I’ve had mine for 3 years now and love it. I bought it site unseen having never used a Greenland paddle before and now it’s my main paddle. I’m 6”2’ 240lbs and have the 230cm. My Werner Camano is 220 cm and my Shuna is 215 cm. I was going to get the 220 cm Kalleq, but I was advised to go with the 230 cm for my height. I bought it from James Manke kayak, on Vancouver island, whom I took a rolling course from, but now they sell them at WCK, after a salesman there said they wouldn’t be getting any because they are inefficient lol. Anyway for a while I kept thinking in my head 220 or 230 which one should I have gotten. I am glad I went with the 230, I think I’d have found the 220 a bit lacking in power. If I want max power I just paddle at a higher angle and if I want it super easy I just paddle at a low angle. I’m actually a mid angle paddler so it’s just perfect. For a shorter person the 210 or 220 would be fine. It’s definitely a more enjoyable and easier paddling experience and when I go back to a euro blade I kind of feel out of shape. As far as power goes my 230 is great, only a couple of times I’ve switched back to my Camano in the strong currents at Cresent beach between sand bars when the tide was really pulling and it just gave me a smidge more power. The Kalleq is super light, and I hold it slightly off the loom on the oval part. You need to have it slightly canted when paddling and it’s super quiet. You can also get a special rolling paddle float for it that has handles, it’s really nice too. You need your skirt on as it has no drip rings and always drips. Though I have a partial skirt for warm days on quiet lakes that works great. You can add drip rings to it, but then it would interfere with the sliding of it from side to side if you became proficient at that move. It floats very well and is great for rolling, it has a lot of buoyancy. The only negative is it almost feels sharp when your hand is on the end of the blade if your doing a long sweep stroke, and big hands are a plus when holding the end. I would highly recommend purchasing it from a dealer if possible as buying and shipping from Gearlab are in US dollars and Canada customs will gouge you big time for duty. There are a few shops in Canada that sell them.
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