Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this board about two years ago when I lived on the water in Florida. I have since moved, so it's taking up space in my garage, but I can give you the low down of two years of pretty heavy use as both a SUP and regular 'water toy'. My experience with SUP... -Never owned anything but this board -Have paddled a lot of middle quality rigid boards -Have paddled once or twice on a nice race quality rigid board As a SUP... -It's long, which makes up for the stability you lose being slightly higher off the water than on a rigid board -If you paddle pretty hard/fast it won't really hold a line as well as a rigid board that has a small wedge in the front. I found the nose rotating a few degrees every strong paddle, which gets annoying on long paddles when you have a destination in mind -The included paddle works find, I would not recommend buying an aftermarket, it'd be like adding BMW performance tires to a Buick As a recreational 'water toy'... -Kids would use the board to ferry up to 5 people across the small bay we lived on -I fished with the board a few times, just secure a tacklebox or cooler to the front and you're good to go Other notes... -Pumping from fully deflated/stored to recommended 14'ish psi takes a good 5 minutes of intense pumping or 10 minutes of relaxed pumping. I tried using an electric mattress pump once but it was too difficult matching up the dissimilar hoses. -We left the board outside quite often in the sun, and after about a year the gray carrying handle degraded and the black grip pad began to flake a little bit -The body of the board has held up great. I rammed it into some barnacles at full paddle (on accident) and it had noting more than a slight scratch. The fin took some decent hits too but didn't get more than a few knicks -After two years the paddle won't completely hold it's position. With hard pulls/strokes it slips a bit -Unlike a rigid board, this will not retain much resale value. I looked into selling it on CL, but I wouldn't have gotten more than 20% of what I paid, whereas a lot of decent rigid boards will fetch 50-70% of their original price Buy this board if... -You are looking to spend less than $1500 on an equivalent rigid board -You like to paddle board recreationally -You want a durable and versatile water toy that doesn't take up the entire garage -You don't plan on selling the board to upgrade to a higher quality SUP in the future