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The inexpensive Mercury 200RU, with its stable, dry ride and standard seat, takes top honors, followed by the lighter, albeit wetter, Bombard AX-1.

You have good control over the Mercury 200RU at all speeds, and its larger inflation tubes help keep the ride dry. The tubes do, however, eat up valuable deck space.

It has been about a year since we last buzzed around in blow-up boats. Our last focus was on airdeck roll-up boats (also called high-pressure inflatables), which use inflated parts to create V-shaped sections that mimic those of hard-bottomed inflatables. What they lack in toughness and rigidity they make up for in lightness and portability, and they’re superior to their flat-bottomed cousins in tracking and turning ability. Our favorite boat in those tests was the Zodiac Cadet 310FR ACTI-V, followed closely by the Hypalon version of the Mercury 310 Airdeck. …