Hardtops are nice! But if your tall at all you have to always remember to duck down as alot are shorter than 6ft. The soft tops are generally taller. Another thing about soft tops, they have plastic from windshield to the top and alot of those unless your short in the seat, you have to look thru that plastic. Also with the soft tops, guys like to hang on the closest thing while moving around the boat. Which means the tubes holding up the soft top. But on a nice day, no top at all sure is nice. IMHO