ZX5... Any experience yet

[bsreid]

Zx5 is nice but I still like some of the rzx features.
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[UNSTUCK]

Zx5 is nice but I still like some of the rzx features.

What features are different, other than shape and length? Looks about the same from what I have seen in pictures.

[bsreid]

Features being non walk through bow, wider front end and almost a little bit of a deeper feeling.

[freeheel4life]

Hadnt notice the change at the bow. Is a filler cushion an option I wonder??

[bsreid]

Yes filler is an option but then you don’t have the storage or the extra wide square bow.

[MikeB313]

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[outkastmunkey]

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That one might be my favorite!

[dakota4ce]

Features being non walk through bow, wider front end and almost a little bit of a deeper feeling.

A non- walkthrough bow is a “feature?” I would call the walk through a feature. Much more spacious that way. This again is my opinion. And is to be treated as such LOL


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[lee]

ZX5 does have a walk through bow with a removable cushion like the RZX2.

[dakota4ce]

ZX5 does have a walk through bow with a removable cushion like the RZX2.

I think this isn’t being disputed...?


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[bsreid]

A non- walkthrough bow is a “feature?” I would call the walk through a feature. Much more spacious that way. This again is my opinion. And is to be treated as such LOL


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Maybe it’s just me but i have really grown to like the play pen style bow.

[dakota4ce]

ZX5... Any experience yet

Maybe it’s just me but i have really grown to like the play pen style bow.

You and I are different. I would never choose playpen if given a choice. That’s what filler cushions are for!

In my good pals RZX3, I feel like it robs lotsa space to roam. I have always wondered why they even are made—but I think it’s to cover ballast and such in bows that otherwise are not super spacious/deep to allow room for a walk through and the necessary boat guts both. So they kill the walk through to get all the guts in?

I could easily be wrong? In fact, the RZX2 would suggest otherwise....heck I don’t know?


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[UNSTUCK]

You and I are different. I would never choose playpen if given a choice. That’s what filler cushions are for!

In my good pals RZX3, I feel like it robs lotsa space to roam. I have always wondered why they even are made—but I think it’s to cover ballast and such in bows that otherwise are not super spacious/deep to allow room for a walk through and the necessary boat guts both. So they kill the walk through to get all the guts in?

I could easily be wrong? In fact, the RZX2 would suggest otherwise....heck I don’t know?


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I think it might be opposite from what you're thinking. As I recall, the RZX2 has an open walkway AND ballast bags under the bow seats, so that robs lots of storage room. The RZX3 with the playpen has no ballast up front, but three separate storage areas, plus a fourth storage area right at the windshield. So there's no guts up front. I like the playpen as well. We throw most of the kids up there and let them climb over each other. I'm pretty sure if we had a walkway the filler cushion would always be used so that we could use the space under for more storage and be able to fit more kids up there.

[dakota4ce]

ZX5... Any experience yet

Interesting. Playpens puzzle me I guess.

What do you store under bow seats? Emergency rations and sleeping bags?

Storage where you have to ask 7 people to move to me isn’t super convenient, I guess.

Glad you guys like the playpens! I didn’t think there was a great reason to. I actually avoided shopping boat models that have them.

Would be an interesting survey to conduct. I was surprised to hear it touted as a feature. I figured the opposite! 🤷🏼*♂️




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[dakota4ce]

I think it might be opposite from what you're thinking. As I recall, the RZX2 has an open walkway AND ballast bags under the bow seats, so that robs lots of storage room. The RZX3 with the playpen has no ballast up front, but three separate storage areas, plus a fourth storage area right at the windshield. So there's no guts up front. I like the playpen as well. We throw most of the kids up there and let them climb over each other. I'm pretty sure if we had a walkway the filler cushion would always be used so that we could use the space under for more storage and be able to fit more kids up there.

Our kids hang up front while underway but wander everywhere while slow. Especially when food is out.


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