04-27-2012, 02:14 PM
I have to answer this after having owned both. The Escape is a handful as well. It is 3 feet shorter sure, but it has no inside handles which I really like and weighs "4" pounds more than the Escape (thus making my choice easy).
Due to being three feet shorter, it is difficult rowing without clipping the side bags.
The Assault as you saw has all sorts of room. It is 8'6" but the pontoons are 13" rather than the Escape 14" or the Reny's 15", and folds up nicely.
As far as the Escape, you could try to put a rear deck on it but this would require adding more D rings which does effect how you roll the boat up.
I have only had the Assault out once so far and love it, but I do like the open end as well so I won't be getting rid of my Renegade any time soon.
Leaving the seat area inflated and lifting with the side handles makes it easy to put in the smallest of cars.
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Due to being three feet shorter, it is difficult rowing without clipping the side bags.
The Assault as you saw has all sorts of room. It is 8'6" but the pontoons are 13" rather than the Escape 14" or the Reny's 15", and folds up nicely.
As far as the Escape, you could try to put a rear deck on it but this would require adding more D rings which does effect how you roll the boat up.
I have only had the Assault out once so far and love it, but I do like the open end as well so I won't be getting rid of my Renegade any time soon.
Leaving the seat area inflated and lifting with the side handles makes it easy to put in the smallest of cars.
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