Phil,
Do you happen to have a photo of the one you made with pink foam? I use a round float tube (bought it 20-25 years ago) when hunting thick wood duck swamps. The inner tube bit the dust long ago so I stuffed the compartment with closed cell pink styrofoam. It has some unfilled areas which collect water and this takes a while to drain post-hunt. But I will never riun a hunt due to leaking inner tube. Biggest thing I don't like is the round shape is a bit wide for pushing through dense cover--a narrower/longer profile would get stuck less often. Once or twice I was unsure I would get back to my launch point due to getting stuck and reaching near exhaustion! This was in an Eastern NC area known to have gators..I usually waited until cold weather made the gators dormant (at least I hoped so). The gators are one reason I don't hunt with a dog...
Do you happen to have a photo of the one you made with pink foam? I use a round float tube (bought it 20-25 years ago) when hunting thick wood duck swamps. The inner tube bit the dust long ago so I stuffed the compartment with closed cell pink styrofoam. It has some unfilled areas which collect water and this takes a while to drain post-hunt. But I will never riun a hunt due to leaking inner tube. Biggest thing I don't like is the round shape is a bit wide for pushing through dense cover--a narrower/longer profile would get stuck less often. Once or twice I was unsure I would get back to my launch point due to getting stuck and reaching near exhaustion! This was in an Eastern NC area known to have gators..I usually waited until cold weather made the gators dormant (at least I hoped so). The gators are one reason I don't hunt with a dog...
