We traveled to Riversport Kayaks in Homassassa, FL and searched through their large selection to narrow down our selections for our next kayak purchase. We came down to two favorite choices, which the owner volunteered to loan us ts to test and compare. With this wonderful offer we loaded the two up and headed for Chassawhitska River for a test ride. The test went fantastic and even when I took the Hobie passport and traveled upstream against a strong wind with power boats waking me hard, I didn't even break a sweat. After 4 hours of steady paddling ( remember its a test of the equipment ) with mild peddling the kayak glided with no problems, and after almost 3 and a half hours my legs don't even feel it. I am sold, ordered two and hopefully they will be in next week. We can't wait for our next paddling adventure.