If you’ve ever watched a sailor row a neat little boat from their yacht to shore, you’ve seen an inflatable dinghy in action. After spending 60 hours comparing 12 models and reading thousands of owner reviews, our team put together this guide to the best inflatable dinghies you can actually buy in . An inflatable … Read more
Loading a 14-foot kayak onto a roof rack at 6 a.m. is a rite of passage nobody actually enjoys. After the third time I nearly pulled a shoulder muscle, I started researching the best kayak trailers. What began as a personal fix turned into a 60-day project where our team compared 10 popular models, weighed … Read more
Choosing the best dinghies for comes down to matching hull type, weight, and motor capability to your cruising style. After 90 days on the water testing 12 models across the Pacific Northwest and the Caribbean, our team at We Are Salt found that the right inflatable or RIB dinghy can make the difference between easy … Read more
If you’ve spent any time at a put-in at dawn, you already know the truth: the best fishing canoes get you to the spots boats can’t reach and stay quiet enough not to spook the water. We have spent the last three months paddling ten canoes and jon boats on lakes, slow rivers, and farm … Read more
Last summer we spent 14 weekends on three different lakes, switching between eight pedal boats to see which ones actually held up. The best pedal boats we tested are not always the loudest brands on the shelf. A pedal boat, sometimes called a paddle boat, is a small pontoon-style watercraft powered by foot pedals that … Read more
Three summers ago, I parked my campervan at a Utah trailhead and cranked out a ten-year-old awning that flapped like a sail in 25 mph gusts. That night the fabric tore at the seam, a leg bent, and I spent the next morning cursing under a rain fly. Since then I have run six different … Read more
RV window awnings are the single most effective upgrade we have made for keeping the cabin cool on summer trips. After thousands of miles logged across Class A motorhomes, travel trailers, and 5th wheels, our team has seen firsthand how a quality window awning drops interior temperatures, blocks direct sun, and lets you run the … Read more
Last summer our team spent 87 days testing inflatable boats across three lakes, one river, and two ocean bays in Maine and Florida. We pumped up 14 different models, dragged them through sand, mounted motors ranging from 2hp trolling units to a 15hp outboard, and let three different dogs chew on the tubes (only one … Read more
Summer is here, the rivers are calling, and finding the best inflatable rafts for your next water adventure shouldn’t feel like a research project. I’ve spent the last three months testing 12 of the most popular rafts, tubes, and inflatable boats on the market, paddling them across calm lakes, lazy rivers, class III whitewater, and … Read more
Three years ago I bounced around my local lake in a 12-foot flat-bottom trying to reach a creek mouth that bass boats couldn’t access. That day sold me on the appeal of the best jon boats, and since then I’ve helped our team evaluate more than 40 different models across ponds, rivers, marshes, and reservoirs. … Read more