KAYAKING IN LONDON | Intex Explorer K2 - First Impressions | Regents Canal 

Fantastic Ben, love it! About a month ago I went through maida vale/little Venice/Paddington. All around London is great for exploring. It's a whole other world. Looking forward to seeing more of you paddling adventures 🏴‍☠️⚓️😊👍

What beautiful conditions! Looked like a great maiden voyage 😀👍

I killed my 1st K2 when I took it out of the water on a mildly warm spring morning. Left it on the bank & went to put stuff away in the car, then on the return I heard a popping sound. Upon arriving back at the kayak I noticed a huge bulge had appeared along the whole length of 1 side. The (mildly) warm sun had heated the air inside whereby it expanded & caused a seam to rupture along one of the floor chambers. This resulted in the 2 chambers becoming 1 large one which caused the bulge. Now I always let some air out of the floor of my new K2 immediately upon exiting the water to prevent it happening again. With the current temps we are having I would advise not inflating it too much to begin with.

great idea you gave me with extending paddels

A refreshingly different video looks like a lovely day in London! Glad you had a nice time!

Nice one mate, decent bit of gear that 👍🏻 hope you’re keeping well, Si

Got to say this video made me laugh ,debs xx but nice to see my london again

Looks like you had fun Ben. Looking forward to trying mine, not going to get up that early though. 😁😁

Hi Ben, another great and useful video. I have just moved near a canal and have been wondering about the cost and practical use of the inflatable kayaks, your video answered a lot of my questions. Keep up the great videos.

Looks like you had a great time, beautiful morning for it 🙂

Nice video and Kayak. Extending the paddle that’s exactly what I did using sections of the 2nd one extended to 99” in length, compared to the original 83” which was way too short

I name this kayak HMS OUTDOORS, God bless her and the Ben that sails in her LOL No waterway is safe now. Defo combine with a wild camp. Mike from TA outdoors did a canoeing and water safety course, you should think about the same. Looks forward as always to the next video Ben

Nice little trip out there, Ben 😉👍 It looked stable enough!

Looks a great bit of kit for the money mate, here’s to new adventures. Hardy

Did you see Delboy and Rodney out there, in a boat with an urn ? 😀 Looks like fun.

One of my exploring ambitions is to paddle the Regent Canal, what a beautiful location and just outside London! We love our Intex Explorers but absolutely have to agree about the paddle length being abit short, its probably my only negative too, didn't cross my mind to extend it in the way you have so thanks for the tip, will try that next time.. Lovely little video 👍😊

Nice one, that's a great little inflatable for the price as well, I had a slalom kayak for years and it was a lot of fun, not much space in it for camping gear though :)

Brilliant! What a piece of kit and so lovely to watch you drift along the canals of London with the city scape in the background. Love London ❤️ Do I feel a collab with My24Adventure and Jonathan’s kayak? 🧐

looks great fun - i think you said that your left handed - if so you can get a paddle specific made for leftys and karabiner and safety rope for your stuff

Oh wow, that's cheap as chips. I'm looking at the ORU Inlet. Similar idea, super compact and light at 9kg but folding not inflatable and nearer a grand in price...Lovely video by the way.

07:09 thanks mate! I was about to use a wood stick but you saved me from trouble!

Flip it over and camp under it 😆

Recommend keeping a small cheap tarp with you to put on the ground both when inflating and deflating to avoid punctures then....

Hey bud, nice video. Do you happen to know the overall length measurement of the 2 paddles joined together because after watching your video they seem ideal extended, thanks.

Kayak camping well that's something new I need to try! Still can't decide inflatable kayak or those stand up paddle board

It’s a great kayak but I find that it’s hard to get moving in it..

Great Ben does she have a name?

Nice Ben just got myself the itiwit one from decathlon. seen a lot of the k2 on coniston lake and Windermere over the weekend.plan on doing a wild camp on st.Herbert’s island on derwentwater soon.keep safe..🚣‍♀️

Really enjoyed this Ben, certainly made us want to dig out our sevylor inflatable kayak! We bought it a couple of years ago and had some great adventures in it, but it has been snubbed since in favour of hiking recently. This really opens up some great opportunities for you to explore! We would love to see you do a combined kayak and wild Camp 🏕 🛶. Really nice bit of kit. Great video😊👌. ATB Shell and Pete

Haha been looking at these myself just not been able to bite the bullet yet I had a diffrent one before and I actually have access to a solid Canadian canoe 🛶 when ever aswell also but these are grea for wildcamps mate definitely

I’ve just purchased the Intex Excursion Pro Kayak, looking forward to getting out on the Medway …. 🚣