Ballast systems: Bags Vs. Tanks

Bags VS Tanks.  We get all sorts of questions about this topic.  Here we will answer a few of the common questions we get asked:

Why does Supra/Moomba use bags instead of tanks?

A bag system is actually a more expensive system that is more rider friendly.  If you want a bigger wake simply take out the stock bag and put a bigger bag in.  Up to 3200 lbs all with a flick of a switch.  Did you know a leading competitor of ours has a stock hard tank system but offers an OPTIONAL, more expensive, bag system?  With Supra and Moomba you have it standard. 

Which is better, bags or hard tanks?

For the wakeboarder or wakesurfer, bags are better.  Why?  It gives you the option of having an upgradable system to have the biggest and best wake possible while still being plumbed into the stock system.  Some of our competitors also still put their hard tanks in the rear storage compartments.  You lose your storage all of the time when you have these.  At least with bags, when empty, you can use ALL of your storage compartments. 

Why do you not put your ballast under the floor?

Supra and Moomba do not do this for many reasons.  Number one, under floor ballast tanks are TINY.  Who wants a tiny ballast system resulting in a tiny wake?  Number two, open bags are upgradable with the stock ballast pumps.  Number three, open bags are more serviceable. Number four, what are you sacrificing if you put your tanks under the floor?  Our stringers go there; where do our competitor’s stringers go or do they have any at all?

Don’t bags take up your storage space?

We are the first to admit, yes, bags do take up some of your storage space.  Supra and Moomba improve on their bag shape and size every year so that the storage space in the compartments can still be used even with the ballast is full.  If you had a competitor’s boat with a measly 850 lbs of ballast, to match our wake a rider would want to add another bag in the storage compartment.  This would take away storage space, most of the time more space than our bags takes up.  Plus, wouldn’t you want it all hooked up to the stock ballast pumps to fill all with a flick of a switch?

Why do I need a big ballast system?  The stock system is as big as I’ll ever need.

Supra and Moomba and WAKEBOARD, WAKESKATE, and WAKESURF boats.  If you want a small ballast system, no problem.  We can take our ballast out or replace our huge stock systems with smaller bags.  But why would you want to do that?  We’ve never met a wakeboarder that doesn’t want a big wake.

Let’s compare the size of the stock ballast systems in the 22 ft range for a few of our competitors, most of which use hard tanks. 

MasterCraft X-Star                                         865 lbs

Malibu Wakesetter VLX                                1250 lbs

Tige RZ2                                                         NONE

Super Air Nautique 220                                  849 lbs

Now Supras and Moombas:

Supra Launch 21V                                          1450 lbs

Supra Launch 22SSV                                     1450 lbs

Moomba Mobius LSV                                    1200 lbs

Moomba Mobius XLV                                   1450 lbs

So yes, our boats do come with more ballast.  Do our boats need it?  NO!!! But why not have it?  After all, these are wakeboarding boats.  Put any of our stock boats against a competitor’s stock boat and I promise Supra and Moomba will walk away with a win every time.