Alpacka Gnarwhal Packraft: Unboxing, building, and first review

[@lpavel1961]

Jason, a great fun video. Thank you. I just got my Gnarwhal today and all I did was, I watched your video. After that in only 20 minutes my raft was all ready. I love the Alpacka quality. Have fun. Merry Christmas.

[@Jason-Eson]

Lubos Pavel, 20 minutes? Wow, I think I spent a couple hours. Boat is a blast. Your gonna have a blast. Thanks for watching!

[@lpavel1961]

@@Jason-Eson I enjoy watching your trips. A great place to live. Happy New Year and happy outing 2019.

[@goldmanstacks1445]

Well done im looking to get a gnarwhale for backpacking with the mountain bike

[@Jason-Eson]

Not sure that I'd recommend the gnarwhale for bike packing. The boat is a bit heavier with whitewater features. I'd maybe look more at the classic.

[@brettb8883]

Great to watch a non bias video on the features. Thanks mate.

[@Jason-Eson]

Thanks Brett. It's a pretty fun boat especially when compared to the older versions.

[@prepared2thrive101]

First video I’ve seen of yours and totally subbed you man. Cheers from Alaska.

[@drc1883]

Hi Jason - Would you recommend the Alpaca raft over the Kokopelli raft? I'm looking at the lake models for fishing, not whitewater.

[@Jason-Eson]

Greg, I really only know about these boats from a whitewater perspective. If you are just cruising flat water I think you could save some money and go Kokopelli. A couple people around here paddle their self bailer boat and it seems pretty okay.

[@drc1883]

@@Jason-Eson Thanks for the advise, Jason.

[@dcmacken]

Hey! What made you get the Gnarwhal over the Wolverine? I’m having a tough time deciding

[@Jason-Eson]

I got it before the wolverine came out so it was an easy choice. Get the wolverine if your already a decent paddler and your under 5 ft 6. Otherwise go gnarwhal or classic.

[@randomdude6136]

Do you guys ever use a hand pump instead of the bag?

[@Jason-Eson]

High volume low pressure for these boats. Use a pump for my robfinn boats that need a higher pressure.

[@DinoRinoRawr]

Subscribed. Beautiful as always

[@Jason-Eson]

Thanks Dino, You're a peach.

[@mandarin1257]

Nice

[@michaelrunk8593]

how much punishment can these boats take? How easy are they to puncture?

[@captlou3]

way too fast for some of the installations, please slow down for us newbes.

[@Jason-Eson]

Thanks for the feed back. You can always pause and rewind if I go to fast!

[@fritzfromswitzerland]

Hopefully they sell some fake ones on aliexpress soon 😆 i can't pay that much