Kayak Keel Guard 2" Width Black Kayak Canoe Protective Guard Abrasion Resistance

I have a Vanhunks kayak that I use for competition. Beyond making a PVC mold myself there are no other keel guards I could find for that kayak. Ordered this a few months ago and it is still on the kayak holding strong. I used the rest on the bottom side of the kayak where it may experience some drag. I run my kayak hard so I will probably need to replace this 1-2x's a year but so far I'm satisfied with how it is holding up. It might not be a Berleypro but I beats the alternative of having to spend $2k on a new kayak because I punched a hole in the hull.

Would have liked it to be a little longer for the whole lenght of the kayak.

This is an excellent product.After reading the instructions and taking the recommended actions, it was very easy to install, and after a season on the ocean, it is holding up wonderfully. I do recommend using the heat gun/hairdryer approach to really seal the adhesive down good. It will also allow you to better form the thick vinyl to match the contours of your boat.My only regret, is I wish I had ordered the larger, four inch version. The two-inch is very good, but four inches would have been double the coverage. My keel does have a pretty good curve to it, so it might have been harder to form it to the curve in that circumstance, but I can't help but feel like I could have worked around that. Regardless, that's my mistake, not the product's, so I certainly don't fault it for that.It is a bit pricey, admittedly. But if you paid a high price for your kayak, then you want to protect it and make it last a long time.My buddy bragged how be protected his boat just as well with simple Gorilla Tape. And while I suppose that will work to some degree, it also looked awful (the edges were always peeling back, and the black tape started to flake off into white in patches) and he had to re-apply it several times throughout the season. Plus, even if you added enough tape to be twice the thickness as this product, it still wouldn't protect as well as this. This is a high density rubberized plastic. It does a great job of absorbing energy and dissipating it throughout. The tape isn't going to be as effective at this. Plus, I can beach my kayak, grinding the keel into the sand, knowing it's protected by this, while he has to worry about peeling his tape back each time he does that.I will say, considering the price, I made sure to use as much of this product as I could. So it runs from the very prow of my kayak, curving down the front of the keel, to about the mid-point of my boat (which is overkill), where there is a break in my keel to deploy a foot-powered propeller. So it runs half the length of my kayak. There was no point in running it any further, as my boat becomes flat-bottomed at the halfway point.After a season on the salt water (including a month-long kayaking/camping trip up the Pacific Coast), I have no complaints about this product (aside from saying it could be a little lower in price), and would purchase it again without a second thought. (Although, I would buy the larger size next time.)

It helps to have an extra pair of hands but it can be done by yourself. I applied it as directed using a heat gun. The heat gun helps as you apply on the curved bow or stern of a canoe. The problem I experienced showed up a couple of hours later. The material at the curve wanted to pull away in places at the edges. I ended up trimming some material at these spots which helped. It doesn't look pretty but it works at protecting the surface of a graphite canoe hull keel.

Nice product

It's doing the job so far, and stuck on pretty good. I have no issues with it so 5 stars from me for now.

I rarely write reviews, a product has to exceed my expectations or be sufficiently disappointing for me to take the time. But in this case this stuff wasn't just disappointing, it left me worse off than where I started. i tried installing this junk on a kayak keel and spent way more time than I should have in the process.Despite following the installation instructions to the letter, it does not conform well to even the slightest bends or curves and It does not adhere to the plastic surface on my brand new kayak. The only saving grace is the adhesive is so bad the stuff just peels off like a post it note. Don't waste your time & money.

This products works great depending how you use it. Just because you have keel guard install doesn't mean you can drag your kayak around all day or even a short distance. This is made to prevent scratches not so you can drag it around. I use purposely for taking kayak off my car and setting on ground or for going/returning back to boat ramp. If you have to drag it to set it on kayak wheel it may be ok for a few foots. My keel guard has been install and taken out multiple times with no issue.