Prijon Kayaks - Most Durable in the World?  Warren McLaren
Living / Culture January 9, 2006  Ever since Walden Kayaks
stopped making their recycled polyethylene watercraft we've been
up the mast, spyglass at the ready, to sight a similarly worthy
vessel. We haven't espied one just yet, but Prijon sound like
they're paddling in the right direction. Many of craft from this
famous German kayak builder use a material called Thermoplast.
It's a HTP, or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, said to
have over 25% greater longitudinal and torsional stiffness than
the traditional polyethylenes commonly used for roto-moulded
kayaks. Prijon, by contrast, create their products through
extrusion blow moulding. They reckon this combination of
different materials and construction method creates kayaks that
are "the strongest, most rigid and most durable in the world."
We like that word durable. The company is also keen on reuse and
zero waste, stating that if a newly created hull does not meet
quality checks, it is reus