Slide Anchor - Box Anchor for Offshore Boat Anchoring, Galva

Of note ... I hardly ever write a review on Amazon products ... but I am sufficiently impressed with this product to offer a review. After a few years of struggling to get my anchors to catch in alpine lakes, I 'took the plunge' on this anchor ... having relied on previous reviewers of the product. The anchor works. I had struggled to get prior anchors to properly dig and hold in soft, sandy-bottom lakes as the afternoon winds would pickup and introduce 2-4 ft wave action. Prior years were marred with memories of the Mrs. stressing over the boat drifting toward other anchored boats ... never trusting the anchor holds and causing significant strife every boating afternoon. After a week of using this box anchor for use in varying depths (10-60 feet) of water, in varying wave and wind conditions .... I can personally attest to the effectiveness of this anchor. It digs in quickly and firmly. Mate it with a few feet of chain to provide sufficient lead weight to drag it horizontally when in tension ... and this anchor 'catches' ... very, very well. Completely satisfied with the purchase. And, for reference purposes, I oversized my purchase and ordered the 'large' anchor ... even though I only use a 22' boat.

I bought this anchor with high hopes it would work in our muddy river but it did not. On several occasions during a storm I was in the water trying to stop my 22 ft tritoon from drifting away. Other times I would arrive and the boat was already a ground. I'm sure the anchor works but not in our river, the mud is too deep and it won't grab. Even adding a danforth anchor beside it didn't work. They both dragged. I'll keep the anchor for the sand bar and beach when we hit the ocean but, I think only a screw type anchor will work in this deep mud. Disappointed..... Todd East coast canada

Just do it! I read all the other reviews, I was skeptical and then I thought, damn, I have a big boat (Cobalt 272) that cost a lot of money and I'm tired of staring at a tree or rock on shore to keep an eye on that object to see if we are drifting! I would look at other boats that were not moving and I'm slowly drifting away or into another boater at party cove. I boat at bigger lakes near Kansas City like Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock so primarily mud filled lakes, not much sand. This anchor is the best in the industry! If you're looking to set it and forget it, this is the one! It's heavy to pull up from the bottom of the lake but it grabs and holds every time no matter what the wind conditions are. The peace of mine this anchor provides once you found your favorite spot on the water is priceless.

OK, Stop looking for anchors, this is the one your going to end up buying. Other expensive junk weight anchors will only waste your money and valuable lake time. Yes, this is the most expensive anchor on Amazon but please learn from our mistakes. Anchor lesson 101 you 100% get what you pay for. You just spent $30K, $50K, $70K+ on your new boat, spent a little more so you can enjoy it. The only to describe this anchor is to tell you about our 25' monster pontoon kite balloon. It's a huge wind eating monster that lives to drag expensive anchors around the party cove and give me ulcers. Going to cove was STRESSFUL, we weren't able to set and we ended up having to reset our old anchor over and over again. Before we bought our last anchor anchor we did our homework. We learned about scope, heavy chain leaders, the proper design for lakes in area and getting the right weight for our boat. We decided to save $50 and we bought the Greenfield-Rickter 18#. Sure its looks like a great anchor but its very similar design to all the other anchors that don't work very well. After several weekends trying to make it work, it just couldn't contain the party beast in more than a 5 MPH wind. The last straw was when we spent another frustrating afternoon drifting into other boats, my wife and I screaming at each other and my poor kids were crying, it wasn't a good day. We got home that night and decided to spend the money on the Box Anchor. About the Box Anchor, the first thing you'll notice is it looks less like an anchor and more like a medieval torture device. The design is a big departure from all other conventional anchors. Guess what the dam thing is amazing because it lacks the design flaws of other expensive weights. First time out with the Box Anchor went like this, we opened the anchor compartment, dropped the anchor, attached it to our bow and partied like rock stars. Yep, it's just that simple folks. This amazing anchor is about as close to perfect as you can get. Stop looking, put it in your cart and start enjoying your boat. BTW our old Grenfield-Richter will be on Craigslist soon if you waste your time and money too. Cheers!

This thing is AMAZING!!! My husband said it almost works too good because its such a workout getting it out. We have a 37ft boat and use this as our back anchor. The other day our windlass wasn't working and we used it as our front anchor. It not only held us, but our friends with a 26ft boat tied up and it held us both. We live on Lake Michigan, so the waves are nothing small. This anchor folds up nice, but definitely needs a bobber when you use it by a beach because it grabs the dirt, but also your feet if you step on it by accident.