a might spendy...and at 2005 prices to boot!  I would also like to know the comfort level.

What I'm really not sure I like are those side straps. They really come out on the sides quite a bit and look to be a potential tangle area especially for me with the items I wear on my belt. A definite safety concern.

The sit backer looks nice. I have handled them before at Cabelas or bass pro but I can't deal with the weight. Tubular steel. They should of made the things out of aluminum and jacked the price a bit. I wonder how many sales they are missing from guys like me.

I borrowed KF's Prism a few years ago. I had always taken a scrap 7ply plywood board for cleaning fish. It was kind of traditional and it developed a nice tooth over the years. Anyway one day near the end of that trip I stuck in vertically behind the seat. It was a fantastic backrest wedged between the seat and a thwart. 8" wide 2 feet long, no paddling issues. It was great. Comfy. In my tandem I'd lay back once in a while and crack some issues but I really enjoyed the serendipitous aspect of something so simple and arguably useless providing so much pleasure. I didn't trust laying back in the solo as it was new to me at the time. Second last day of the trip my line got caught on the bow's skid plate Once I realized my arms were not long enough to get it out, I had to crawl back to the seat thinking damn, that was really a stupid move in a virtually empty canoe.

I use on similar to a crazy creek seat that piragis makes. I beat stuff pretty good and don't have any problems with things loosening up. I like it cause I can take it off the canoe and use it around the fire too.