How is it on the water?
I've just used it on lakes, and I've never been on another pontoon, so I don't have anything to compare it to. The wind really blows it around if there is much of it, but otherwise it makes a pretty good place to fly fish from. And relatively comfortable. Isn't a lot of work to row around. All the pieces fit inside my car, and it takes me about half an hour to set up and a lot less to take down.
But what I came back on this thread about was that I was at Costco yesterday, and for 300 US dollars they had a very nice looking pontoon boat. Practically no straps involved. The main bags had lots less rocking chair look to them than I'm used to seeing. The gear bags that strap to my boat's frame are built into the tops of the main bags on the one at Costco.