Oil Canning in Plastic Kayaks

Hello Everybody, Looking at buying my first kayak, probably a plastic one due to a low budget. Ive head mentioned several times the problem of oil canning. Does this affect all plastic kayaks,or just certain budget brands? Does this permanantly impair a kayak, or does it pop into shape once in the water?

Im looking at buying either a kayak from Current Designs (probably the squall) or one of the Necky kayaks, again depending on what i can afford. Any advice or pros and cons of these two kayak manufacturers?

Apparently there is one brand that has some sort of a layered plastic, with some foam like material in it. Apparently this adds quite a bit of stiffness to the material and makes it less prone to oil canning.

Try calling Trailhead for more information.

Oil canning happens. I have a little of it on my Capella, but it is not as bad as it is on my Sealution 2. The Current Design boats have the same problem as do Necky and almost every other plastic boat I can think of. The Hydra line seemed to beat it as did the new Old Town line up. These boats have another bunch of problems. With plastic you may as well accept oil canning; it slows the boat down a bit but it is all a trade off. The Current design boats used to have a problem with their seats deteriorating and cracking. The new Capellas have it beaten with their multi layer design. It is stiff but still tough and will recover after hitting a rock. It is not a cheap boat and it is not really a good beginners boat. It is tippy ; you could grow into it: But unless you are motivated it may chase you from the sport. (It is however my favorite boat for paddling here and I have choices). we also have an old Chinook from Aquiterra. They are not made any more but they are fabulous boats if you can get a good used one. Yup it is oil canned!!! A lady friend of mine has a little fiberglass number that is an absolute joy to paddle. I have the option of buying fiberglass and I like the Seaward line up as well as Nigel Denise's boats. The Romany is likely the nicest boat I have ever paddled. Here is the problem: I would wreck it in a month. My Cappella is not as fast but does handle every bit as well (MUCH BETTER) and is less than half the price . I have been smacked into rocks, hung up, landed in places a cat would not stick to, had the bottom gouged by very sharp rocks and that boat is still in one piece. Fiberglass would be ruined or laid up for repairs half the time. I do a lot of paddling in the finest Kayaking environment on earth, Newfoundland. Seals, whales, ice bergs, caves, ice flows, eagles as common as crows, otters, basking sharks, all this within a couple of hours of here. Three hours north for bergs. one and a half south for whales. eagles everywhere, seals are fairly common, sea caves ten minutes away. God its hard to try to make a living here . Too many distractions.