These "military grade" materials are all marketing bs - There isn't a standard for PVC that defines it. Also usually very heavy too - take Bluefin for example - weigh almost twice what my board does. Have fun carrying it :)

Great point! Thanks for sharing. Beau

Do you frequently fold it? I'm afraid bending the material could quickly cause tear. Am I too cautious? I'm about to purchase an inflatable fir mobility reasons, but this is a key point for me

Great to hear!

So long as you fold it loosely, and not too tight, the material should hold up for many years. You can do this many times each week and still get lots of use out of it. The more premium price points will generally last longer. Hope this helps and all the best! Beau

@@SUPboardermag Thanks a lot for your reply! That's great, I'll get one!

Hi Steve, sorry to hear about your experience and also thanks for sharing. Always a good idea to store/leave boards out of the sun. Hope you're still enjoying time on the water. Cheers, Beau

@@SUPboardermag Got a river paddle in yesterday. Enjoyed your video

We're sorry to hear about your experience. good for others to learn from your comment. iRocker do a 3yr warranty on boards purchased in 2021 onwards.

@@SUPboardermag iRocker warranty for their Nautical board is only 2 years according to their website.

Irocker makes overpriced gear. Two of my friends with boards less then a year old are having failures on the seams. My cheap Zray 8 year old Zray has had failures but is easily glued back together

Hahaha, it's always good fun! Thanks for the comment. Beau

Thanks for the comment! The only reason that Starboard was heavily mentioned was because they were the only brand to offer extensive insights into their equipment. We reached out to six top brands over two months ago and never heard back from most. Gladiator were helpful also. Glad you are enjoying the content. Many thanks, Beau

@@SUPboardermag Thanks for the response and background. I appreciate your dedication to this addiction!

Awesome to hear

Great to hear your comment.Thanks for sharing. Beau

Thanks for the comment! Great insights into other brands and glad to hear your RED and Starboard isups have been kind to you. We love your content too and can' wait to see more. Thanks, Beau

@@SUPboardermag Thanks! 🤙🤗

Glues in Red Paddle co boards will give out if stored in hot, humid conditions indoors.

Glad you liked it! Thanks, Beau

Thanks!

Good question. There are a number of factors that may influence this such as how you store it overnight and if the seams are being squashed, how much PSI you place into the board (too much) and if when pumped up the board changes in pressure (due to temperature). I would say it would last a few seasons, but with all things a lot of use and wear will degrade the quality. Hope this helps. Thanks, Beau

@@SUPboardermag i want to start a sup rent activity i will start woth a couple of them and i need to inflate and deflate them every day they will be stored inside in a safe place. The place is coastal very rocky, do you have any advice to protect the sup against puncture on shallow rocks? Are there kind of protection in the market? Are isup resistant in the long run to rock places? I fear that beginner customers will destroy my sups in a couple of week, then my activity will be fucked😂

@@SUPboardermag i just hope they will last atleast for this summer

from what i have read the best way to store them is slightly inflated. im sure that rolling them will begin to start putting strain on certain parts of the material which will eventually develop a leak. (after years of use).

Bingo... Yes. We feel they'll be a video coming out from explaining all this very soon.

Oh no!!! What brand was this? Please let us know how the manufacturer has dealt with this if still under warranty.

@@SUPboardermag it was itiwit brand but mistake was mine I believe. I live in Singapore which is hot and humid city and the area where I left my SUP got extremely hot once sun came out of the clouds luckily we could save other one from bursting. I am dealing with the Decathlon folks they are yet to get back to me what they're gonna do about it.

@@SUPboardermag as expected Decathlon refuse to replace or fix it stating that damages caused by leaving it out in the sun while inflated is not covered. I bought another one from them a longer (11') and leaner (32' width ) one it's lot less stable getting use to that.

Did you find it informative? It is very Starboard heavy, however Starboard did give us a lot of information to share with you for this video and we happened to have a few Starboard SUPs from previous reviews / tests which we included in the video. Not at all paid for by the brand, but you get some juicy info from them. Hope this clears it up. Beau

Wow! Just goes to show that heat can really melt the glue. Most board can withstand anything, as you have realised with your Tower SUP. Thanks for sharing. Beau

Good question.. BUT , No this is not sponsored by starboard in anyway at all, we have taken no money off of them for this video. The reason it looks like it's sponsored by Starboard is because they were the only company that actually got back with a good amount of information telling us about the lifespan of paddle boards. We emailed at least 10 companies asking for information about iSUP lifespans and the ones in the video were the only ones that got back. Which I think shows that actually not many of them know their lifespan of their boards truly. But I do understand that because of this and the feature image I do see it looks like a Starboard pimp. But I guess that is why they got back to us, it could of been with Red Paddle Co boards but they weren't that helpful! :-) many thanks Reuben.

Sorry you feel that way about the video