2 bucket seats, or 1 bench seat???

[Minnetonka]

I fish out of a two man Polar Sport flip over. I have a nice padded swivel seat that works well when I am by myself. When I take one of my kids or a buddie with me, I have brought a bucket to sit on in the sled. With the way the nose of the sled comes up, you end-up sitting butt cheek to butt cheek, I am debaiting if I should get a bench seat when I go with two people, or buy another swivel seat. The sled is 60 inches long. What do other people do?

[Bushwacker]

In my Otter Lodge I have two swivel type seats and that works perfect for me and a buddy. That way you utilize the whole sled instead of dealing with the slanted from. The only thing is you are limited to two people then. You mention "kidS" So if more than one want to come along I would think you would be better off with the bench. But for the last three years, two swivels have been perfect in my house.

[Northlander]

I would do 2 chairs. They are so much nicer to move around on. The Polar Sport sled design does cause you to lose some of the room for seats that another tub would give you. Thats one of the reasons I went to a Otter. Polar Sports are very nice houses I just needed more room for chairs on the tub. Of course Im 6'6" tall and 270#'s so I like a lot of room.

[ItsaKeeper]

I have the otter with a bench seat and love it. I can fit 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 kids on it.

[JigginIsLife]

I have fished in both houses, with both types of seating. One main difference in the two is that the chairs are adjustable forward and back, the bench isnt. The second large difference is thatyou cannot reach behind the bench to get to the sled very easily. This may not sound like big differences but it is just some small things i have noticed.

[End of the Line]

If you pull your house around by hand alot the bench is reasonably heavier from what I remember.

[Captain B.R.K]

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If you pull your house around by hand alot the bench is reasonably heavier from what I remember.

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It depends on what swivel seats you go with. When I first bought my Otter Cabin fishhouse, I bought the swivel seats w/ beverage holder made by Otter and was not impressed with it do to the size and weight.

I sent it back and went with the bench seat and couldn't be happier. It is padded so makes an 8hr day on the ice enjoyable. It also gives good back support when you lean on it. You can loosen the screws and move it back-n-forth on the supports it comes with to make it further/closer to the whole.

Finally, if you are fishing alone put all your tackle boxes, unused hooks, etc. right on the bench as it won't slide off. Makes for a nice work bench

You can tell I'm happy with my bench seat purchase can't you

[hanson]

I have the 2 swivel seats in my Otter Lodge. Love them!!

You have many more options for shack modifications with the seats than you do the bench. That may be something else to consider with your Polar sled. If you build a plywood insert to drop into your tub, you can position one of your swivel seats further towards the nose than you can get with a seat bracket.