No, the best thing to do is to make your life as easy as possible. If this also causes costs for a boat in this case to be low, it鈥檚 even better. I noticed that Campingtillbeh枚r 4U sell some cheap, yet probably the best boats available in the market (for keeping all possible expenses on minimal levels). Spending just over 1000 crowns, I was able to get an inflatable boat that weighs under 10 kilograms, including pump and oars. Oars are also possible to disassemble, making them easier to transport as well. Not only was it cheap for me to buy this inflatable boat, not only is it light and very small, making it easy to transport, it also allows me to remain independent of owning a car. I can easily transport it in public transport, but I can also use my bike to transport it. It is so small that it fits right inside my 80 litre backpack, and I used my road bike to transport it to the lake of 脰resj枚n, located in 脰rby, the part of Kinna.
Once I ordered this boat from Campingtillbeh枚r 4U, the boat turned out to get a little delayed as it was sent from Germany four days after I ordered it, and it was delayed on its way as well. Now, unfortunately I鈥檝e happened to become sick the day before they received my boat from Germany and sent it to me. But Sweden have probably got the best waiting times in Europe before they return a parcel to the sender. Once delivered to a service point, the recipient has 14 days to receive their parcels, otherwise they start to return the parcel in the 15th day. I鈥檝e surely had the coronavirus and had to quarantine myself at home for 16 days. Not only that I was sick for 13-14 days, but symptoms that I鈥檝e had were very similar to what one of my family members has got, and he tested himself positively for the coronavirus. While I was sick, I tried to get someone else that could receive this parcel for me, but that turned out unsuccessful. But this parcel has been waiting for me in only 12 days, and as I was sure that I could end my quarantine time at that point, I received it.
Only a few hours later it was time to test it. Winds were a little harsh, but I was also unable to anticipate high waves on the lake of 脰resj枚n. According to using instructions that I鈥檝e read before transporting the boat to the lake, I should use this boat if waves鈥?height doesn鈥檛 exceed 0,5 metre, but this boat did very well even on higher waves, and they were pretty much as high as in seas. It鈥檚 possible that it could do well on a sea as well, but there could be rocks that could puncture the boat, so it鈥檚 best to either be very careful out there, or even not to use it on a sea. Meteorologists also anticipated rain to come, but no earlier than at 21:00 o鈥檆lock. In spite of that, the first rain came around five hours earlier, and as winds were quite harsh and waves quite high, as everything moved in the opposite direction of where I was about to paddle, I was only able to withstand that for around two hours, and then waves moved me back to the beach. I deflated my boat and packed it in my backpack, and I arrived at home just before the rain came. Although this first try out on the lake was a little unsuccessful, I鈥檓 still very happy with this boat and I hope that it鈥檒l be better next time.
Also, when I ordered my boat, they reserved the amount of money for up to five business days, but as they were unable to send the boat to me within that time, they returned the money to me. At first I was unable to know what that was about, but then they explained for me that this is the way it works in their company. That was the first time I鈥檝e noticed that happening, as well as the first time I ever bought anything from them, making it surprising. All other companies that I bought from received my payments right away, even if items they were supposed to deliver to me were delayed. Campingtillbeh枚r 4U however only charge payments once they send items to their customers.
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