I started with a tamarack paddle kayak. I now have a native Titan pedal kayak. Much much better ride! More stable, easier and faster to travel and keeps hands free more than paddle kayak. Only negative which is easily fixed is harder to spin 45 degrees. I bought a backwaters hand paddle and that easily solved problem. I have no desire for powering my kayak so can’t talk on that. I recommend getting pedal over paddle but cost really starts going up with options.