Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 12 - Released in the U.S

[Plasman]

That chair looks awesome but needs a drink cooler pocket in the arm rest.
Have to agree with Sel though dropping 6kg wouldn't put me in a light weight category either in saying that I believe it would be a lot easier to handle on your own than the larger model.

[StevenM]

Me like

gotta '12 outback model with a few scratches that may need to be offloaded.

[justcrusin]

looks cool not for me but I'll stick to my big pa. Chair looks good thou might be a worthy upgrade

[StevenM]

The seat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y34MsIUVWAY

[bundyboy]

Any idea how much they are going to be or when we might see one here in Aus?

[GetSharkd]

I hope that seat can be retro fitted into the original PA, looks like a winner to me.

That chair looks awesome but needs a drink cooler pocket in the arm rest.

Stubbie holder would definately seal the deal for my money

[spork]

Any idea how much they are going to be or when we might see one here in Aus?

I read on another forum that "because of the seat and other improvements, they will retail for about the same as the current PA. Hobie also have plans to fit the seat to the existing model PA, which will further increase it's price". (or something like that)

[MY03VY]

A US site that I looked at showed them as the same price USD, so one can only assume it'd be the same here.

Pity they're a grand cheaper in the states. Single import of one would soak up that cost saving. Anyone got a container coming back?

[BigGee]

A US site that I looked at showed them as the same price USD, so one can only assume it'd be the same here.

Pity they're a grand cheaper in the states. Single import of one would soak up that cost saving. Anyone got a container coming back?

I dont really want to start the whole "its cheaper to buy in the US" thing again ... but there are many examples of how well Hobie and the majority of Hobie dealers look after Hobie owners here in Australia. This might be one time to shop around here in Oz, get the best deal you can and look after the folk that are looking after the greater user group.

Might add, when the 12's hit the shores here, there may be quite a few perfectly good older model PA's for sale already rigged for great savings. Just a thought.

Gee

[dunebuggy]

No one buys a PA for portage.

You got THAT right. lol. Last round of the KFT we had to drag our yaks across about 100 metres of mud/weed flats. No fun dragging a P.A

New PA12 is probably 2 months away according to a conversation I had with Sunstate Hobie this morning. I'm seriously thinking of downsizing. If only for the seat.

[dirty]

I've added some photos and videos of it to our site if anyone is looking for the info.
http://www.bassfishingaddicts.com/2012/ ... er-12.html

[dinium]

Bored at lunch so...

Quick scaled comparison (without the dumb feature pointers everywhere). The 12' image is a little crappy as it was extracted from the low resolution PDF.

[feelfree09]

Any idea how much they are going to be or when we might see one here in Aus?

rumour has it that scott lovig will have stock in june/july.

disclaimer# no affilliation just what i saw and repeating it for the good people here on AKFF

[SteveFields]

Any idea how much they are going to be or when we might see one here in Aus?

rumour has it that scott lovig will have stock in june/july.

disclaimer# no affilliation just what i saw and repeating it for the good people here on AKFF

Dealers will have access to stock very late June (a few per shop) with an increased supply from July onwards.

[MY03VY]

A US site that I looked at showed them as the same price USD, so one can only assume it'd be the same here.

Pity they're a grand cheaper in the states. Single import of one would soak up that cost saving. Anyone got a container coming back?

I dont really want to start the whole "its cheaper to buy in the US" thing again ... but there are many examples of how well Hobie and the majority of Hobie dealers look after Hobie owners here in Australia. This might be one time to shop around here in Oz, get the best deal you can and look after the folk that are looking after the greater user group.

Might add, when the 12's hit the shores here, there may be quite a few perfectly good older model PA's for sale already rigged for great savings. Just a thought.

Gee

Don't get me wrong, I purely quoted the US based pricing for the purpose of indicating that the US RRP's are the same for both boats.

I work in retail where we're constantly dealing with imported product (Ride On mowers) and have to break it to people all the time they "bargain" they bought isn't supported by the local arm of the company. Every day of the week I'd buy from the guys at Sunstate. They've been great in helping me get closer to making my decision as to which yak I'll buy. I wouldn't then buy from someone else after all they've done.

It is frustrating though that with the dollar so good, that there is such a huge difference in price. I understand freight costs money, but how many yaks fit in a container? Not all of that $1000 is going to freight clearly.