The new Speedloader from Liquidlogic just may be the fastest and easiest to use throw bag on the river.

The Speedloader's ingenious, wide mouth design lets you stuff it much faster than other standard 50-foot rope bags. Don't believe it? Watch Liquidlogic's video at http://shanesliquidlogic.blogspot.com/2009/12/speedloader-challenge.html.

Using a three-sided design that opens wide and is freestanding for restuffing, then cinches into a compact, aerodynamic package for throwing, the Speedloader will encourage paddlers to make more use of their throw bags. At least that's Liquidlogic designers Woody Calloway and Shane Benedict's hope.

"Woody and I were thinking about throw bags and ways that we could improve them and we came up with the idea of making it really easy to load," writes Benedict on his blog. "We both thought right away of times that we didn't want to get our bags out on the river because we didn't want to have to reload them."


Priced $59.95 US

Pick up Rapid magazine's May issue for a comprehensive review of the Speedloader.