{"id":1798,"date":"2018-08-01T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T11:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2018-07-31T11:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T11:33:56","slug":"rent-a-paddleboard-or-own-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/rent-a-paddleboard-or-own-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Rent A Paddleboard, or Own One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8D6lOSmJ66c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have been doing SUP for a while, chances are you might be in the middle between<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/rentals\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rent a paddleboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or purchase the new one. It is the most common question from the regular SUP users. Should you rent a stand-up paddleboard, or buy your gear? What is the best solution for the excellent investment?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You might be struggling with these questions when you find out that SUP can be your new routine. Or, perhaps, you had rented a few times and been long for your own SUP board. By owning the SUP board, you could do it anywhere, anytime you want. But you might also know that it is a hefty investment, not to mention the burden of carrying your board to another country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/booking-rentals-sup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rent a paddleboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, you must spend around $30-$50 per trip. That depends on how many hours you are using the paddle board. It can cost about $50-$100 per day depending on the location and the providers. Although not always, these prices include PDF, paddles, and the other items. You may need to spend more for SUP board roof rack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you plan to purchase a paddleboard, you will need to prepare at least $1,000 to buy a decent board. Plus, around $100-$200 for a decent paddle. The best paddle in the market is non-carbon fiber paddle type. But it tends to be heavier so that it can make you exhausted too quickly. Carbon fiber paddles are lighter and stronger. But it is more expensive than non-carbon paddle. Carbon fiber paddle costs around $300 &#8211; $500. Roof rack costs around $60 &#8211; $200. Meanwhile, PFD costs from $10 &#8211; $70. Not to mention you need to spend $30 more on the leash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two reasons will make you close to owning the board: 1) the frequency of your SUP activity and 2) the location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a reason no. 1, it will make sense if you are planning to do your SUP routinely. The second reason is closely related to the no.1 reason. If your current location is nearby the SUP spots, then it will make sense. If you are living outside Kauai, you need to consider it twice. Kauai\u2019s water characteristics can be different from other waters in other areas. If you purchase your board about using it in Kauai\u2019s pool, there\u2019s a chance that you can\u2019t use it in additional water with different characteristic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s why if you plan to do SUP in various locations, it is much better to rent a paddleboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; If you have been doing SUP for a while, chances are you might be in the middle between rent a paddleboard or purchase the new one. It is the most common question from the regular SUP users. Should you rent a stand-up paddleboard, or buy your gear? What is the best solution for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/rent-a-paddleboard-or-own-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rent A Paddleboard, or Own One?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-standup-paddleboard","category-sup-rentals","tag-rent-a-paddleboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}