Pelican VS. Old Town VS. Hobie - Pedal Drive Kayak Pedal Off and Gear Review 

WoW! Man! That is one heck of a side by side review, love it!!! Major thumb up and new subscriber.

Its hard because of different needs. For me. I need the lightness most because I use wheels and drag it every time I am out. Great comparison and a lot of help. I have been looking at pedal kayaks. Thank you

Awesome show thank you for sharing all the information on them. Have a great weekend.

I have OT PDL and love it. One feature you did not mention - OT Pedal drive floats!

Oldtown Pdl 120 sportsman here and absolutely love it

Coming from a guy who bought a new model Hobie PA in 2008 and has had 6 Hobie’s in total since, I sold my last two PA’s and bought two Old Town Predators with the PDL drives and there’s no comparison. The PDL drive is rock solid and the instant reverse is insane. It’s fast too. Last year I tried a Hobie Outback with reverse and to me, it sucked lemons sideways. Getting your peddles aligned then pulling on the release, then going backwards, then aligning the pedals again then pulling on the release to go forward again was terrible. The PDL is instant reverse. Hobie’s 360 drive is awesome but not many people can afford it. At that point I’d get the Old Town with the trolling motor drive and spot lock with a good lithium battery. The Catch is a deal if you don’t care about reverse. My farm and fleet had one tonight on clearance for $1100. It’s lightweight too unlike the Hobie PA’s. We have a fantastic quarry by me and getting the PA out was terrible. The Predator goes in easily and out just as easy as it’s a limestone entry/exit. My $0.02.

Hi watching all ur episodes over here in Australia love the content keep it up

Great. Thank you so much just what I needed before I buy.

I use the Hobie Pro Angler 14. It's big but with wheels easy to get into water. Went from Kittery Me all the way out to the Isles of Shoals In that Hobie.

Kayaking the line John 🔥🔥🔥

Good job

Many of us won''t pay 5-7 G for a kayak.

Loving the sunnies 😎

Glad to hear the Pelican has good value and can somewhat compare to higher quality yaks. If and when I upgrade to pedal, I just may stick with Pelican.

You can tell when they’re racing they are trying to give the pelican a chance. I’ve got a pelican and I’m not super happy with it. Stability doesn’t seem very good. (I have the 10 ft though). And your legs burn like crap when you’re trying to keep speed! I mainly use it to bring along while hauling a camper so I think I’m gonna stick with it because it’s so much lighter. I just envy how easy and fast the sportsman pdl is as well as stability (I think he was generous on the comparison there). Hard to justify dropping 2500 though just for that.

i have the same Old Town but in the Predator and my son has the outback and he will leave me in a race and he's only 11yr old where I am 40. but I have had them all and the PDL from Old Town is my favorite.

Can you test them when a boat comes zooming by

Long time subscriber! I love these comparisons. My ONLY complaint with this particular video would be simply that the Old Town and Hobie pedal drive kayaks are more than likely a good bit out of your average person’s budget. I’ve been looking for awhile but can’t justify spending that much. I’d likely end up splurging for the Pelican pedal drive.

Have you tried the Wilderness Recon HD yet?

Saludos 🖖 desde República Dominicana 🇩🇴 😇

have you had any experience in a seastream 120 PDL only reason for me asking is i am looking at getting into kayak fishing

I've owned over 100 kayaks of all shapes types and sizes. After aquiring a CATCH 110 which I loved more than any HOBIE or other pedal drives I've owned I did a little research and found that the CATCH130 is set up exactly like the 110 but it's bigger! So I got one! My first suggestion for anyone getting a hydryve or hydryve ii is to replace the Pelican sprockets with Hobie sprockets! (Watch my video) Since getting my Catch kayak(s) I've sold all of my pedal Kayaks aside from my 16ft Hobie Adventure and Mariner 12.5 Ok going back to your video (I'm only 2 min in!) 13:00 Aaaahhh! DO NOT PUSH THE PELICAN DRIVE THAT HARD! THEY BREAK! That's why i suggested the Hobie sprockets

I live on the big island of Hawaii and a kayak. I don’t think it’s very suitable for my kind of fishing. If and when I move back to the mainland and on smaller waters, I may give it a shot. Thanks for sharing.

Wait a sec!!! When did those docks get there and where's the how to video? 🧐👀🕷️👍

Sweet, now compare them all to Native Watercrafts pedal drive!

I’d rock the pelican. Yeah. I’m loyal to the companies that I’ve used for years that make the indestruc killer gear. I got a inflatable 10.5 with a minkota salt water on it. I’m gonna be out fishing on it soon. All my boys got the kayaks. I like being able to haul more gear and friends.🐸🍺🔪🔥

Add submergibility to the list

🤗 I cannot be the only one who thought Zachary was fighting off a pelican while sailing on a Hobie cat. Silly me.

How much is that old town probably over 2000 right?

The weed resistance test was notable.

After having my OT for a year now, I'll NEVER have a kayak without instant reverse. I'm not going to drop my rod every time i need to adjust my position. OT sll the way.

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This is possibly the worst comparison I've every seen but I agree with you 100%.

I think you should be comparing a new hobie and not a rental with a abused drive. If you center your pedals, the reverse cable works great. Neither one of my drives makes noise and you didn’t even mention kick up fins. Not a fair comparison at all

Great kayaks who said for beginners?

Please make more survival videos

I didn't watch the entire video, but I hope you were honest about the Pelican Hydryve. I'm on my 3rd one and hoping they warranty replace this 4th one. They are absolutely horrible and I hope you tell your audience that.

"on a scale from 1 to 10" sure sure, where did you get 15???

Aren't you comparing, mercedes,Lexus and Ford?

Just depends on the budget you have if you have 6 grand to spend on a kayak why wouldn't you just get a boat even 2500 for the Old Town is high I can buy a John boat and an outboard for that.

The dealbreaker for me is the instant hands free reverse. Thats why i woud never buy a fin drive kayak.

Second babbbbby 😂

hobie are the best kayak

Damn whoever was driving the old town when they were racing have weak legs.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 I don't use a kayak I don't like kayaks I don't like anything that can rollover fall over and knock you out.... Back in 2020 Zach when I was married to my wife., We went out in her kayaks I'm not going to get into the details of it but I can tell you this much the thing rolled over on me and I fell out lost everything I even lost the new slingshot I just bought from you.. Actually come to think about it you might remember because I had to reorder another one and then you had to send me more bands for it ....

First 😂

the native would have won that.

Three quite frankly honest I've never found a need to be fishing out of a boat... I mean if your ad on the bush and you're just surviving why would you need a boat to go fishing we could just fish from the shore line ... Before too much longer you'll want yourself a personal helicopter so you can get out to the really far places to fish LOL lol This Bushcraft stuff's got ridiculous it's gotten so out of hand to Sonny's Bushcraft anymore it's it's like running a business from your bedroom .....

I don't see any benefit in watching thgis video any longer... There's nothing to learn.

Sea Eagle 390RL for the win!!!🛶