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River anchor system
« on: January 30, 2014, 02:17:24 PM »
EZmarine Vs. Orval's EZ Pull Vs.???

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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 02:32:26 PM »
I have the Leelock system. I have the 40lb anchor. I hate it. Pulling the anchor from more than 20 feet is a royal pain. :twocents:
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 02:35:39 PM »
I have the EZMarine and find it very easy to use. Drive past it, it pulls up the anchor to the buoy and lift it out of the water.
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2014, 02:40:45 PM »
I have the EZMarine and find it very easy to use. Drive past it, it pulls up the anchor to the buoy and lift it out of the water.

This is the actions I am wanting but curious about the different devices out there.  EZmarine looks real good, simple and basic, which there is nothing wrong with that.  The Orval's looks like a slicker product but it has more moving parts and springs, which in my eyes is something else to go wrong. Both Im sure are good, but curious as to who holds the upper hand and why.  Also, I cant find a price on the ezmarine in my very short interent searches.
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2014, 02:44:32 PM »
I dont know what the Orval cost is. I have the EZ also. Its about 40 bucks. Check with Bob's in Longview. It works great but stays on the line and you have to hold it open to reset. The Orval comes on and off. Which makes it slicker IMO. Easy and faster to reset without pulling 300feet of line thru everytime you move. Definately worth a look in my book.

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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2014, 02:46:29 PM »
Longview is a haul for me in the tricities.

The Orval is around the 55 dollar mark.  Worth it for the extra 15 bucks?
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2014, 02:48:20 PM »
I added to my above post. I think so easily! Plus the 40 was from years ago. Its probably 50 now too. Bobs will ship...

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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2014, 02:50:30 PM »
I have the EZMarine and find it very easy to use. Drive past it, it pulls up the anchor to the buoy and lift it out of the water.

This is the actions I am wanting but curious about the different devices out there.  EZmarine looks real good, simple and basic, which there is nothing wrong with that.  The Orval's looks like a slicker product but it has more moving parts and springs, which in my eyes is something else to go wrong. Both Im sure are good, but curious as to who holds the upper hand and why.  Also, I cant find a price on the ezmarine in my very short interent searches.
The only thing I don't like about the EZMarine piece is you have to thread your rope through it, making it impossible to remove the buoy from the rope without pulling the entire rope through. I have 350' of rope on my archor so I can fish the deeper holes, this makes it a bit of a pain if I ever want to use the rope without the buoy. I checked into the Leelock puller and it works similarly to the EZMarine piece, but it allows you to remove it and the buoy without pulling the rope all the way through. Only issue for me now is my rope diameter is a little too big for the Leelock piece, so I will need to buy new rope too, if I change to the Leelock piece.
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Re: River anchor system
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2014, 02:54:38 PM »
I have the EZMarine and find it very easy to use. Drive past it, it pulls up the anchor to the buoy and lift it out of the water.

This is the actions I am wanting but curious about the different devices out there.  EZmarine looks real good, simple and basic, which there is nothing wrong with that.  The Orval's looks like a slicker product but it has more moving parts and springs, which in my eyes is something else to go wrong. Both Im sure are good, but curious as to who holds the upper hand and why.  Also, I cant find a price on the ezmarine in my very short interent searches.
The only thing I don't like about the EZMarine piece is you have to thread your rope through it, making it impossible to remove the buoy from the rope without pulling the entire rope through. I have 350' of rope on my archor so I can fish the deeper holes, this makes it a bit of a pain if I ever want to use the rope without the buoy. I checked into the Leelock puller and it works similarly to the EZMarine piece, but it allows you to remove it and the buoy without pulling the rope all the way through. Only issue for me now is my rope diameter is a little too big for the Leelock piece, so I will need to buy new rope too, if I change to the Leelock piece.

What is the Leelock puller?  The only thing I can find on their website is the bracket that mounts to the front of the boat and the block that locks the line.  I dont see anything that hangs under a bouy for leelock.
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2014, 02:55:26 PM »
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2014, 02:56:34 PM »
Leelok is selling the Orval! Its not really a different one. Bottom right pic on leeloks page.

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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2014, 02:57:43 PM »
I have the EZMarine and find it very easy to use. Drive past it, it pulls up the anchor to the buoy and lift it out of the water.

This is the actions I am wanting but curious about the different devices out there.  EZmarine looks real good, simple and basic, which there is nothing wrong with that.  The Orval's looks like a slicker product but it has more moving parts and springs, which in my eyes is something else to go wrong. Both Im sure are good, but curious as to who holds the upper hand and why.  Also, I cant find a price on the ezmarine in my very short interent searches.
The only thing I don't like about the EZMarine piece is you have to thread your rope through it, making it impossible to remove the buoy from the rope without pulling the entire rope through. I have 350' of rope on my archor so I can fish the deeper holes, this makes it a bit of a pain if I ever want to use the rope without the buoy. I checked into the Leelock puller and it works similarly to the EZMarine piece, but it allows you to remove it and the buoy without pulling the rope all the way through. Only issue for me now is my rope diameter is a little too big for the Leelock piece, so I will need to buy new rope too, if I change to the Leelock piece.

What is the Leelock puller?  The only thing I can find on their website is the bracket that mounts to the front of the boat and the block that locks the line.  I dont see anything that hangs under a bouy for leelock.
http://leelockas.com/orval.html
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2014, 02:58:31 PM »
Leelok is selling the Orval! Its not really a different one.

Ok, just making sure. Because all I could find was the orval one on the leelock site.

Have you happen to come across a complete kit with the orval, like ezmarine has?  Anchor, line, lock clasp deal, bouy, etc.
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Re: River anchor system
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2014, 03:00:26 PM »
I have the EZMarine and find it very easy to use. Drive past it, it pulls up the anchor to the buoy and lift it out of the water.

This is the actions I am wanting but curious about the different devices out there.  EZmarine looks real good, simple and basic, which there is nothing wrong with that.  The Orval's looks like a slicker product but it has more moving parts and springs, which in my eyes is something else to go wrong. Both Im sure are good, but curious as to who holds the upper hand and why.  Also, I cant find a price on the ezmarine in my very short interent searches.
The only thing I don't like about the EZMarine piece is you have to thread your rope through it, making it impossible to remove the buoy from the rope without pulling the entire rope through. I have 350' of rope on my archor so I can fish the deeper holes, this makes it a bit of a pain if I ever want to use the rope without the buoy. I checked into the Leelock puller and it works similarly to the EZMarine piece, but it allows you to remove it and the buoy without pulling the rope all the way through. Only issue for me now is my rope diameter is a little too big for the Leelock piece, so I will need to buy new rope too, if I change to the Leelock piece.

What is the Leelock puller?  The only thing I can find on their website is the bracket that mounts to the front of the boat and the block that locks the line.  I dont see anything that hangs under a bouy for leelock.
http://leelockas.com/orval.html

gotcha, thats the one I was looking at as well. 
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