Pyranha Kayaks ReactR "First Impressions"
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Flatwater
3:10 Whitewater
10:34 Final Thoughts - Jak na to + styl
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Big up for Tim @ Splattypus, great dude!
"It's different. It's not like anything I've paddled." - we're gonna take that one all the way to the bank, especially coming from yourself, Wade! Thanks again for taking the time, and congratulations on bagging yet another first loop!!
Totally true statement that bow to stern rocker profile the width placement aggressive edged rails and perfect volume distribution makes this a force to be reckoned with.
And throw a threaded drain plug in there oh yeah it’s on 👊🏻😉
Have the sizes and paddler weight been decided yet?
I not seen anything
Please stop promoting Amazon for kayaking gear! Retailers work so hard to have good stock, have demo and regive to the community.😢
@WadeHarrison yeah me neither, whe. I'm weighing in at 115 it rules out so many, want to say goodbye to the machno for something more ... well just more 🤣 I love my ripper 2, the comment on drainage plug I agree with, pain in the arse to empty. If I can find a nice creek with still some play then I'll be very happy to buy one :)
Great review like always homie!! Thanks for always taking the time to make these videos
Thanks Hunter!
Can’t wait to see outfitting hopefully Pyranha did the home work well 🤞🏽
Yeah I’m excited to see the final version of it as well
Thank you sir. Everytime I watch your vids I feel like I can paddle like you do... then I get in the water and paddle like I do. Love your content!
Hahah sometimes I get lucky 🍀
I'm honestly excited to see the new dagger indra and hopefully your review of it
Yes me too this year has a lot great options out there
That’s a great quote: “It feels slippery” definitely understand
That’s exactly how it paddles
Nice! I’ve been watching for this video since Saturday. Was out on the Ocoee the same day you shot this.
Saw the boat on the truck at the takeout and tried to talk the Pyrhana rep (Chris?) into giving us a peak at the outfitting, but he wasn’t having it. 😂
Looking forward to the full walkthrough. Thanks for the first impression! 🤙
Hahah
Great review, I look forward to the full review.
You and me both!
Looks AMAZING Wade. I know it's descibed as a creek boat but looks like a high-performance river runner to me, like driving a sports car.
Your eyes 👀 are definitely not deceiving you 😎
been waiting for this one
Yeah I was hoping to get in this before they ship this one out to west coast so glad I made the long trip over to meet up and paddle this one was definitely worth it
Was waiting for this.
Me too!
Looks like a very bouncy ride, if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing Wade!
The way they carried the volume and width out made this paddle very smooth and sitting low gives the feeling of floating higher like to hear your thoughts on the small when it drop over there
@@WadeHarrison interesting! Well, I'll look forward to trying one when I get the opportunity.
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I love the ripper 1 and always say to my friend while I carry mine that Pyranha made little pyranna teeth all around the cockpit to bite in your shoulder. Glad they got rid of those:) Can't wait to see what they did with the outfit!
Definitely better on the shoulder to carry
Wade FINALLY likes Pyranha's outfitting and not one comment on the drain plug. ;-)
Drain plug molded in not drilled and screwed outfitting tight and easy adjusting on a high preforming hull oh yeah 🫣😎
Can’t wait to give this one a try 🤙🏼
For sure I would recommend someone demo this one it’s quick and zippy around the river it just reacts to whatever you throw at it 😎
@@WadeHarrison good to know. Had a M Scorch, now in an X. But I want something fun again. This or a Super Skip RR 👀
Great to see you got the first review! Was it the Large LevelSix Ace you got?
I need a new skirt and I’m hopeful to get it to fit my firecracker, scorch and maybe ReactR now 😅
Fingers crossed to be able to retrofit the outfitting!
I have the XL ace I find it’s better for about every kayak
I am looking forward to trying this.
Definitely worth a demo
@@WadeHarrison seen it sat in it but not paddled it yet. It’s one of those kayaks that just looks right! Interesting outfitting too.
For sure
Hi Wade - very much looking forward to your Scorch vs ReactR comparison and the full ReactR review. One question - I am paddling a large Scorch and absolutely love it. But - its really big. Do you think the ReactR will be sized better? I am 230lbs so too big for a medium Scorch but kinda swim in the large Scorch. As always, keep your videos coming, they are used by many of us to understand the new boats and their performance.
I will cover this more when get a full production one but I feel you might like the M rEactR it’s in between the M scorch and L in my opinion now that might change when get more time in it
HOLY SHIT!!! That thing is INSANE!
It paddles like it looks 😉
Really looking forward to paddling this. Have you paddled the puffy steeze? Curious how it stacks up to that boat. Gonna be an interesting Spring of 3/4 slices to choose from!! Looking forward to more reviews from you on this boat and the new Dagger.
I have spent a lot of time in the actual steeze and just like a brief lap in the puff I feel this is very different from that actually I will do a side by side one get one I know a guy that has a puff and yeah I’m excited to see how that new dagg turns out as well looks to be another great year for kayaks
@@WadeHarrison let me know if you need to do a side by side with the puff as I have one. I live near the Charlotte Whitewater Center so would be easy to meet you there with it.
@@jonnynails I'll definitely be watching for that a/b.
Wow this looks like a river running sports car I need one of these when and where are these available I heard you say it was pre production and what are the final specs do you have those somewhere I looked online? Thanks for posting this really helps us not easily accessible to demos out a ton!
Thanks Tuba appreciate that and yes this is what a high performance creek boat should be and from my understanding maybe late April early May and as far as specs I don’t have anything confirmed but did check the rocker height and several things myself but will wait until get all confirmed before posting anything on it
Sounds like it a good boat, but I already have, and love my Scorch and really don't need a higher performance Scorch. I hope to see it at Tuckfest and maybe get a few laps in one to see the outfitting update. And hope it's an outfitting update across the board for all Pyranha WW kayaks.
Was thinking the same thing. Love my scorch and MORE than happy with it, even have my outfitting dialed in perfectly, although I can’t lie, I’m curious about the new outfitting
Yeah the scorch still is a amazing kayak in my opinion so totally agree if it’s working for you why upgrade
That outfitting better be outstanding with how strict they’re being on you not showing it 😂
😂 in this boat it’s all still prototype parts and looks little rough don’t want that to be the first walkthrough on it,but can tell you there is a backband thigh braces and a seat
I'm interested i n seeing their super secret outfitting. I really like my Scorch, but I recently bought a Rewind instead of a Ripper II because Dagger's outfitting is far superior.
Yeah did not want me to show it because it’s not complete
@wadeharrison have you had much more time with the ReactR? Would be keen to hear your thoughts on if this is suitable for someone new to WW or would the Scorch be a better choice.
I feel both would be good options the scorch will be little more locked in but both float extremely well on top the water and the outfitting just makes the reactr
Have you paddled the Gnarvana? (the other heavily rockered creeker) If so, which is better? Have you paddled the Flow?
I have paddled both of those and the flow is really good thought the gnar was decent but way to much bow volume and compression to the ReactR I feel it’s better boat for me
Just as the scorch was basically a newer/improved version of a burn, is this a newer/improved version of the 9r2?
I feel it’s combination of scorch 9r2 meets The horney potato meets a aggressive edge it paddles very differently
Now that the boat is officialy out, can you say how the rope system works? Is it really that much better than other manufacturers that use it? Awesome video again, keep on doing it sir!
I felt they took what’s out and improved it they are using stronger better rope and the have metal cleats with a pulley in them I’m a big fan of ratchets but these worked better then any rope system I used so far will cover this when get the production boat
@@WadeHarrison thanks a lot for answer, i’m not in rush with buying a boat so will wait some more time, maybe even get a chance to test it
@@Olrakp I feel the same. I'm not too impressed with the string. I'm a dagger fan.. I like a good ratchet. The string set up seems like a less than premium choice for an otherwise premium boat- but it really stands out. I'm really looking forward to the Indra review and walkthrough.
Pyranha Ractr vs Prijon Beast vs Dagger Indra - not easy choice this year 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah those are some great choices
Good thing it's stable. Lifting the seat almost always decreases stability.
For sure being low in the seat is what’s helping with that great stability
looks like a heavy tamper from hull to side wall, the cockpit looks more round than their normal cockpits, interesting yak, any chance of Demo of Soul Super Skip?
Yeah the cockpit is their newest design same as the rip2 and firecracker I like it and yeah when the slow boat from China 🇨🇳 lands with the soul skippers and hopefully will see some demos I want to really give that one a try as well
I'd love to know which was designed first, the skipper or Reactr. Both very similar in design, certainly would be good to get a comparison 😃
What's up with them not letting you show the outfitting? That's one of the most interesting points about this boat. Can't wait to see the full review!
The outfit in this boat was pretty rough looking like 3d printed parts and hand sewing ect they wanted to wait till fine tuned it before showing it so i understand but hey its up on the website now
@@WadeHarrison yeah..maybe they didnt want you to talk about the D ring and String backrest set up. I'd love to hear your honest thoughts about this.
Can you do a comparison with the ReactR, Indra, Slicey Steeze, Puffy Steeze, Ninja I, and Ninja II?
That would take a lot to line all those up same spot
@@WadeHarrison could you do it as a discussion or something?
That might be doable
"High performance creeker"!! Do we have a new type of kayaks?
Yes that’s what I’m calling this new batch anyway
Someone over here caught one on one of the UK rivers and took photos of the new outfitting and put them on Facebook! It looks like a massive improvement over the previous one. Just needs to be renamed the Jackson Pyranha! 😂
In my opinion Dagger and JK have the best all round outfitted whitewater kayaks out there and if something even comes remotely close to those I would be a happy 😃 camper!
I’m excited to see what Pyranha does with the final version of all the outfitting.
How do we get those photos?!
Braintree Canoeing Club on Facebook is the spot I believe. I’ve seen it, no clue if that’s actually what they’re going with for production, but it’s very Jackson-esque indeed
Do you think this is pyranha’s version of the Zet Ninja in terms of design intent? Would that be the closest boat to it?
Yes and no and like nothing I have tried so far.
Only kayaker who reviews the boat paddling upstream 😂
Well dare to be different 🤔
Just curious what happened at 1:31 when you said "Can you stern turn it?..whoa you're not doin that!" did the edge grab you and try to roll you?
Just alot of volume behind you I was trying to stern stall it not turn
@@WadeHarrison Thanks, I'm pretty excited to give ita demo when it's available- Your reviews are the best. Did you think the edges were very "grabby" or just good to carve into a turn. It seems to me like the love child of a scorch and ripper (but with more stern volume than a ripper ofcourse)
Exactly
How does this compare to the Indra? Or two totally different boats?
Will cover that in a video soon
How much stern space is there? Could this be a multiday boat?
Not much outside right behind you
Hi wade another excellent review. Out on the T yesterday and two Reactors passed me, one was Bren. Got to see him surf and did get a glimpse of the outfitting when he adjusted. No ratchets 🤔. I have the THP and I have to say it’s very similar. These 3/4 sporty creekers are definitely a thing now.
Yeah I seen some videos of Bren in a full production one looks forward to see what he paddles in this one and yeah good call it’s similar to the THP but knowing that boat the hulls are drastically different and the THP was pretty narrow
Oh yeah the hulls are very different but this new concept of narrowing the stern seems popular
For sure
Do you think this would be a beginner kayak, or the opposite?
Tough to say right now when I get more time in it will
Answer that question
ReactR large or Indra m/L? You can only pick one.
Hard to say right now I was only I. The rector for a one lap need to get more time in both
Will you test the new Prijon Beast?
Don’t have access to Prijon but have seen some videos on that one and looks great
@@WadeHarrison Path, Peaks & Paddles in NY will have that model 😉
24+ hours round trip driving to demo a boat makes sense lol 😂
Sorry I'm not from US. For me it's about 11h to Prijon factory 😝
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In the old day we would avoid rocks, I guess that why hulls don't last as long today
Hahah probably true
How can you just say it's 9 foot and not say what siz it is? There will be 3 sizes like the scorch and other Pyranha boats? Please tell me they haven't gone the way of Waka and Zet and only making one size?
This was the Medium and from what they told me it will be small Medium and large
I wonder if this boat will replace the 9R? I know it is fashionable to dislike Pyranha’s outfitting but I like it. On the other hand I know many people who like Jackson’s outfitting and I can’t stand it. I sold the one JK boat I had because the outfitting ticked me off so much.
I feel it will replace the scorch personally
I love the Ocoee
For sure! I will be back there in a couple weeks let’s link up
It looks goood. How does it boost on a lean on your boofs?
That’s why I need to give one way more time on a wider range of rivers the ocoee doesn’t have the best rapids for those lean boofs but from my time in it there I can feel this is going to be perfect for that style of kayaking where loading that tail edge and just sending it out across some boils will be like floating on air
"Don't show the outfitting since we didn't change it and it still is uncomfortable as hell"
😂 it’s changed trust me its better and the parts in this boat were still like some 3D printed parts and sewing to me looks like it was done in a garage somewhere but it all worked and felt good so I get why they wanted me not to post anything on that so they could do like their own walkthrough and breakdown on the updates and so yes it’s definitely updated.
Please stop promoting Amazon for kayaking gear! Retailers work so hard to have good stock, have demo and regive to the community.😢
Hahah are you serious in that same post I linked to a kayak manufacturer and 2 small dealers for vest and paddles and I support every dealer I have interactions with Highwater Hobbies NOC Splatapus imports Yipyak Rock Creek Riversports Festive waters downhill kayak and so many others I can’t remember for zero commission on sales and your going to see a few affiliate links and you feel I’m taken from dealers hard to have stock 🤔
thanks for the suggestion
So as usual a over hyped release of another so called break the barriers boat from them.....that will be flooding the second hand market within a year as the so called amazing boats before have like the ripper and ripper2!! 😅😅....and please consider this....if this company was that good at designs why was the Burn hull changed three times in five years!!!! ..... ridiculous
ha-ha well what are companies supposed to do zero media on their products or just make one and say that it's for life? Things evolve and improve in small increments over time. Takes a few to do it and see what works then just improving on that slowly. And you can apply your logic to anything phones, cameras, shoes, TVs ,cars ect.
In the end it's up to the consumer to make the choice what they want, and the market just figures it out.
Is the scorch still one the best river running creekers ever that's a YES from me. Is this an improvement on that design 2 years later YES from me again.