How to Choose Between Prop Savers & Jet Outboards On Your Stryker Inflatable Boat

One of the most common questions we're asked here at Stryker, is should I choose a prop saver or a jet outboard? That really depends on a few very particular things. For most people, we recommend a prop saver. Prop savers are much more efficient than a jet outboard, they track better in the water, it allows you to reverse better, and overall, your experience running a prop outboard will allow for a better bite on the water. You can use a much smaller prop saver to get the same performance as you will get with a jet outboard. A lot of that reason is due to how the prop saver operates. It will take the water in it, physically bite the water, and pushes that in a certain direction underneath the water to allow you to propel forward perfectly. In the jet outboard, you’re sucking water into the intake, and it goes through the jet and is expelled through the rear. What that does is allow you to run extremely shallowly. There’s nothing underneath the actual hull of the boat other than your inch and a half of intake. There’s a lot less risk of your problem hitting anything as there is no prop, but it’s extremely inefficient running this system. There are some people who are going to require this and if you’re going to be running under a foot of water, you must go jet outboard. If you are considering that you don’t mind getting out and walking those shallow sections, you can choose a prop outboard and look at a max river runner prop protector, which is an item we carry here in stock, and that will allow to you run-up to that foot of water, but it’s not going to run any shallower. So, we do recommend if you’re not sure how shallow is, you can start with a prop saver and see where it will take with that river runner. And if you need to you can choose to move into a jet outboard.
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[@anymouse6202]

Thanks for the video

[@PK-em6nk]

Awesome video, thanks for breaking this down for us new boat people haha.

[@StrykerInflatableBoats]

Our pleasure!

[@desert4seat]

Curious.. do you happen to know the numbers on how shallow a boat like this floats and runs in (using that jet outboard that's in the video)? Thanks! Love your boats btw..

[@StrykerInflatableBoats]

You can typically run 2.5-4” shallow

[@desert4seat]

@@StrykerInflatableBoats That's amazing! Thanks for the response.

[@sharonbraselton4302]

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