Folding kayaks offer a best-of-both-worlds solution for folks who don’t have enough storage space to comfortably stash a boat at home, but love to glide downriver in a high-performance hardshell.

Read on for more details on each kayak, and scroll to the bottom for the rundown on how we tested each one. We were all-around impressed with Oru's newest, lightest, cheapest, origami folding kayak.

The company makes kayaks that fold up to the size of a suitcase. Unlike cheap inflatables (which have their caveats, but can still be fun), a folding kayak promises to be a bit sturdier.

For perspective, at just 17 pounds, it’s less than half as heavy as the lightest model from our Best Kayaks roundup, and that’s an inflatable model. I did most of the actual folding and ...

That's why it’s refreshing to see a niche market for portable kayaks appear. One of the more interesting ones is the Oru origami folding kayak. Made of lightweight polypropylene, these kayaks ...

There are sit-on-top kayaks, inflatable kayaks, folding kayaks and more. And more importantly for our purposes here, there are also models designed specifically to be the best kayaks for beginners ...

Jonah Koplik’s 10-foot folding kayak stacks into a compact stack of plastic and structural pieces made of metal rods, wooden dowels and PVC pipes. Jonah Koplik holds the gear he loaded in a ...

Keeping a kayak isn’t exactly convenient. They’re big, heavy and, thanks to the British weather, can rarely be used outside the warmer months. The folding Oru Kayak aims to change that, for both ...

Tucktec Folding Kayaks is a Conway, SC-based company that designs and manufactures innovative, portable kayaks. The company's patented folding design makes it easy to transport and store a ...

Whether you’re kayaking on Yellowstone Lake past geysers or hiking with a folding kayak, you’ll love it all. Yellowstone ...