We had a Saranac 146 for a few years. Like others said, the bottom did sorta deform a bit. Not sure you would get away from that with any "budget" canoe though?

We enjoyed it on a small river close to home, mainly just used it for slack water fishing as opposed to our kayaks, so my wife could fish while I fished and controlled the canoe. We never did full river trips with it, I felt that was an argument waiting to happen lol. The river by home has some interesting spots in it that can be tricky to stay dry in a kayak.