AIRE Waterproof Cargo Hold for Inflatable Kayaks

Please note that this item is also listed under the Kayak Accessories section.

The Waterproof IK Cargo Hold from AIRE is a new & improved version of the smaller volume conical bag they made from a few years back. It costs $159. It is expensive due to the use of a drysuit zipper. It doesn't hold as much as a larger roll-top drybag - certainly it would be too tight for most people's entire camp gear & clothes - and when the watterproof drysuit zipper eventually fails, the bag is done for since it's zipper is 85% of the price. How long the zipper lasts depends on how well you take care of it. Around salt water, you need to clean it every time you go out. No matter where you paddle, keep the teeth of the zipper clean with an old toothbrush or a blast from a garden hose, and use some chapstick on it only if it's getting snaggy and hard to open. Chapstick attracts grit so it's only a last resort.

The idea of this cargo hold, and the advantage of it over a regular drybag, is that you can leave it strapped down in your inflatable and access your gear via the zipper, instead of taking a regular drybag out of the boat and re-rigging it each time. It straps down to the cargo tie-donw loops of any AIRE kayak, but there is a simple way to rig it in any IK with bail holes along the floor edge. Call us and we will be happy to explain. These come in grey only.

We also carry the very high-end Ortlieb zippered dry duffels, and although they don't strap down quite as easily in an inflatable kayak, rigging them is not difficult. Their size range offers far more choice than the single-sized Cargo Hold. Plus they are made in Germany, not China.....