Despite so many positive reviews online, Guy ran into the following problems trying to get his Hobie Compass to the water and back, through sand.
Guy: I read so many good reviews about the C-Tug kayak cart with beach wheels and really wanted to like it. Unfortunately it hasn’t performed as expected. The cart’s flat pads don’t cradle rounded hulls well. The cart’s straps slip off the kayak if the wheels hit any obstacle and the cart has to be repositioned. I had to add a cradle made out of a plastic bucket, to hold the C-Tug in place.
I attached and detached the wheels under water and sand got into the plastic parts. Sand remained on the inside of the wheels despite traveling over a hard surface.
It was difficult to clean off without water. Sand gets stuck in the tire tread and probably cuts into it.
Sand got inside the axle and scratched up both the inside of the wheel and the axle itself.
Sorry that my first Holoholo post isn’t more upbeat but I just wanted the kayak community to know that my experience hasn’t been as good as was expected.
I have one and the kick stand broke immediately and the cradle will not hold the kayak in place unless you are on even ground (which going kayaking is not possible). The strap setup is terrible and doesn’t adequately secure the craft. I wanted $139 on this and will never buy another one. I convinced 6 different people in the store to not buy this item. It’s a total marketing fraud.
Hey Gabriel,
Crazy how few negative reviews there are of the CTug cart yeah? There a much better carts out there.
Thanks for the feedback,
scott
Same problem with my C-tug cart. Didn’t fit the bottom of my enjoy fishing kayak at all. My solution was to build two “rails” 36 in Long. I used the large diameter foam “swimming noodles inserted 1 in PVC pipe to make them rigid then zip tied them onto the c-tug pads facing forward and aft (longitudinally)
Now my C-tug is a modified hybrid car ? it works great that was the solution !! Too bad they don’t come that way !!! or with optional longitudinal rails !! Patent pending !
Private kayakers free to use my idea !! Enjoy paddling !
-Capt Z
Glad you found a solution that worked. Thanks for the suggestion!
-scott