Wood & Carpet or Alluminum & Vinyl Bunks on a Lift?

[MustGoFast]

Anyone have experience with both that can provide some comparisons, I was thinking AL/Vinyl originally but heard some feedback today that got me thinking about which is better for supporting the boat:

1. Cost - Wood/Carpet is cheaper
2. Durability - Al/Vinyl is basically maintenance free where you will have to at some interval replace wood (not sure what this is)
3. Support - HERE's the part that got me thinking, I was told the wood/carpet has give and natural conforms to your hull shape better giving you more even support, where as AL will create pressure points for the same reason hence the person I was talking to recommended the wood version over AL.

OK, any truth to the last part? or considerations I missed?

[MustGoFast]

Also - Is your preference Vertical Guide posts, or the Horizontal full length guides?  I've heard recommendations for both.

[solorex]

My lift is wood with a very high grade indoor/outdoor turf, it’s blue in colour.  Works awesome and lasts forever.  The main thing is that it dries out quick doesn’t stay saturated.  Vertical guide posts

Edited February 10, 2018 by solorex

[Gavin17]

Wood and carpet will last a long time on a lift and they're cheap so I wouldn't let a 5-10 year service life bother me.   I've only ever used lifts w/ the vertical post.  Now i'm curious about the horizontal ones.