Mike from United States, LA Public Profile

I was looking for new paddles to replace the cheap, too short junk, that came with my kayak. This has been a great choice. I have owned other cheap and other expensive paddles. Most often you get what you pay for. Not the case with these. I got a great price, best any where I could find for this paddle. It is well made. There is zero shake or shimmy at the connection for the 2 halves. It weights less than the cheap paddle that came with my yak, yet it was almost 1 1/2 ft longer. The built in grips are very comfortable. Saved me some more money as I didn't have to buy grips. I pushed off of rocks and sand bars with the paddles, they stood up to the abuse. My only complaint was shipping. CS drop ships these from the manufacturer. It took CS 5 days just to send the order to the Bending Branches. BB got the paddle to me quicker than CS sent the order to BB. I had a maiden voyage planed for these paddles. They did not make it. I had to use my awful paddle one more time. I wish CS would have specified the paddle was being dropped shipped, or at least not taken nearly a week just to send the order to BB