Always happy to help you bro. Just to give an update on the warped hull issue with the Unlimited in the video, as well as other issues, NuCanoe is taking care of everything. They sent screws for the one missing in the accessory track and a replacement seat strap for my wife’s Frontier 12 immediately. After discussing the warped hull at length, their are some questions that NuCanoe and my dealer need to answer for me, but they have offered to replaced it with a new kayak.
I bought a Nucanoe Pursuit, it was a demo model. I saved $400, the Kayak was missing one small part- one of the tracks in the front was missing (it was a used boat, after all.) I called Nucanoe, and they were very helpful- and they sent me the part free of charge right away, along with a hat and a sticker. I even spoke to Blake Young, he called me on my cell phone to make sure I got everything OK! It was the best customer service experience I have ever had. Furthermore- I love that Kayak!!!!!! I dont know about the unlimited, but the Pursuit is the best fishing craft I have ever owned in my life, and trust me, I have had more than one bass boat, kayaks, canoes, you name it. There is nothing better to catch fish from than my Nucanoe Pursuit! Thanks for the cool video.
Nucanoe has excellent customer service. I own the Pursuit with Pvot Drive and placed warranty parts requests with them in the past. It's easy to find the parts you need on their website. They are also quick to respond and satisfy your inquires.
THIS is why I respect your content. Telling the truth. This boat is a cutting edge and unique platform that I really want. I just don't want to be the beta tester for a $1600 plastic boat. They get the wrinkles ironed out and it will be awesome.
Good review Aliex. I shared my issues with you, I agree with everything you stated. I was one of the unfortunate ones that got a boat with a soft deck and it cracked within my first two trips out in it. Nucanoe has done a good job with staying in contact with me though about getting a replacement sent out to me it’s just been a slow process with the state of the industry right now. I will say from my experience on the water though the thing is incredibly stable, I can’t stand and actually fish side ways of the boat, I can step forward to deploy and retract the Xi3 Without using the rope tricks. I’m really hoping the replacement doesn’t have the same issues and they have fixed them because it makes a great big lake fishing platform.
I enjoy your reviews. You crack me up flipping kayaks. I have an Unlimited and paddle everywhere. Yeah, a bit slower than many, but the space, 360 seat and stability are very much worth the extra effort to me. My only real complaints are the weight and it should have built in sacrificial plates like Jacksons do. Also another day storage lid in the front would be great.
I’ve had mine for a year now with no issues at all. It does what I need it to enable me to stand with confidence and the open deck is what initially struck my interest. I have a 40 # thrust minn kota on the transom that I modified to work with a stick steer. My only issue is the seat. The way it attaches is not fun. I always loved my Bonafide RS117 because how the seat was so simple to put on kayak. I know they have a quick release but that still leaves the frame on the kayak
You know, one review on this boat I’d like to really see is Blake said on a video that you can use the pivot drive apparently in tandem mode if you use the F10 steering and drive cable but I have yet to see any videos or even pictures of this setup.
Enjoy your content so much I’ve been looking into getting an unlimited came across this video and it’s been 2 years are these kayaks better quality now you think?
Hey Alex! Always enjoy your reviews. Was wondering how the Nucanoe unlimited would stack up against the OldTown autopilot 120. Completely different boats, but do they compare? Thanks
I’ve had okay customer service with NuCanoe. I had the transom wheel kit pop a hole in my transom for my frontier 12 . They sent me a gator guard to patch it and c-tug to replace my wheel set. Also my chair broke and after a couple replacement mounts (all with issues) they finally swapped the base for a new all metal design. My issue is the kayak is awesome, but everything breaks eventually on it. I’ve changed all the hardware out because of rust. Thank god I had a crescent kayak to back my NuCanoe up , or I’d been off the water for months last year because they never had warranty parts in stock.
I had to take my nucanoe to my dealer and nucanoe did send me a replacement. This was about a month ago . The nukes are well made and they stand behind their products
Good video, but I watched all of the Nucanoe content. I would like to see the boats used in some wavy conditions other than ponds and shallow smooth inside waters. The Vibe fishing video you just did showed the Shear Water in choppy water and it showed how wet the boat is in a light chop. That was good information to have. The video today was very good and provided your opinion of the Nucanoe. You expressed yourself well and covered the salient points and product support.
I hope Nucanoe sends me one with a pivot drive so I can review that setup and take it in crazy waters..but I doubt it would happened lol 😂 did you like the change of scenery???
@@AliexFolgueira Thinking of you dragging that tiny boat up the boat launch ramp always makes me smile. I knew you were going to do it. I just kept thinking naw he isn't is he? Yep he is.....It would be more effective if it was a dissolve or a cut way to the next scene.
Mine has that soft spot and a small warped in the bottom,I emailed them without a response I agree this kayak is hard to paddle i can reach 3.5 miles max on a day with zero wind average speed for me is 2mph
I've got a Bonafide SS107 and can only sustain2MPH paddling. So considering how much wider the Unlimited is, that's actually impressive. I agree with Alex, if you're going to get a boat that wide, you're going to want a motor, or a pedal drive.
@@AliexFolgueira paddling for now but will bow mount an XI3 once the Tournament Trail I fish with approves electric motors. But I may consider the pdl option if they don’t. I took it out today and was able to stand sideways in it and fish. I’ve got a 41 minute video of it. Not sure how to condense because I was literally talking the whole time.
@@AliexFolgueira yeah I just called nucanoe and they said if you were able to back order one today, you might get it by November or December that's for the frontier, unlimited, pursuits
You get what you pay for. Cheaper kayaks usually have warping and hardware issues. Top of the line kayaks are built better with higher quality control standards. But I dont understand why they charge $1200 for their pedal drive. If you add the cost of the kayak and the pedal drive you can buy a premium pedal drive kayak like a Titan or a Slayer max..
@@bennoyes05 I rate this video 10/10 the best, perfect combination of talking and broll and just me putting up a show on how a UA-cam video should be done.
@@AliexFolgueira LOL. I rate it a 3/10. You should have showed it like 95% the time and u just repeat the same talking points like 3 or 4 times; “you can put a motor on it”.
My friend ordered 5 of these with engines and all accessories and I just put two of them together and they are terrible. I’ve got tons of kayak experience and kayak fishing experience. These are the worst kayaks I’ve ever used. Super tippy, can’t re-enter, hard to flip back over, not fast, engines are ridiculous, can’t steer well, certainly couldn’t fish while steering, meaning no trolling. Really disappointed. This is the first review I clicked on UA-cam to see what others think. This looks to me like more of an advertisement. Funny how they just talking near water for most of the video. I think that’s because there’s no demo to show you that will sell you if you know what you’re doing. My friend just wasted 30k. He wanted to start a kayak fishing tourism business. Even if you could somehow managed to make this boat work for you for something… you could never expect tourists to use them easily. I think someone pawned this package off on him and unfortunately he needs to try do the same thing to try recover part of this loss. 👎🏽👎🏽
What the hell are you talking about ??? Do you even know what kayak your friend bought ? I bet you it wasn’t this one BECAUSE IT IS SOLD out! There is no way he purchased $33,000 worth of it ! What else IM NOT GETTING A PENNY FOR THIS REVIEW AND IF YOU OAY ATTENTION YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ALL THE TRIALS WE PUT THIS KAYAK THRU ! it was a whole day on the water and we did everything INCLUDING FLIPPING IT AND RECOVERY GO WATCH THAT VIDEO
@@AliexFolgueira hey man just sharing my experience. That’s all. Guess I was wrong about my opinion of your review, according to you. My opinion is that a video review should SHOW things, not just talk about them. But what do I know. We are in the Bahamas and we have to pay 45% duty plus 12% vat plus shipping on this type of purchase and can’t get refunded. I have 5 of them sitting in my garage right now with Honda engines and all accessories. I was super excited to put them together and try out today but a few hrs later were were all just completely exhausted, wet and disappointed.
@@AliexFolgueira well that wasn’t my intention. My opinion of the kayaks has nothing to do with you. My opinion of your video is that you are a great presenter but this specific video I noticed was a lot of talking and not much demonstration. I personally don’t really listen to talk, I’m more concerned with the actual function. But that’s just me, I’m just some guy. I had a really bad day messing with these kayaks and I’m super disappointed and feel bad for my friend. Maybe some of that energy came across in my comment. If so, I didn’t mean it toward you. But man, when you make videos like this, you gotta realize that people have the right to comment back on them and you may not like what they say. To the viewers… I think this guy is a great presenter but in this particular video I would have liked less talk and more demonstration myself. My experience with this model kayak was very disappointing. I give the kayaks two thumbs down based on my experience with them.
To be honest, I have watched several of the videos related to this kayak that Alex has made and I agree that this video was all talk. The reason is that he already demonstrated everything that was discussed in this video in other videos previously. This video is a summary and final thoughts kind of thing. Personally, I have been thing about getting this kayak and I appreciated the series on it. The tipping video was my favorite. My one suggestion would be to put all of the nucanoe ultimate videos in a Playlist.
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Is fast is fast could be nobody’s faster than me
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Always happy to help you bro. Just to give an update on the warped hull issue with the Unlimited in the video, as well as other issues, NuCanoe is taking care of everything. They sent screws for the one missing in the accessory track and a replacement seat strap for my wife’s Frontier 12 immediately. After discussing the warped hull at length, their are some questions that NuCanoe and my dealer need to answer for me, but they have offered to replaced it with a new kayak.
Nice. My frontier 12 had a warped hull. Thank god I popped out with hot water. They use way to think of a hdpe on the kayaks I’m convinced.
Could you translate please?
I bought a Nucanoe Pursuit, it was a demo model. I saved $400, the Kayak was missing one small part- one of the tracks in the front was missing (it was a used boat, after all.) I called Nucanoe, and they were very helpful- and they sent me the part free of charge right away, along with a hat and a sticker. I even spoke to Blake Young, he called me on my cell phone to make sure I got everything OK! It was the best customer service experience I have ever had. Furthermore- I love that Kayak!!!!!! I dont know about the unlimited, but the Pursuit is the best fishing craft I have ever owned in my life, and trust me, I have had more than one bass boat, kayaks, canoes, you name it. There is nothing better to catch fish from than my Nucanoe Pursuit! Thanks for the cool video.
Nucanoe has excellent customer service. I own the Pursuit with Pvot Drive and placed warranty parts requests with them in the past. It's easy to find the parts you need on their website. They are also quick to respond and satisfy your inquires.
my own experiences with them dating back to2015 have always been great, very responsive, i was not making videos then
THIS is why I respect your content. Telling the truth.
This boat is a cutting edge and unique platform that I really want. I just don't want to be the beta tester for a $1600 plastic boat. They get the wrinkles ironed out and it will be awesome.
Yeah I would recommend waiting but you will have to anyways lead times is like 4-5 months out incredible
Funny you said that, I am 6'7" 450lbs and this is the one I'm getting for my first yak .On Friday I'll be going to pick it up.
How are you liking it?
Excellent points on product review and for calling out the company on service issues…👍🏻
Thanks bro 😎 gotta keep it real
Thanks for all the reviews on this kayak. I ordered one in March. Supposed to come in at the end of this month.
Hopefully you get it soon and in one piece 😀
Good review Aliex. I shared my issues with you, I agree with everything you stated. I was one of the unfortunate ones that got a boat with a soft deck and it cracked within my first two trips out in it. Nucanoe has done a good job with staying in contact with me though about getting a replacement sent out to me it’s just been a slow process with the state of the industry right now. I will say from my experience on the water though the thing is incredibly stable, I can’t stand and actually fish side ways of the boat, I can step forward to deploy and retract the Xi3 Without using the rope tricks. I’m really hoping the replacement doesn’t have the same issues and they have fixed them because it makes a great big lake fishing platform.
Thanks again Tyler, I hope you get your replacement soon! It is a nice boat
I enjoy your reviews. You crack me up flipping kayaks. I have an Unlimited and paddle everywhere. Yeah, a bit slower than many, but the space, 360 seat and stability are very much worth the extra effort to me. My only real complaints are the weight and it should have built in sacrificial plates like Jacksons do. Also another day storage lid in the front would be great.
I’ve had mine for a year now with no issues at all. It does what I need it to enable me to stand with confidence and the open deck is what initially struck my interest. I have a 40 # thrust minn kota on the transom that I modified to work with a stick steer. My only issue is the seat. The way it attaches is not fun. I always loved my Bonafide RS117 because how the seat was so simple to put on kayak. I know they have a quick release but that still leaves the frame on the kayak
One of the better quality videos you have made.👍
Thanks bro
Awesome overview. How would you rate its paddling vs the outlaw?
As a river boat for fishing that looks like the best one I've seen to date.
You know, one review on this boat I’d like to really see is Blake said on a video that you can use the pivot drive apparently in tandem mode if you use the F10 steering and drive cable but I have yet to see any videos or even pictures of this setup.
Enjoy your content so much I’ve been looking into getting an unlimited came across this video and it’s been 2 years are these kayaks better quality now you think?
How many times I said “huge “ or “incredible “ gosh I lost it lol
Great review - nice overview on pros and cons 👍
Hey Alex! Always enjoy your reviews. Was wondering how the Nucanoe unlimited would stack up against the OldTown autopilot 120. Completely different boats, but do they compare? Thanks
Any information on what NuCanoe is doing about the issues? I have one coming in July. Will mine suck?
The issues are always in a few boats, I hope you get a one in great shape, if you get a bad one they will replace it for sure
Would this be good for 350 lbs man on small lakes and rivers
its has a weight rating of 650 ponds I believe, you should be fine.
Thx for the review Aliex!
thanks brother, did you see the chitshow??? the lastest?? im a mess lol
Hey Aliex, is the Unlimited harder to paddle than the Frontier 12?
I’m interested in this question also.
I’ve had okay customer service with NuCanoe. I had the transom wheel kit pop a hole in my transom for my frontier 12 . They sent me a gator guard to patch it and c-tug to replace my wheel set. Also my chair broke and after a couple replacement mounts (all with issues) they finally swapped the base for a new all metal design. My issue is the kayak is awesome, but everything breaks eventually on it. I’ve changed all the hardware out because of rust. Thank god I had a crescent kayak to back my NuCanoe up , or I’d been off the water for months last year because they never had warranty parts in stock.
did it happened recently?
@@AliexFolgueira last year.
Anyone know if there’s a big difference win performance between this and the f10? Thanks
I had to take my nucanoe to my dealer and nucanoe did send me a replacement. This was about a month ago . The nukes are well made and they stand behind their products
Good video, but I watched all of the Nucanoe content. I would like to see the boats used in some wavy conditions other than ponds and shallow smooth inside waters. The Vibe fishing video you just did showed the Shear Water in choppy water and it showed how wet the boat is in a light chop. That was good information to have. The video today was very good and provided your opinion of the Nucanoe. You expressed yourself well and covered the salient points and product support.
I hope Nucanoe sends me one with a pivot drive so I can review that setup and take it in crazy waters..but I doubt it would happened lol 😂 did you like the change of scenery???
@@AliexFolgueira Thinking of you dragging that tiny boat up the boat launch ramp always makes me smile. I knew you were going to do it. I just kept thinking naw he isn't is he? Yep he is.....It would be more effective if it was a dissolve or a cut way to the next scene.
@@cerescop I don’t use transitions I think they are cheesy but maybe one or two won’t hurt
@@AliexFolgueira You want to continue with the Vlog style....
I have used mine (I have a pursuit) in many different conditions and it is fantastic!!!!
Mine has that soft spot and a small warped in the bottom,I emailed them without a response I agree this kayak is hard to paddle i can reach 3.5 miles max on a day with zero wind average speed for me is 2mph
Where exactly is the soft spot?
I've got a Bonafide SS107 and can only sustain2MPH paddling. So considering how much wider the Unlimited is, that's actually impressive. I agree with Alex, if you're going to get a boat that wide, you're going to want a motor, or a pedal drive.
Just bought one. It’s bad ass
how are you outfitting it?
@@AliexFolgueira paddling for now but will bow mount an XI3 once the Tournament Trail I fish with approves electric motors. But I may consider the pdl option if they don’t. I took it out today and was able to stand sideways in it and fish. I’ve got a 41 minute video of it. Not sure how to condense because I was literally talking the whole time.
Holy s*** the into quality😮
Looks like it would cut through waves better than the f12. Yeah or nah?
Ummmmm I think the frontier is more efficient on the water we should have done a race haha
Noho hank from the show barry vibes
Good video though
That boat ramp is definitely a shit show. Fished there hundreds of times
I can't even find any in stock
Hard to find
@@AliexFolgueira yeah I just called nucanoe and they said if you were able to back order one today, you might get it by November or December that's for the frontier, unlimited, pursuits
@@chris-pm5oy ohh my god can you believe it? Your season will be gone, crazy demand
Lools super heavy
It is heavy but not much compared to other boats
You get what you pay for. Cheaper kayaks usually have warping and hardware issues. Top of the line kayaks are built better with higher quality control standards. But I dont understand why they charge $1200 for their pedal drive. If you add the cost of the kayak and the pedal drive you can buy a premium pedal drive kayak like a Titan or a Slayer max..
not in a 41 inch width, you can't. So, there is that.
@@owljones3389 what does a 41 inch width do for this? The Titan is 39 wide and I bet its more stable than this.
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Thanks
too much talking on this. show the yak more
It is a REVIEW !!!! watch my other unlimited videos for the full tests
@@AliexFolgueira I’m reviewing your review
@@bennoyes05 I rate this video 10/10 the best, perfect combination of talking and broll and just me putting up a show on how a UA-cam video should be done.
@@AliexFolgueira LOL. I rate it a 3/10. You should have showed it like 95% the time and u just repeat the same talking points like 3 or 4 times; “you can put a motor on it”.
@@bennoyes05 that only shows YOI have zero good taste, I’m sorry for you
My friend ordered 5 of these with engines and all accessories and I just put two of them together and they are terrible. I’ve got tons of kayak experience and kayak fishing experience. These are the worst kayaks I’ve ever used. Super tippy, can’t re-enter, hard to flip back over, not fast, engines are ridiculous, can’t steer well, certainly couldn’t fish while steering, meaning no trolling. Really disappointed. This is the first review I clicked on UA-cam to see what others think. This looks to me like more of an advertisement. Funny how they just talking near water for most of the video. I think that’s because there’s no demo to show you that will sell you if you know what you’re doing. My friend just wasted 30k. He wanted to start a kayak fishing tourism business. Even if you could somehow managed to make this boat work for you for something… you could never expect tourists to use them easily. I think someone pawned this package off on him and unfortunately he needs to try do the same thing to try recover part of this loss. 👎🏽👎🏽
What the hell are you talking about ??? Do you even know what kayak your friend bought ? I bet you it wasn’t this one BECAUSE IT IS SOLD out! There is no way he purchased $33,000 worth of it ! What else IM NOT GETTING A PENNY FOR THIS REVIEW AND IF YOU OAY ATTENTION YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ALL THE TRIALS WE PUT THIS KAYAK THRU ! it was a whole day on the water and we did everything INCLUDING FLIPPING IT AND RECOVERY GO WATCH THAT VIDEO
@@AliexFolgueira hey man just sharing my experience. That’s all. Guess I was wrong about my opinion of your review, according to you. My opinion is that a video review should SHOW things, not just talk about them. But what do I know. We are in the Bahamas and we have to pay 45% duty plus 12% vat plus shipping on this type of purchase and can’t get refunded. I have 5 of them sitting in my garage right now with Honda engines and all accessories. I was super excited to put them together and try out today but a few hrs later were were all just completely exhausted, wet and disappointed.
@@notsure5876 bro you called me out, questioning my honesty, whatever
@@AliexFolgueira well that wasn’t my intention. My opinion of the kayaks has nothing to do with you. My opinion of your video is that you are a great presenter but this specific video I noticed was a lot of talking and not much demonstration. I personally don’t really listen to talk, I’m more concerned with the actual function. But that’s just me, I’m just some guy. I had a really bad day messing with these kayaks and I’m super disappointed and feel bad for my friend. Maybe some of that energy came across in my comment. If so, I didn’t mean it toward you. But man, when you make videos like this, you gotta realize that people have the right to comment back on them and you may not like what they say.
To the viewers… I think this guy is a great presenter but in this particular video I would have liked less talk and more demonstration myself. My experience with this model kayak was very disappointing. I give the kayaks two thumbs down based on my experience with them.
To be honest, I have watched several of the videos related to this kayak that Alex has made and I agree that this video was all talk. The reason is that he already demonstrated everything that was discussed in this video in other videos previously. This video is a summary and final thoughts kind of thing.
Personally, I have been thing about getting this kayak and I appreciated the series on it. The tipping video was my favorite.
My one suggestion would be to put all of the nucanoe ultimate videos in a Playlist.