Oru kayak folds up like origami
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The Oru in use on a lake
The Oru folding kayak
The Oru weighs in at 25 pounds (11.3 kg)
The Oru is expected to be commercially available soon, at a price of about $500
The Oru is a folding kayak, made almost entirely out of one piece of folded corrugated plastic
The Oru can be folded down into the form of a suitcase-sized box
Article Summary
We’ve already featured a folding rowboat and a folding canoe, so why not a folding kayak? Well, that’s what the Oru is ... and unlike existing folding kayaks that incorporate frames and skins that have to be assembled, it consists almost entirely of one piece of folded corrugated plastic.
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