Hi Josh,
-- I own the SeaEagle Foldcat. It has been good to me. I actually bought a used model assuming it had been inflated for a showroom and left that way for a while, and that's what I think I got. I'll share my pro/con list with you.
I've had absolutely no structural/manufacturing problems with the boat, nor with the accessories. The deflated Foldcat is small enough that it fits in the back of my little Mazda3 sedan (with the back seat folded down), which is pretty miraculous. With the dual pontoons it is extremely stable; two people can stand up and fly cast on it in calm water (that is, stand on the aluminum bars that constitute the "frame"). I've taken out friends that weigh 250 lbs on it, so with them and myself, somewhere north of 400 lbs of humanity plus gear were on the boat, with no loss of stability, albeit some loss of control rowing down rapids. The bass boat seats on the Foldcat are the bomb. You can swivel to cast in any direction that you want, and they are comfortable. I bought a second riser for the other seat, so both seats are raised. I bought a trolling motor for the boat but I never use it anymore, it's kind of a pain to manage, although there were windy days where it was crucial.
The downside to the foldcat comes down to the fact that it's an inflatable (there's a whole pro/con list to recite there as well). It doesn't track all that well when rowing, because it doesn't have a keel. I rowed crew a bit in college so I'm pretty handy around a pair of oars, if that's not you, it will take some time to get it down (nothing I couldn't help you fix in about 5 mins). It gets blown around by the wind a bit. Not a boat that you can row upstream, so when you pass a good spot, you're not going back unless it is slow, slow water. Maybe the biggest drawback is all the pieces. Just making sure you have all the pieces when you get to your destination is a pain, and it can really eff up a fishing trip if you forgot the crucial valve to inflate the thing (done that).
In short, the Foldcat has really broadened my fishing horizons by giving me the ability to access full river floats and take a buddy - all while living in a 700 sq ft apartment in a major metropolitan area and driving a small sedan. My particular boat has never broken down or in some way failed. All the failures have been primarily mine, and hey, that's fishing.
Happy to answer any other questions via email.
http://www.tpfr.org
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