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I have 2017 150ss, its been a good boat for the 5 months i have had it. It is a full boat with me, wife and 4 year old twins. Quickly got tired of the bench seat and wish i would have bought the montauk instead. Im already thinking of taking the passenger seat off the bench too as it is a trip hazard. Would allow 3 on bench without the swivel seat in the way too. I added a second factory cooler on back left side for extra storage, it added more seating at rear too.

2 things i didnt realize i wanted until i wanted them, was a trolling motor and livewell. You can add them, but not clean like the montauk, on the ss you have to thru bolt the trolling motor mount on the bow and the livewell is a bucket. The montauk is a better rig for fishing.

You will want to a add bilge pump the first time you take water over the side. When water starts to misbehave, you cant turn around and unscrew plug easily, and you cant always get on plane. Bilge pump would be nice in those situations. Got water halfway up transom and couldnt get on plane. While you cant sink it, the prospect of a boston whaler bathtub is not appealling. Once gets worse than 2 ft river chop you really cant run on plane without beating yourself sensless too, it is still a 15ft boat.

The 150ss is my first boat. I didnt really know what i wanted when i bought it. I figured out what i wanted after i had it. Have learned a lot. Some thing you figure out through experience, whole theory vs application concept. That being said, it is a nice boat, really easy to tow and launch/retrieve. Rides surprisingly good for how small it is. It is obviously built to last. But, can only hope resale is as good as reputation when the time comes.

If you can, take a sea trial in both. And, or, put your family in them on their trailers and see where passengers and stuff would have to go. 15ft fills up very fast.

In the next year or 2 im gonna probably be looking at a montauk 170. Want individual seats not the bench and cooler setup.

Happy hunting