How to choose a jetski?

Hey, thanks a lot. What do you think of the closed-loop system in Seadoos vs. open-loop in Yamahas? I can't tell if the seadoo is marketing BS.

Basically if you had to pick seadoo vs. yamaha what would you choose? I am leaning away from kawasaki because supposedly they burn a ton of gas.

 

Buy the one with the biggest presence in your area. Seadoo is much bigger where I live, I have an older model and a new one last year. I also prefer the look of Seadoo over the Yamaha. But the Yamaha is a nice unit and I would buy that if there were more nearby.

The closed loop only really makes a difference if it gets used in saltwater; I live in MI so its freshwater only.

I ride freshwater inland lakes in waves less than 3 feet. I usually ride alone and like to explore and also spin / splash around. New pwc like the all the Seadoos except Spark and Yamahas are large, heavy (800+ lbs) and while they can spin around and go fast, its not what I want. I grew up on older, smaller and just as fast 2 strokes so I want the fun of my younger years, and not the bigger boats of today.

 

Thanks for the info -

Any easy way to estimate the fuel consumption on a jetski?

On a boat I read to use a rule of diving the engine horsepower by 10, and that will be your full throttle gallons per hour use. So a 150hp engine would burn 15 gal per hour at peak use. But I'm not sure if that is accurate.

 

Did you ever decide what you were going to buy?

 

If you get a stand-up ski, be prepared to be humbled for a few weeks while you learn. Sit-down PWC's are very easy to ride.