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Does or has anybody here used the Airwave pedestal bases? Are they worth the price? I'm looking to order my new Pro Staff Excel and am thinking of going to a Storm Cat with Airwave bases on the front seats. I know they are costly but after serious back surgery, I'm needing some comfort when I run the boat sitting down.
Dux...your talking to crappie fisherman,not Bass professionals,,,,,I get back pain as well,,,I got shot in the back when I was a your teen and now suffer from achy backbone..very.hateful after about 2-3 hrs sitting in these chairs...
I know there are lots for guys like me here—our best years are in the mirror, we carry too many pounds, and need the comfort such seats might offer. I know there are several other makes and styles.
I’m very well looking at the last boat I’ll ever buy and since I can get an excellent price, I figure I’ll load it up.
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Does the center console help Doug. When I get another boat I was thinking center console seems Like a better option than sitting down. What’s your opinion.
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Check with Alphahawk in panfish forum on what he is using. Kept him from selling his stick steer due to back pain and loves what he is running. Can't remember the name but it's what Lund offers and I believe Warrior.
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Neat boat...Click here to see the Storm Cat Excel Boats
I have the Smooth Moves. I’ve had it 4.5 years now and no complaints. I think the AirWave may be a superior product.....as I guess it should be as it costs considerable more.
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I love everything about all 3 of the center console Excel Bay Pros I’ve used. I owned the first 2. My only issue is my degenerative bone issue in my back and neck going forward. For guiding and trolling, the center console allows me to use every inch of the gunnels to position rod holders for my cranks, longlining or even cat fishing. Standing allows me instant response when a client hooks a fish or hangs up. My set-up on the current 230 with the Helix10 for strictly mapping with the LakeMaster card and the Helix12 above it on 2D/DI 90% of the time let me follow my trolling paths and see bait/crappie that might be suspended or in cover.Quote:
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The only reason I’m considering a sit-down type boat is my 2 replaced knees and spinal lumbar fusion.
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You got to do what you got to do. I have a new hip....new knee....need another knee....and have been told I need spinal fusion. Just not going there with the spine yet. Without some type of suspension seat in my stick steer boat I would have sold it a month after buying it. It was brutal at speed. I don’t think I will be buying another boat. But I won’t say never. If I do get another boat.....be it tiller....stick steer....or console wheel steer......I will have a suspension seat in it. My nephew has a new trout boat.....very comfortable seats in it....at rest. I won’t fish with him in that boat. At a speed of only 20 MPH a small wake kills the back. That’s why if we fish together it is in my boat.....no worries about the back in the suspension seat.Quote:
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Doug, I have smooth moves in my boat and my dad's boat. Personally, I won't fish out of, or ride in one without them and you know the kind of torment we run in! I'm not sure about the ones you speak of but, if they are anything like my smooth moves, they are worth every penny.