Sea-Doo Switch Review And Test Drive

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Written Review: www.steveninsales.com/sea-doo...
Review of the Sea-Doo Switch with a test ride and going over some features.

[@patrickflosse8807]

I was going with a 18' cruise and changed at the last minute for a 21' Sport. Haters will be haters... I took it out for the first time yesterday. My two boys, 29 and 33 and their GF's. Considering it's going to be half speed for the 10 hr break-in stage. We had a blast! Its an awesome boat and concept for what we plan on doing. You remove the two front lounge chairs and pads and you have an amazing platform to fish. Spent the afternoon an a sandbar with 100 other boats. Its not cheap plastic! Trailers very easy and that 230HP motor does have a good reputation! Like I said.... Haters going to hate... :o)

[@calebmoore9964]

STEVE SO GLAD UR BACK LONG TIME FAN!!!

[@undisputedtruth4954]

Does it have the live well feature from the FP Trophy?

[@icarussisyphus5201]

Wonder what the draft, how shallow can it go. Also if I take it out in the bay, the highest waves it will take.

[@jamesstewart2186]

Well that’s an interesting situation you have there considering sea doo didn’t introduce this boat until 2021 … and I would say that over the last 10 years they have greatly improved design, and fit and finish .

[@futuregamer5791]

All plastic pontoon with jet ski controls?

[@SirTacoBell]

Thanx for the review! Well done! Just one question, was that the 18'? It didn't look like the 21' but seating arrangement could make it appear shorter than 21'.

[@steveninsales]

It was the 21 foot, it's 19 foot with the 2-foot extension platform.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Buy new tamha jet tights yamha 315. Scab 325 ac genertir ac. 34 foot oicnoat

[@hookersterminaltackle]

@@steveninsales still available?

[@nickwinn]

Sea Doo should just make a platform that fits around your existing jetski... so you can unhook the Jet Ski for some solo fun if the family becomes overbearing.

[@christopherpaul9131]

They have in the past lol

[@aaron-fauth]

@@christopherpaul9131 It wasn’t made by BRP

[@jamp1505]

Her's a factory in Miami but I don't remember the name of the company

[@danbergeron4]

Look up shuttlecraft

[@nickwinn]

@@danbergeron4 oh wow, thanks for sharing

[@NappyNoel004]

Which Cruiser Is It. The Sport Or The Cruiser.

[@b.lemire7453]

I'd like to know what reviewers think of the 130HP version. Too little power?

[@jonathancortez8638]

Great review!

[@hookersterminaltackle]

Want. Any dealers have one?

[@MegaSling]

Thanks for sharing. I'm thinking about one of these as a dive boat and occasional fishing because you can create so much deck space. How does it handle in the ocean?

[@sharonbraselton3135]

20 cetrv30 foot dive boat dusel oiwr had full cabin fir 2 opting xaotuy 20 fam hit water tank 20 felon eat sink 200 falon ful tan disel jet djbg gets

[@MegaSling]

@@sharonbraselton3135 Say what?????

[@Pilot545]

Same here brother! I’m can’t see any negatives with it. Tons of deck space. And that swim platform is perfect for gearing up and jumping in! So stoked but just talked to my dealer (Florida) and it’ll likely be 2024 before I can get one. Gonna go out a deposit now on one to get my name on the list.

[@Pilot545]

@@sharonbraselton3135 ???? You were saying??

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Buy dumseker 60 with water gets

[@DavidVega71]

Switch uses a jetski engine? Cost justified??

[@troywells6526]

Where do you fill it with gas? And how big of tank?

[@Kezmo]

How reliable are these engines/motors compared to regular outboards. That's the one thing I'm worried about. I'm in Colorado, so not worried about salt water. Thanks.

[@alexkhuri3967]

Rotax engines have decades of proven reliability. Not just on the water but on the snow and most famously in the air.

[@Kezmo]

@@alexkhuri3967 This is great to know! Thanks for the reply. I'm an idiot when it comes to being mechanically savvy, so the last thing I want is for a watercraft to go bad on me in the middle of a lake/body of water and I'm stuck. So just regular oil changes and other regular maintenance and don't be too hard on them and they should last awhile? Really considering ordering one of these for the family. Any idea of how long of a wait it is to get one of these delivered? Are we talking years or could I get lucky and have one delivered next spring/summer? Thanks!

[@alexkhuri3967]

@@Kezmo wait times totally depend on where you live.

[@Kezmo]

@@alexkhuri3967 Sounds great. Thanks, Alex!

[@Pilot545]

Perfect dive boat! Looking at trading both my sea doo skis for one.

[@edcarter7878]

Me too!

[@sharonbraselton3135]

@@edcarter7878 god forty oou

[@edcarter7878]

@@sharonbraselton3135 thank you

[@rapidcars1]

Are you required to wear a life jacket while operating the switch as you are with A JetSki

[@jeffallen5871]

No.

[@THEelduderino]

Wish he would have mentioned if it was predictable

[@coldfire2812]

But is it predictable?? lol said it about 30 times lol

[@jimbo8972]

does it have cruise control ?

[@jeffallen5871]

Yes.

[@jimgunn4498]

Just FYI, my father has owned the 13' model with the 170 HP motor for about 3 months now (around 35 hours of use). In our experience, everything about the boat is very cheaply made, plastic, breaks constantly and takes weeks to months to get replacemet parts. The boat takes on water into the hull and has to be drained and cleaned rigorously and the ride is atrocous due to the very wide and flat hull. Not to mention, the deck of the boat gets scalding hot in the sun, so no bare feet onboard. I suppose if it were on a flat, freshwater lake, it wouldn't be a big deal, but as this one is being used in Pensacola Bay, Pensacola, Florida, all of the above make it a very bad boat for the area. Oh yeah, with 4 people on board, at least two have to be sitting/standing up front or the boat will not reach plane. He is already trying to sell his.

[@kballa81]

Thanks for the comment. Good to see honest opinions

[@spunkflunk]

Your taking a 13foot open deck boat in the ocean what do u expect.

[@jimgunn4498]

@@spunkflunk Not the ocean, just the bay, no more than 2 to 3 foot chop. Still rides like a broncing bull.

[@robhilgert1550]

Jim, thanks for the comments, so the hull takes on water? I guess that means this isn't a boat you can then leave in the water?

[@jayd.7452]

thank you for this. It looks super cheap for the price.

[@prov431]

Impossible to find one of these for purchase - what's availability?

[@rpergrem]

Sold out for 2022. 2023 models will be available for order August 9th or 10th. They will sell out within the first hour the order banks open.

[@Mr91495osh]

$35 K is a bargain. The boat offers a lot of comfort, convenience is easily trailerable. Plus the kids can camp out in it in the back yard.

[@BobSmith-cb5xr]

A bargain? You've never owned a seadoo have you? Pay 35k, 2 years later you'll have 50k in it keeping it running.

[@deadpanfish]

It's ALL plastic.

[@DerHeff4]

We got us a shill here

[@obkeeno]

Can get brand new for less than 2000

[@markjacobs3956]

Black floor. WITAF?

[@solrus20]

Does it have option to mount rear view mirror?

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Yes un can

[@iifguo8531]

Are those side burns optional with that mustache?

[@Talon1983]

How much is this boat?

[@heyitsBretthere]

better not be expensive 😂

[@steveninsales]

Starting at $23,999 - www.sea-doo.com/us/en/pontoons/switch-sport.html

[@jaycevessier7554]

@@heyitsBretthere depends on what you think is expensive. You got to think though, a damn jet ski today is 15k, so the price that you can get into this is crazy cheap

[@jeremylove1122]

So what you're saying is that it's predictable because I was wondering if it was going to be predictable when I first heard about the Sea Doo Switch I was thinking it's probably really predictable because they look predictable I'm glad I watched this video now I know they are predictable 🤣

[@barefootbob1269]

Lots of potential but that shift set up leaves something to be desired! It is a boat not a jet ski ditch the handlebars and give it a real shifter.

[@heesanoice7637]

This is the same set up as what’s on my GTR215. It works really well. Very easy to use.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

30 fot can cruser jet drive

[@hby7768]

the viewing angle is so up close

[@dtrust68]

i see way too many dealers price gouging these. its blowing my mind. 21ft 230 for 60K

[@josueruiz3923]

Not really price gouging when every dealer is doing it. 21 footers all around 50k now and msrp goes out the window

[@dtrust68]

@@josueruiz3923 how is it not price gouging even when every dealer is doing it? When they are 18k+ over all the real fees it doesn't matter if 1 or all dealers are doing it, it's still price gouging. They are doing it cause they are hot items and they can't build them fast enough.

[@josueruiz3923]

@@dtrust68 so its a supply and demand issue thats how economy works.

[@dtrust68]

@@josueruiz3923 only a good dealership won't price gouge. From all I've seen and asked of people who bought them, most spend at the max 45k. So asking 60k for what others spent 45k on is stupidity to me. Would you pay 60k on an exact item and build when someone you talked with paid 45k? I wouldn't 😂

[@dtrust68]

@@josueruiz3923 but the point is it's still price gouging. Which is all I said. Clearly idiots will still pay the outrageous price if they want but I'll wait

[@brucemacdonald4672]

A boat that Lego would build ! lol

[@Mr91495osh]

Mount your camera on your headband

[@johnnyb.2355]

It's really predictable that they going to say predictable.

[@requiredusername5731]

... Did I miss something? Why not make the jetski removeable and keep it as it's own vehicle? A pontoon deck with a cut out to attach the jetski to. Remove the console and put in another bench seat there, or cooler or something. Hell you could put a rudder on the front that turns with the jetskis steering to keep manuverablity.

[@dnzdrakrks7549]

ıt would me much expensive tho. Those exist but they are much smaller. You would need a very big and strong jetski for something this size.

[@zozo_letsplayz850]

they tried that years ago already but nobody bought them

[@jeffbryner5355]

The plastic flooring and handle bars was a terrible idea. The boat reminds me of a Tupperware container how it looks cheap looking with all the plastic all over it. The switchable interior is cool though. I'm waiting for yamaha to come out with one and one up seadoo like they did with the jet blaster

[@andrewtaylor2067]

Interesting idea, but it looks like the interior is from a city bus. For a 20k or more boat you really expect better quaility, than again I imagine these arent designed to last a lifetime

[@1148bucknasty]

20k doesn't buy shit for boats anymore. This is still a decent deal

[@crosisofborg5524]

Don’t confuse quality for luxury. This has quality but I wouldn’t want luxury because this is a boat designed for the occupants to jump off of and get wet and sandy. You don’t want that in a luxury interior.

[@michaelcutler5549]

The seats just seem super uncomfortable compared to pontoon boats. Idk. Just seems that way.

[@212acres3]

99% plastic? hope its recycled that would help! Sweet little boat!

[@mazdarx7887]

Way too complicated controls for a little pontoon boat. very expensive to fix if there are problems. Much prefer throttle stick and wheel, nothing to learn or forget, easy to fix.

[@uowebfoot]

Not a big fan of the flexible plastic siding. It seems flimsy and I can imagine in a few years the UV rays will discolor it.

[@TK-ri7pl]

Less than a year in Florida. Trying to figure out what to use to maintain this for a customer. Not sure if you can ceramic coat polyethylene....

[@ranceramsey89]

@@TK-ri7pl why not clear wrap it? They wrap boats all the time.

[@TK-ri7pl]

@@ranceramsey89 I have seen conventional fiberglass/gel coat boats clear wrapped. Two things occur.... 1.The clear wrap yellows after a relatively short period. 2. The gel coat simply oxidizes and fades underneath the wrap. The wrap then creates a barrier that won't allow the oxidation to be be buffed away. The customer states that seadoo will replace the sun damaged panels under warranty. My concern is to find a way to prevent the new panels from fading again The horizontal areas of the black sections are of course the worst affected.

[@ranceramsey89]

@@TK-ri7pl then they’re using shitty wrap. A buddy of mine runs a wrap shop and he did his own boat and it’s been on for two years looking the same in Arizona.

[@TK-ri7pl]

@@ranceramsey89 Much has to do with exposure time, and type. Just like the degree of sunburn a person experiences on any given summer day. A boat on a lift at canal side will experience a double dose of UV exposure along the side facing the canal (reflection off of the water's surface). Indeed, there are no doubt many different manufacturers and degrees of quality of the wrap. Eventually UV damage is inevitable......

[@BobSmith-cb5xr]

When you want to rebuild your pontoon every 2 years and want to be guaranteed to get stranded in the middle of the lake, this is your boat. These should be called Sea-donts.

[@brianpearl7504]

Why do you say that?

[@BobSmith-cb5xr]

@@brianpearl7504 Have you ever owned a seadoo? The most unreliable watercrafts manufactured today period. Rebuilds every 100hrs on the supercharged ones if your lucky to make it that long. The naturally aspirated ones will go 400hrs before a rebuild but thats taking very good care of it and babying it. A pontoon with a yamaha outboard will go years with nothing but oil changes and 4-5k hours before a rebuild.

[@BobSmith-cb5xr]

@@brianpearl7504 considering these sea-donts are going for $50k and youll have to spend $3-5k every 2 years for maintenance, buying a brand new pontoon with an outboard would be a far nicer boat and much cheaper in the long run.

[@brianpearl7504]

@@BobSmith-cb5xr ok thanks for the advice, I was wondering what you meant.

[@johnvillegas3527]

I have had mine for 2 years now, runs and performs perfectly. Giving that BRP has an 8 billion dollar value and goes up constantly every year, you clearly are wrong. If you don't like Seadoos, cool, I hate Chevy's, still does not make them bad products, try and leave helpful reviews.

[@davidsdean]

Its not a pontoon boat at all, planing center hull with outriggers

[@1SmokeyRider]

$35000 for a bunch of plastic.

[@BobSmith-cb5xr]

That last 2 years and needs a full rebuild at 100hrs if you're lucky to make it that long. Meanwhile a pontoon with a 200hp Yamaha needs a rebuild every 3500-5000hrs and last years before needing any maintenance.

[@TerraMagnus]

So much closeup it’s hard to really see anything in context.

[@brycecolwell4304]

no thanks

[@seangreene64]

In a year or two time in the sun. This would be one big pile of junk.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

Wrong

[@DerHeff4]

@@sharonbraselton3135 right

[@MyStonebone]

Looks like more plastic on it then Kim Kardashians, too fake looking

[@stephengreen2898]

Show us a real skier…. We have to take your word while you pretend a skier is there?

[@Foxtucky]

Way to small

[@James-ut2ez]

This seems like junk that will give you a lot of problems in a few years.

[@nickleach412]

30 k for a plastic boat do yourself a big favor and dont buy one. In a few years u wont be able to give one away.

[@Mar-gv4eq]

Looks cool, but also, is it me or everything looks super cheap quality