Review of the Prijon Pure on the NF Payette

Read this review that was sent in by Steve. After demoing, he promptly bought the Pure...

'Chuck,

Here are my thoughts on the Prijon Pure:

It's nice to see finally Prijon has a modern style creek boat, the Pure. What a thing of beauty, a boat with modern creeking lines, Prijon’s HPT blow-molded plastic, and no pillars for lots of storage on self-support trips!


I got to paddle a Prijon Pure creek boat the other day (3/26) on the NF of the Payette. We ran the Lower 5 miles plus the 3 Jaws rapids (is that a Lower 6.5?) at low water, around ~350 CFS. That’s probably a pretty good test for low water Idaho creeking. The Pure is quick and forgiving with edges that let you slide over rocks and don’t trip you up. It’s easy to boof and made of bomber plastic. Prijon’s plastic also seems to slide over rocks more easily than others, I don’t know why this is but that’s just how it feels. Also cool is the outfitting; the thigh braces are improved over past Prijons I’ve paddled and the foot brace system is solid and works well (in 4 years of paddling a Prijon Hercules with the same style foot brace system I haven’t have any issues with it) – the outfitting is simple and solid. The foot brace is easily removed allowing you to store gear in the bow as well.



If you compare the Pure with other modern creek boats I think you’ll see it has a lot to offer and you get great plastic (don’t take my word for it, do some research) and lots of storage space.

-Steve'

Prijon Pure is in for Demo

Alpenglow has just received the Prijon Pure creek boat. It looks like it will continue with the time tested standards of quality that we've come to expect from Prijon. With no pillars, the Blow-molded plastic will be awesome for Idaho self supports while maintaining integrity for the steepest of creeks. Great outfitting as well. Stop by Alpenglow to check it out.