Compare Zen vs

Zen

Jackson Kayaks

Overall

49%

Manoeuvrability

50%

Linear speed

83%

Turning

33%

Stability

83%

Boof

50%

Lightness

50%

Outfitting

67%

Material resistance

67%

Good for beginner

83%

Good for intermediate

80%

Good for advanced

80%

Good for steep creeks

50%

Good for big volume

67%

Paddler weight range

Version L from 70 to 80Kg

Good

Fast and keep direction

Bad

heavy boat to turn, and hard to recover if the line is missed

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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Zen

Paddler weight range

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Bad

Mamba creeker

Paddler weight range

Good

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