![]() ![]() At MSRP of $850 (or $699 for a limited time on Kickstarter), the Inlet is Oru’s first kayak ever to be listed under $1000, and is notably $450 less than Oru’s currently least expensive model. In an on-going effort to make on-water recreation accessible to more people, Oru paid special attention to the Inlet’s price tag. I strongly feel that the Inlet is as close as we’ve ever come to building a product that breaks all the common barriers to boat ownership.” ![]() When not paddling, the Inlet neatly folds into a compact box, similar in size to a guitar case (40”x18”x10”).įor Anton Willis, the Inlet represents a dream come to fruition: “This boat represents what I always wanted for Oru: kayaks with intuitive and quick assembly, great stability, an affordable price, and unbelievable portability. When fully assembled, the roomy Inlet is 10ft long, 31-inches wide, and weighs just 20lbs. Oru’s new folding pattern achieves more than just speed, it also maximizes spatial efficiency and reduces overall weight. In a handful of simple steps, Inlet owners can now be on the water in less than three minutes 75% faster than past Oru kayak models. Notably, the Inlet features Oru’s first fully-integrated floorboard, enabling a more intuitive and speedy assembly. Developed by Oru Founder and Chief Design Officer Anton Willis, the new folding pattern produces a significantly streamlined box-to-boat assembly that eliminates many of the loose parts found in other Oru Kayaks. To achieve the Inlet’s unheard-of specifications, Oru worked out an entirely new origami folding pattern, the first completely-new folding pattern since the company was formed in 2012. The Inlet also boasts the lightest-weight and thinnest-fold profile of any Oru Kayak - at just 10 inches wide, the inlet is small enough to be stashed under a living room sofa or stacked 3x in the trunk of a standard compact car. ![]() The Inlet most notably features an all-new origami folding pattern that allows the kayak to be intuitively folded from box-to-boat in under 3-minutes. Oru Kayak, the makers of the original origami-inspired kayak, directly tackled weight, carry, and set-up with the company’s newest and most innovative kayak design to date, the Inlet. San Francisco, CA (August 13, 2019) – All the excuses for not owning a kayak have just been erased. Oru’s most compact, lightest-weight and fastest-to-assemble kayak, will also be its least expensive ![]()
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