Itandukaniro riri hagati ya kayak na kanoe ni umwanya wicaye kuri padi numubare wibyuma kurubaho. Ubwato ni ubwato buke bwamazi yuburyo bwa kato aho padiri yicaye areba imbere amaguru imbere, akoresheje padi kugirango akurure urundi ruhande imbere cyangwa inyuma, hanyuma azunguruka. Kayaks nyinshi zifite igorofa rifunze, nubwo kwicara hamwe no gutwika kayaks nabyo bigenda byamamara
Kayaks irashobora kandi gushyirwa mubikorwa ukurikije igishushanyo mbonera n'ibikoresho byo gukora. Buri gishushanyo gifite ibyiza cyacyo, harimo imikorere, kuyobora, gutuza hamwe nuburyo bwa padi. Kayaks irashobora gukorwa mubyuma, fiberglass, ibiti, plastike, imyenda, hamwe nigitambara cyaka nka PVC cyangwa reberi, bihenze cyane muriyi minsi, ariko fibre yoroheje ya karubone. Buri kintu nacyo gifite ibyiza byacyo, harimo imbaraga, kuramba, kugendanwa, guhinduka, kurwanya UV hamwe nibisabwa mububiko. Kurugero, kayaks yimbaho ​​irashobora gukorwa mubikoresho cyangwa yubatswe nintoki. Kudoda hamwe na kole, kayaks ya pani irashobora kuba yoroshye kuruta ibindi bikoresho byose, usibye ikadiri ifata uruhu. Kayaks yaka ikozwe mu mwenda woroshye wa deflate, biroroshye gutwara no kubika, kandi bifatwa nkigikomeye kandi kiramba kuruta ubwato bunini bugaragara.