How durable are the new dagger playboat kayaks?

I took my kayak down a pretty rough river and got it banged up pretty bad and scratched. How hard would it be to put a hole in it?|||As far as I know, the new ones should be as durable as the old ones. That is, the materials used in construction haven't changed significantly over the past several years (polyethylene, assuming you're talking about plastic kayaks). The plastic boats are very impact resistant. Scratches and small gouges are a normal part of wear and tear and usually it's best just to leave them alone. It's nearly impossible to put a hole in a plastic kayak. With a hard enough impact, for instance, against a sharp rock, the boat will crack. The best thing you can do to preserve your kayak (besides learning how to avoid rocks) is to store it out of the sunlight since the UV degrades plastic.|||Hey there, Its Nick!


Whats up man, so you have a new dagger?


That's odd! I know they made one new play boat this year, and that was an Agent, but other than that daggers going out of business and selling to mad river. At least there selling there Canoe designs to Mad River. Hmm, Oh well!


But play boats are very durable, not as durable as the Jackson Kayaks, but all are pretty durable. I have put a hole in a dagger king-pin before, I was cartwheeling in Double Suck, and i hit my bow on a rock and created a drill hole right on the side of the bow. But that is because all other kayaks are way less durable then Jackson's.


Now is the time im guna try to sell you on Jacksons, because they simply are the best kayaks out there.


My name is Nicholas Troutman, and iv been a sponsored paddler on the Jackson Kayak team for a long time. What I love about the Jacksons are that they are very light weight, most play boat weighing about 30-40 pounds. But the Jackson play boats weight just over 20. Many people think that is a down side because they make them less durable. Boy are they wrong, we use cross linked fibers in our kayaks, it takes more time to cook in the oven, and hotter temps, but in the end, you have a much lighter kayak, and a much more durable one.


in the long and short. get a jackson


~Nick