Colorado Pontoon Boat

I have had my Colorado Pontoon boat for almost 4 years now and have used it many many times. It's a great little boat, and for the price you can't beat it! As with anything it has it's pro's and con's. I'll start with the con's. first and probably the worst is the way it tracks, at first I thought it was the motor mounting selections as it's one side or the other so I made one for the center. it helped with the back strain but not with the tracking. It tracks the same way under ore power too, so I have come to the conclusion that it's just the nature of the beast since theres no keel or rudder. I can live with it. The stock seating position lacks also. I bought a swivel mount the same time I bought the boat so problem solved. Also it would be nice if the basket had a solid bottom as I can't tell you how many things I have sent to the bottom.. anything you drop thats not either tied down or floats go's straight to the bottom. One last thing I would have liked would have been something different than the foot rests, something that should you want to that would keep your feet out of the water, i make do by swapping the foot rests from one side to the other.. again I can and will live with it. ..now on to the good things.. The warranty is 2nd to none!! i can't say enough on how great their service is! I had issues with the foot rest's rubber grips cracked within weeks. And the rubber donuts on one of the ore's wasn't tight like it should have been, and I didn't check it, then when I got into some swift water it pulled the ore right out of the lock and into the water. I wrote classic accessories and told them about it after I had it for a year.. No questions asked and in about 10 days UPS delivered two brand new complete ores.. and the same with the foot rests, when all I needed was the rubber grips that slip on the end, they sent two complete rests! There was something else to but can't remember what it was.. but they sent a new one of it also. After almost 4 years I have just had my first bladder leak do to hauling my pontoon aired up to close to my poles with a big bomber lure on one.. and the hooks found their way into the side, had like 3 pin holes.. ...Was easy to fix though. The frame is well built but I had one problem that rears it's ugly head every time i used it, the rear bar/basket mount doesn't quite line up right.. but other than that it's over built if anything. I have even done what everyone say's you can't do, I put my 3hp 2-stroke outboard on it. no issues with frame cracking etc! As a matter of fact the weight of deep cell battery and my 30lb thrust elect trolling motor comes in about 10 pounds more that the gas outboard W/gas does. Great little boat! Last week I caught my personal best on it, a 13lb striped bass!

These are excellent covers. I was surprised at the heavy material used. The elastic tie downs are strong, yet long enough to go over the legs without a struggle. The covers cover the lounge from head to toe with a bit left over. The covers are wide enough that the arms and sides of the lounge are covered with ease. The wind management flaps work as described. The high winds of the Sonora desert has not been able to blow a single cover off. I am totally pleased with these covers and will use more of these products as the need arises.

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Great product at a good price. Delivery took longer than my expectation but it was within the estimated Delivery time the store promised. Just wished it would have not said arriving anytime from the 2 to the 6th and arrived just on the last day. Any ways overall very happy with associates from customer service who assisted me in locating the item making the process faster.

I'm happy with it. Need to keep in mind that if you put a motor on it it needs title and registration. Hard to fight currents though so it's a one way down stream type of boat, also great in lakes.

it's just as good as the xt

I'm a big man, and the Colorado carries me anywhere on the lake that I want to go. It's stable, and I've never worried about the sturdiness of the frame. Bought a 34lb thrust Minnkota trolling motor for it, but haven't used the motor yet. I can row this thing for miles, and it's a fish catching machine. It's everything I wanted in an inflatable pontoon boat. I named mine "Pole Dancer" !

great boat, easy to inflate with hand pump, very easy to move from truck or car to pond or lake . stable as can be . i first used a kayak a nice dolphin kayak but felt unstable . no problems with that stable stuff with this boat. and you can row to any part of a lake in no time , you can row either forwards or backwards . im 62 i try it with a electric motor. i feel it goes much better with the oars . the only reason i gave it a 4 is cause it doesnt have set up for a canopy so i can stay out longer. i truely love, this boat . it really a 5 star. from western mass.

I'ved used this boat twice now in a small lake,using only a trolling motor.The boat is a mixed bag.The quality of the materials are very good. It is very stable in the water and moves well with a bare minimum of thrust. It is much more stable than any kayak including fishing kayaks,and gives pretty good sight lines for casting.I tie wrapped some snow fence under the entire metal frame and found it added tremendously to the use of the boat.Rods and tackle will not fall thru and I have a nice area for my feet besides just the front bars.It helped a lot.Best thing I have done to the boat.But the boat has many problems,particularly concerning long term reliability.The boat is difficult to fish from without a swivel for the seat,without one you are constantly awkwardly, twisting your body on the seat or constantly repositioning the boat to be able to cast in the direction you want. If you use a trolling motor,even at deepest prop setting,the prop is dangerously close to the pontoon at the side the motor is mounted on,there is no middle mount option.I added a weedless cage for the prop and don't think I would use this boat without it. The danger of cutting a pontoon even with the upward angle of the pontoon is to great. The anchor raising/lowering system is completely worthless, with only a 5 pound weight there is so much drag and resistance you can not raise or lower the anchor,even with the anchor rope correctly routed and lubricated,it just does not work. But the worst thing by far are the metal brackets on the frame that the pontoon mounting straps loop thru.All eight of them (four per side) gouge the pontoons at a terrible angle,I can not see how despite the additional vinyl covering,these brackets are not going to damage the pontoons, I put closed cell foam padding at the point that at all eight bracket contact the pontoons and the brackets left deep permanent gouges in the foam.I would not use the boat without some type of padding at these points. Additionally the bottom of the metal basket behind the seat has very large grid openings making it easy for most anything to drop thru,and no provision for securing a battery.The best system seems to be a bungy cord wrapped around the battery and the shelf,at least the back wall of the shelf,the front wall of the shelf is to low to be of any use. Also most all companies that price match,including Home Depot,price match by model number,Classic Industries,the manufacturer/distributer knows this and intentionally does not list the model number on their website so you can not price match them although the items are very clearly the same.Don't believe it? Go to their web site and see for yourself. I plan to keep this boat and address the problems but am sorely dissapointed in th product.I would not recommend it.