Must-have Upgrades For Lifetime Kayak Owners!

hi I'm Steph and this is a lifetime hard shell kayak it's a pretty popular kayak because it's a very reasonably price we actually got this for $250 from our local Sams but over the time of using it there's been three things that have been really annoying about it so today I'm going to show you three ways that we've improve this kayak to make it a pretty good [Music] kayak so the first thing is this seat right here it's supposed to be attached but as you can see it's not attached anymore this came off very easily um and kind of basically broke through so this doesn't work and so I actually got this seat right here from Amazon and this has um grip on the bottom and the top and so I also added a little um clip here so I can clip it to the kayak so it won't fall out but this I can just add right here to add some nice stability I will say the seat itself like the molding of the seat on the kayak is pretty good so adding this just adds a little a little bit extra cushion to the area the second thing is the foot area so it has places to put your foot but your feet easily slide off of it so uh my mom actually made this and this is basically just a pool noodle with a PVC pipe inside and then she made a simple fabric cover to go over it that can easily be washed and then this but goes right where your feet go and then you have this whole area to rest your feet on and the third thing is what I'm going to test out today so I was on ET seed the other day and I found these little Clips These are 3D printed clips and they are for the exact issue that I've been having with this kayak so these clips that come with the lifetime kayak have two parts to them and they easily um the strapping comes out of them really easily so you can see over here I've had to tie it and it just is not great especially when there's a bigger person in the seat it just kind of doesn't work so I'm going to try to install these and um see if these hold a little bit better for future [Music] use [Music] so I just finished doing a paddle with the footrest the seat and the new clips and I will say it was perfect um everything worked perfectly and the clips are great um you do have to uncp them if you're going to put the kayak on top of a car because they stick out a little bit but they came off no problem and they feel really secure they don't feel like they're going to come undone or anything like that so I definitely say those clips are must if you have a kayak like this um so let me know do you have a lifetime kayak um do you have any other modifications you've made to make it uh more comfortable let me know in the comments and thanks for joining have a great day

Channel: Hi, I'm Steph

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Keywords: Stephanie Kostopoulos, #hiimstephyt, paddle, kayak, kayaking, Florida, Hi I’m Steph, Mods, lifetime, kenai, Lifetime Kayak Seat Clips, Heavy Duty Upgrade No-Slip, footrest, seat, upgrade, modifications, sam’s club, Walmart

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Length: 3min 29sec (209 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 29 2024