I too have had both aluminum and glass..I currently have a Lowe 175 stinger..I really like it..it does blow around alot worse than my stratos did but to say there are no reasons to own aluminum over glass...I don't agree. My stratos held 42 gallons of gas and it needed filled very often..I now have a 60 horse suzuki four stroke and it sips gas. I can go to the lake 5 times on what it cost to go once with my bass boat. I also fish by myself alot and beach my boat to load and unload..you can do this with glass but i never did..It also requires less gas to tow to and from the lake..I don't argue that glass is superior but there are reasons that tin fit some people better. just my .02