these kayak seats last considerably longer that any cut-and-sewn kayak seat.

The goal was to utilize the webbing as somewhat of a support belt that went around the kayaker, eliminating the stress points associated with sewing, through strategically determined die cut channels. This would encapsulate the webbing at optimum leverage points and eliminate any potential failure due to sewing blowouts. (Not a common issue with our kayak seats but you should see what we get back from rental fleets.) This lacing helps lock the molded foam face of the kayak seat to the heavy-duty PVC plastic reinforcement back. This flexible rear plastic panel, the part that gives the paddler all the structure and support, is sewn with thread that is so thick it's called cord, to the face as well. This insures that the seat will probably last longer than your boat. Another advantage to this laced webbing system is it facilitates webbing replacement in the rare event of a failure.

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