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Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak

Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak

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The Perception® Prodigy 10.0 is the perfect combination of performance and value for those looking to escape to their favorite lake for the day.

  • Extreme stability and easy paddling characteristics make this kayak ideal for beginners and leisurely afternoon voyages
  • Roomy cockpit allows easy access and comfortable paddling
  • Soft yet supportive Zone padded seating offers superb comfort; adjustable back pad angle lets you define your favorite position
  • Features foot braces, cup holder, molded flotation, drain plug and ergonomic carry toggles
  • Padded area along the interior combing increases comfort for your legs
  • Bungee paddle holder frees up hands for nature watching, photography and fishing

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Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak Specs

Specification

Description

MaterialPolyethylene
Length10 feet
Width29.5 inches
Depth15.25 inches
Weight43 pounds
Cockpit size51.5 x 23.5 inches
Number of paddlers1
Weight capacity275 pounds
Hatch CapacityNA

Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak Customer Reviews

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Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak
 
4.2

(based on 14 reviews)

86%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Stable (13)
  • Comfortable (11)
  • Easy to lift (11)
  • Easy entry & exit (8)
  • Compact (6)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Flat waters (8)
    • Day trips (7)
    • Quiet lakes (4)
    • Rivers (4)
    • Beginners (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Recreational (13), Casual athlete (4)

    Reviewed by 14 customers

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    May

    11

    2008

    (28 of 35 customers found this review helpful)

     
    3.0

    Paddling is Believing... Or Not

    By VegasKayak

    from Las Vegas, NV

    About Me Recreational

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Easy Entry & Exit
    • Easy To Lift
    • Stable

    Cons

    • Difficult to Paddle

    Best Uses

    • Day Trips

    Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

    My girlfriend and I purchased two new kayaks on the same day. I opted for the Wilderness Systems Pamlico 100 and she went with the Prodigy. The next day we spent about 5 hours on Lake Mead with the new boats. The Prodigy is an OK boat... but not great. Switching between the two the difference was remarkable. The Pamlico was so much easier to paddle. I was using We swapped yaks about halfway through the trip and she wouldn't give me my boat back. The next day she returned the Prodigy and exchanged it for a Pamlico. 'Nuff said.

    Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

    (28 of 35 customers found this review helpful)

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    Jul

    6

    2008

    (19 of 19 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    Good family boat for quiet lakes

    By JGZ

    from New Hampshire

    About Me Recreational

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Easy Entry & Exit
    • Easy To Lift
    • Easy to Paddle

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Flat Waters

      Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

      Heavily used at our lake house by us and guests. We own three of them. Easy entry and tracking for a beginner. Small enough that our 6 year old handles it well. Big enough that my 6'5" brother in law likes to take it out fishing. Primary stability is a strength and reassuring to novice paddlers. Well suited for poking around coves and dragging up onto beaches. Scratches like any plastic boat, but the hull is tough enough to take a good knock. Water drain on the stern deck is very convenient. Foot braces are easily adjusted without any contortions

      Not a fast or sleek paddling boat. Secondary stability is not great either. No leaning on the rail to help with a turn but it spins relatively quickly. Never took it out in current or real waves. I don't believe it would fare well at all in those conditions. An advanced paddler looking to paddle 5+ miles would find this boat frustrating. The seatback is supportive but feels flimsy. No one has snapped one yet in 2 years, but I'm a little surprised at that. Definitely better seatbacks available. Can't imagine using a spray skirt in the ginormous cockpit opening.

      Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

      (19 of 19 customers found this review helpful)

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      Apr

      30

      2008

      (19 of 21 customers found this review helpful)

       
      5.0

      a very good boat at a very good price

      By tamino

      from Saint Paul, Minnesota

      About Me Recreational

      Site Member

      Pros

      • Comfortable
      • Compact
      • Easy Entry & Exit
      • Easy To Lift
      • Easy to Paddle
      • Good Maneuverability
      • Stable

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Day Trips
        • Flat Waters
        • Rivers

        Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

        I have owned this boat for a year and used it 3-4 times per week on the Mississippi river near my home. The current can be stiff on the river and the water does some interesting things as it swirls around bridge piers. Power boaters and barges (briefly) can throw up 2-3 foot waves. Yet I have never felt endangered in this boat. You have to keep your wits about you on the river( bow into the waves), but one should be doing that anyway. - I can not recall getting water in the boat, and I have been out in some rather stiff winds riding some interesting waves ( I always have a life jacket, and a paddle leash, though I never have come close to using them ( I am a believer in second chances)). The boat is easy to paddle. It can be a workout in spring when the current is strong. But that is partly why I am out there. I have learned a lot about efficient motion in working with it. It is responsive. I don't have to "argue with it" much as I have had to do with some rental units I have used from other makers when on vacation. I realize a slimmer boat would move faster, but I personally want a certain margin for error when I am out.I like the stability -In sum, this is a great boat. It may not appeal to everyone, but I have found it to be a great way to get on the water at a reasonable price. I am not really tempted to "trade up. " The only thing that I would improve is that after a couple of hours, its seat and my seat are quarreling a bit. A bit of a cushion would take care of this.

        Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

        (19 of 21 customers found this review helpful)

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        Mar

        15

        2009

        (15 of 15 customers found this review helpful)

         
        4.0

        "I Love This Boat"

        By aztriker

        from Tempe, AZ

        About Me Recreational

        Pros

        • Comfortable
        • Compact
        • Easy Entry & Exit
        • Easy To Lift
        • Easy to Paddle
        • Good Maneuverability
        • Stable

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Day Trips
          • Flat Waters

          Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

          We live in Arizona and have many lakes available to us. Our friend in Tacoma got us into kayaking in the Sound and in the slow moving rivers of the Seattle/Tacoma area. We decided in September 2008, that it was time to purchase our own kayaks for the lakes in Arizona, so we both went with the Podigy at the suggestion of our friend in Tacoma. Specifically because it would be easy to enter and exit the boat and would be a good beginner or recreational boat. It ended up being too large for my wife. It is so wide and deep that it made it hard for her to paddle and maneuver. She literally looked like the boat was about to swallow her. She ended up purchasing a Montour 11.0. Fits her much better and paddles easier for her. As for me, the Prodigy feels as though it was custom made for me. Fits like a glove. For me it's very easy to enter and exit, easy to maneuver, can spin it around very easily, is very stable and handles white caps and medium rough lake water very well. Never has it felt like it wanted to go over. Even in big wakes from the motor powered boats, it bobs over them like a cork. In the white caps it will take water over the bow and/or side a little bit, depending on the angle of the wind, but not to the point of feeling like you're being drowned.

          I find the seat to be very comfortable and the adjustable backrest is sufficient. We paddle 6 to 10 miles every time we go out, which is usually once a week, and a couple of weeks ago we decided to go the length of the lake, which turned out to be 16 miles, round trip. I did not exit the boat until we returned to the launch point. Neither my back side nor my back were sore from the long paddle. I am 68 so I think that says something for the comfort of the seat and backrest.

          The adjustable foot pegs are great and easy to adjust. I wear a size 14 shoe and had trouble finding a boat that had sufficient room for my big feet in the front of the boat where the foot pegs are located. Again, the Prodigy came through with more than enough room to move my feet around and to take them on and off the pegs as desired.

          If this review was written just about my experience with the Prodigy, I would give it 5 stars. But with the wife's experience, I took one star off as it is not a boat for everyone, in my opinion. But I would buy another one in a minute, if I needed one.

          • Gift:
          • No

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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          (15 of 15 customers found this review helpful)

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          Sep

          4

          2007

          (11 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

           
          4.0

          Fun for the Family

          By McFitz

          from Ferndale, WA

          About Me Beginner, Recreational

          Pros

          • Comfortable
          • Good Maneuverability
          • Stable

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Beginners
            • Quiet Lakes

            Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

            I bought this for my husband for Father's Day. We are novice boaters. We love it. It's the right pace for us and we are even comfortable, close to shore, with our 2yr old son in it with us. It's stable and good for what we are trying to do...have fun! For the number of times and/or opportunities we will have to use it, it's a great deal for the dollar.

            Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

            (11 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

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            Apr

            6

            2008

            (9 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

             
            2.0

            OK for lakes, awful in a current.

            By J.T. from AZ

            from East Arizona

            About Me Recreational

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Easy Entry & Exit
            • Easy To Lift
            • Stable

            Cons

            • Flimsy seat back
            • No Maneuverability

            Best Uses

            • Flat Waters

            Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

            Fine boat for still water but in a current the tail end will always try to come around. Any flow at all will catch that knife-blade section on the stern and swing it. The seat back is going to break on you eventually, just replace it with a good backband. The cockpit is so large, any spray skirt will implode easily.

            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

            (9 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

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            Sep

            22

            2007

            (8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

             
            4.0

            Great Kayak!

            By Mike H

            from Washougal, WA

            About Me Beginner, Recreational

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Comfortable
            • Compact
            • Easy To Lift
            • Good Maneuverability
            • Stable

            Cons

            • Poor Tracking

            Best Uses

            • Beginners
            • Quiet Lakes

            Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

            I love the ease of getting into the kayak. Colors are desirable. Our toy poodle loves to ride in the kayak with me. I liked it so much that I bought another one for my wife.

            Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

            (8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

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            Aug

            26

            2008

            (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

             
            5.0

            Perfect for a beginner!

            By California Nicole

            from San Francisco, CA

            About Me Beginner

            Pros

            • Comfortable
            • Compact
            • Easy Entry & Exit
            • Easy To Lift
            • Easy to Paddle
            • Stable

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Flat Waters

              Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

              I am a VERY beginner kayaker and I live near a lagoon on the San Francisco Bay. The water has a very slight current and it tends to get a bit windy and this kayak handles very well! I'm sure someone with a lot of kayaking experience would not find this kayak suitable, but for someone like me its so perfect! I love it!

              Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

              (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

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              Sep

              9

              2007

              (6 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

               
              5.0

              Great value, fun boat

              By TS

              from Atlanta, GA

              About Me Beginner, Recreational

              Site Member

              Pros

              • Comfortable
              • Easy To Lift
              • Stable

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Beginners
                • Quiet Lakes

                Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

                We bought this to keep on the dock at the lake house and it is perfect for recreational paddling on a quiet lake. I also use it for fly fishing.

                Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

                (6 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

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                Feb

                7

                2009

                (5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

                 
                5.0

                yay kayak

                By Amelia990

                from Cary, NC

                About Me Recreational

                Pros

                • Comfortable
                • Compact
                • Stable

                Cons

                • Heavy

                Best Uses

                • Day Trips
                • Flat Waters

                Comments about Perception Prodigy 10.0 Kayak:

                I recently moved to an area that has a number of lakes and slow moving rivers. With all the water around me, it was time to buy a kayak. This was the first kayak I have purchased and I wanted one that would be good for recreational/flat water. It handles really well for me, even when the wind picks up and creates small swells on the large lake. My only complaint is the weight; I'm a smallish female and it's hard for me to lift the kayak over my head and put it on top of the car (I would have this problem with any kayak, though). I would definitely recommend this kayak to others; it's a great little boat.

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                Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

                (5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

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