u/caveat_cogitor

I see in the past there were lots of complaints of price creep, then in March there's an article stating they are removing promotional pricing. I take this to mean that the pricing might change for new service, but that those prices are no longer "promotional" prices -- not sure what that means exactly except that they may not automatically go up after a promo period (but could go up sooner?)

I suspect all this article means (if anything) is just that there's "flat" pricing (no additional line items for equipment/etc) and no more intro/promo prices -- however without a commitment to that price for a specific time period, it seems like that just removes an introductory rate guarantee, and they can just increase your price whenever?

Just trying to understand if anything has changed meaningfully one way or another since this announcement was posted.

I know this is at least part technique and "my own fault" but just trying to gauge how much as I'm looking into trying out kayaking more.

I have been renting kayaks and trying to get a sense of whether to buy one and all the decisions that entails. I rented a Jackson Tupelo, a "newer" one with the frame seat -- I immediately fell out. This was on flat water in a slow moving river. After getting some help un-swamping it and trying again, it remained so tippy that it was simply not fun at all. Additionally, the seatback straps kept slipping so I couldn't sit upright (maybe just because they were wet?). I also really couldn't quite touch the foot rests even with them adjusted all the way back -- I was told later the seat could be moved forward but that wasn't a simple adjustment in this case?

Clearly that wasn't an ideal situation -- I couldn't find damage or anything wrong with it so I'm trying to understand quite what went wrong. I brought it back to the shop and swapped for a nearly identical Tupelo but with the lower non-frame seat and I didn't have this problem at all.

I understand that a higher seat means higher center of gravity and would expect it to be somewhat more tippy, but this was way outside my expectation. Ultimately I think I'd like something that is a little lighter and faster for day touring, but I'm trying to get a better grasp of things to get my expectations a bit more in line with reality -- in other words, was this all simply bad technique on my part, and if so why was there such a dramatic difference between these nearly identical kayaks for me?

I'm 5'5" 190lb so overweight and I'm not super flexible. However I've kayaked half a dozen times and never felt like I was super likely to tip over. I know part of this is to try more kayaks and maybe take a basic class but for now I'm wondering if you all have some insight to what likely happened. I expect that there's technique involved and falling in is just part of the experience -- my concern though is this one kayak just felt *so* tippy the entire time, for what is expected to be a very stable model. Thanks