Great information. You’ve helped me a lot. I just purchased the PWR129. I’m 6’7” tall and 360 pounds. Love the stability. Easy to paddle. Took it on a 5 mile river trip last night. Easy to control and performed very well for a fishing Kayak.

Really appreciate the overview and pros and cons.

PWR129 is definitely a value for what’s initially provided: built in rudder system, and specifically designed to make wiring for motors etc fairly easy. I had a heck of a time running wiring for my Unlimited. Tack on the cost of a rudder system as well. Good video.

Good stuff!

Fantastic video Andy 👊 Really appreciate the Pros v Cons segment. 😎

Bonafide was actually my first choice to purchase when upgrading from a entry level HooDoo 20 tempest-P, But 2 things just were a deal breaker for me. 1.) the peddle drive, to raise it is kind of a pain if/when you start to run aground having to remove that cover and re-align the prop before you can lift it from a shallow water situation I had a lot of situations with Hoo Doo as Its the exact same set up. 2.) the entire rudder system the from the steering control back just seemed to flimsy, I preferred the flip over beaver tail style which provides more effective steering and less prone to damage. Even the lower budget HooDoo had a better rudder. In my opinion the Bonifide design is almost the perfect fishing kayak if they would address the pedal drive and the steering situation. I went with the Old Town 106 PDL for the 2 reasons stated above. If Bonafide and old town had a baby it would be quite the fishing machine!! As usual nice informative content! love your channel.

Great video review Andy…New Sub. Your number 1 Con is also my only problem with my Bonefide SS107…it is SLOW, especially when attaining upstream. I got my SS107 three years ago to fish my favorite freestone river in East TN for smallmouth. I have spent well over 1,000 hours river fishing in this kayak, so I have some experience with this particular model. Apart from the difficultly attaining, this kayak is a dreamboat to fish from…it is stable, can handle class 1 & 2 rapids, has an exceedingly comfortable seat and a well designed platform layout. A quick question for you…would the Nucanoe f10 or U10 be faster than my SS107? Attain better than my SS107? Thanks

I really like the SKf but recently came across the kaku voodoo. Know anything about it?

I have not seen a Bonafide kayak here on the GULFCOAST I think they are mostly fished up North in Rivers n Lakes.

3:51 disclaimer……if you plan to put both motors on the kayak and tournament fish you won’t be allowed. Even though they’re designing kayaks to safely handle both these tournament brands aren’t moving off of it. I still feel like a stern mount with pedal drive is an advantage over every other kayak on the water BUT I cannot comfortably use a pedal drive kayak. It’s unfortunate they advertise these kayaks to mount up 2 motors but van you from tournaments.

Great video, as always. You forgot to mention as a PRO Bonafide's Limited Lifetime Hull warranty, plus their industry leading warranty on their pedal drive (5 years).

Hi, Andy. It's Marion (Ladd) again. I asked about choosing my first kayak between Perception Outlaw or Bonafide SKF117. But you did a video on RS117 and I think it is the best of both worlds for me. Remember I'm only going to be fishing maybe half the time and recreational padding looking at birds and wildlife the rest of the time. For that use is the RS117 more maneuverable than the Outlaw or SKF117? I just really fell in love with the Outlaw features. I'm planning on getting a high quality Bending Branches paddle for best performance.

I just bought my first Kayak, Pelican Classic Catch 100, hope I made a good choice.

If you were planning to get into kayak fishing, would you say Bonafide or Native? There's options from both that I am interested in. But from a brand quality perspective and customer service, who is the winner?