Compare Recon vs

Recon

WaveSport

Overall

73%

Manoeuvrability

67%

Linear speed

33%

Turning

100%

Stability

83%

Boof

100%

Lightness

67%

Outfitting

100%

Material resistance

100%

Good for beginner

83%

Good for intermediate

100%

Good for advanced

60%

Good for steep creeks

100%

Good for big volume

50%

Paddler weight range

recon 70 max 60kg,
recon 83 max 70kg,
recon 93 max 85kg

Good

Very forgiving kayaks. It boof by itself and it's very easy to set up. It give its best on rocky and steep creeks.

Bad

At high speed the kayaks is not very easy to control.

Mamba creeker

Dagger

Overall

76%

Manoeuvrability

100%

Linear speed

50%

Turning

83%

Stability

100%

Boof

50%

Lightness

50%

Outfitting

100%

Material resistance

83%

Good for beginner

83%

Good for intermediate

80%

Good for advanced

40%

Good for steep creeks

50%

Good for big volume

67%

Paddler weight range

model 7.6 from 50 to 60kg,
model 8.1 from 65 to 75 kg,
model 8.6 from 75 to 85 kg.

Good

The mamba is an easy boat to start with. It's indicated for river under class IV. It could be considered a easy boat to start with since it's stable and quite easy to direct.

Bad

The low profile nose, associated with the general low volume, do not permit hard creeking and doesn't help in difficult water. The hull is slow but stable and easy to direct. The design is quite old and there are more performing boat on market now.

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Mamba creeker

Paddler weight range

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