Zig Zag Canoe Kayak Cleat

I bought four of these cleats for my 24' Grande Laker canoe (custom built) to hang fenders at dockside. I secured them to the gunwales with simple screws and a little epoxy and they work great. These are full size bumpers and the cleats are sturdy enough to run my bow and stern lines through also even on a good chop. Once you learn to use them, they are super effective. Negative reviews are no doubt due to people who did not take two minutes to learn to use them correctly . No knots and you can tie up with one hand (I do adaptive outdoor education for persons with disabilities). Bottom Line: Sturdy, effective, simple to use and attractive for my custom built boat. Great investment.

Great buy. Not expensive and worked perfect. Favorite mod to my kayak.

4 stars because I drilled them out for the next size up screw. Had a tornado come through lake and it’s all still there. Use 3/8 rope though.....

I've put these on a couple of kayaks, and they work as they should. Just watch where you place them, on one sit-on-top model I put it right beside my right hip. Perfect for tying off, but every now and then I guess I paddle too tight and hit my hand on this. You'll know it when you do.

Attached to my fishing kayak for the rope on my fishing basket. Has held up well with no issues.

Simple too use on my kayak

First time getting an item like this that didn’t include hardware. Very inconvenient. I haven’t mounted yet as I have no hardware. All kayak tracks, cleats, etc either come with mounting screws or they are equipped to mount into a track. SS screws are cheap but a run to the hardware store is inconvenient.

I use this cleat for my kayak.