Ultralight Float Tubes

[Jeff F]

Anybody own or ever use the Wilderness Lite tubes? I'm planning on doing lots of hike-to Sierra lakes this summer. These things, while pricey, seem pretty cool........and VERY light weight,, which is I why I want one.

https://wildernesslitefloattubes.com...ccesories.html

Thanks for any input.

~Jeff

[Woodman]

Anybody own or ever use the Wilderness Lite tubes? I'm planning on doing lots of hike-to Sierra lakes this summer. These things, while pricey, seem pretty cool........and VERY light weight,, which is I why I want one.

https://wildernesslitefloattubes.com...ccesories.html

Thanks for any input.

~Jeff

I have one, but unfortunately have only used it a little. It works great considering its light weight. It's really nice on some higher lakes to be able to get out onto the lake. Would be easy to pack in already inflated, but I also have a very small/light rechargeable air pump
that will fill it on the spot.

My days of hiking a float tube into remote lakes are mostly past. PM me if you're interested in buying mine. It's practically new.

[Jeff F]

I have one, but unfortunately have only used it a little. It works great considering its light weight. It's really nice on some higher lakes to be able to get out onto the lake. Would be easy to pack in already inflated, but I also have a very small/light rechargeable air pump
that will fill it on the spot.

My days of hiking a float tube into remote lakes are mostly past. PM me if you're interested in buying mine. It's practically new.

Hell yes. PM sent.

[RoosterHunter]

this is for Bill (old timer). Do you remember the Del Canty float tube. So compact that you could fold it down to the size of a cigarette package.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Good one Jay....your memory is still good.

They were round, "doughnuts", in orange and came with an orange bag, like a pillow case, to wave around and trap air to fill the tube.

[HSano]

The only issue I would have with the design is that you will be sitting quite low in the water even with the inflatable seat. If you want to fish dry flies and there is a chop on the water, you may be sitting so low in the water that you can't see the rising fish. This happened to me when I was float tubing Manzanita in an old-style float tube. These two guys came by in prams and were catching fish after fish using dry flies and I couldn't even see the rises. I subsequently bought a Tote-n-Flote which has a raised seat and I could easily see the risers.

[Jcolin]

I’ve also been looking to get a packable float tube for backcountry lakes this summer. Seems like either the wilderness lite or the scadden outlaw aircraft. Wilderness lite is slightly less money and has a good package deal with packable fins. The scadden boat looks a little nicer to me, but I have some reservations about buying a boat from him as I’ve read ithe customer service can be rough with people having a difficult time getting replacement parts etc, in fact theres many, very long threads on washington fly fishing forum about this and its kind of scared me off buying one of his boats.

[Goz]

I have an Outcast Trinity float tube. It came with a small backpack that fit the tube/pump and fins with a little space left for gear. Weighed in at 7 pounds. However, I don’t think Outcast makes it any longer, but if you can find a used one, it’s a great pack tube.