2022 Swim Step changes?

[dwc032]

4 hours ago, bamaboy said:

No @Ronnie.   @oldjeep is 100% correct.  Its crap. 

 

Instead of trying to figure out ridiculous ways to justify price increases every year, Malibu should be improving their QC (from what I have heard). 

This!!!  After paying over 150k for my 23 MXZ and seeing how they totally messed up the stereo and the sub box, I would mush rather see better QC then a power swim step. 

[gregtay]

2 hours ago, dwc032 said:

This!!!  After paying over 150k for my 23 MXZ and seeing how they totally messed up the stereo and the sub box, I would mush rather see better QC then a power swim step. 

Very much agree.  Took two years to resolve all of my issues that were 100% related to someone not taking 30 seconds more time to do their job.  I wish my experience was the outlier... but it seems to just be the norm.  

[COOP]

16 hours ago, OsideTanner said:

A model year 2022?

2021

Id have to ask sales how much it was.

[IXFE]

2 hours ago, COOP said:

2021

Id have to ask sales how much it was.

Waiting on pins and needles to hear from sales...

Say, while we wait... how’s about that RGB write up? 

[Stevo]

[Chattwake]

I saw the power swim step on a m220 the other day at the factory.  Seemed pretty cool to me.  No one makes you buy this stuff so, hey, if it’s not your jam don’t add it.  I mean people pay thousands and thousands just for flake purely for aesthetic purposes......

[BigCreek]

I've only experienced the swim step at the boat show. I was thinking it would be cool to have for very old, very young, or injured people. I was also thinking, damn this thing is heavy, and there is very little swim platform to balance myself on while reaching down 10-ish inches below my feet/knees to grab it from the water when trying to stow it. 

I guess they fixed that with another 5.1 year lifespan actuator and another $2,500 on top of the step itself. 

Sign me up tho. It'll most likely be on my next one. 

[bcf2003]

I have a doc showing the power swim step, let me try to load it on here. 

[Five Cent Worth]

20 hours ago, Chattwake said:

No one makes you buy this stuff so, hey, if it’s not your jam don’t add it.  I mean people pay thousands and thousands just for flake purely for aesthetic purposes......

This....  Same people complaining about a power swim step were more than likely complaining about tower speakers ten years ago....  Get off my lawn.  The swim step is immensely popular - and it doesn't take a Harvard MBA to think we should build on something that is super popular. 

[Eagleboy99]

Power swim steps have been around for quite a while on big boats.  I'm just waiting for the Malibu davit lift.

[bcf2003]

3 hours ago, bcf2003 said:

I have a doc showing the power swim step, let me try to load it on here. 

ok I can't figure out how to post a pic from my dropbox....

[Eagleboy99]

8 minutes ago, bcf2003 said:

ok I can't figure out how to post a pic from my dropbox....

usually one right clicks on the image to get the URL.  Copy  and paste here.

[bcf2003]

14 minutes ago, Eagleboy99 said:

usually one right clicks on the image to get the URL.  Copy  and paste here.

I do that and copy it here, and it just displays the drop box link, not the actual pic.

[Eagleboy99]

1 minute ago, bcf2003 said:

I do that and copy it here, and it just displays the drop box link, not the actual pic.

I don't use DB for this (I use ImgBB) but this should help. https://cantonbecker.com/etcetera/2014/how-to-directly-link-or-embed-dropbox-images/

[bcf2003]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6xug9d9u7qn9on/IMG_6619.jpeg?raw=1

can't get it to post as a pic so here's the link. This came with my new purchase folder. I didn't order the step but it came with the closing package.

Edited May 11, 2021 by bcf2003

[Eagleboy99]

[bcf2003]

Ok, show off lol. But really how?

 

[Surf4FamFun]

13 hours ago, BigCreek said:

I've only experienced the swim step at the boat show. I was thinking it would be cool to have for very old, very young, or injured people. I was also thinking, damn this thing is heavy, and there is very little swim platform to balance myself on while reaching down 10-ish inches below my feet/knees to grab it from the water when trying to stow it. 

I guess they fixed that with another 5.1 year lifespan actuator and another $2,500 on top of the step itself. 

Sign me up tho. It'll most likely be on my next one. 

On our 2020 22 LSV when you flipped the step down it sank, to stow it you had to as you say reach well below your feet and pull it up.  On our 2021 23 MXZ when you deploy it it floats a little and you step on it so it fully sinks and latches down.  When you release the latch it floats up and is much easier to grab and stow.  I am assuming this is an improvement and not an inconsistency in production.  

[Eagleboy99]

30 minutes ago, bcf2003 said:

Ok, show off lol. But really how?

 

I just put your URL (with the RAW flag) into the box that pops up when you click on "Insert image from URL" that is the bottom right of the reply box. 

[bcf2003]

9 hours ago, Eagleboy99 said:

I just put your URL (with the RAW flag) into the box that pops up when you click on "Insert image from URL" that is the bottom right of the reply box. 

That’s exactly what I did...isn’t the URL in my post right? Weird. Thanks for posting.

[Eagleboy99]

1 hour ago, bcf2003 said:

That’s exactly what I did...isn’t the URL in my post right? Weird. Thanks for posting.

Like Dad used to say "I taught you everything you know, and you still know nothing".    Seriously - I suspect you had an embedded space or missing character in the URL.

[Eagleboy99]

Looking at how that thing operates, I wonder (in fear) how long it will be before someone gets caught in that thing when it retracts?  I am betting there is no sensor like those found on garage doors, or power liftgates on SUVs.

[Pilotguy]

25 minutes ago, Eagleboy99 said:

Looking at how that thing operates, I wonder (in fear) how long it will be before someone gets caught in that thing when it retracts?  I am betting there is no sensor like those found on garage doors, or power liftgates on SUVs.

Depends how it works. It’s probably going to be a push and hold to move type. That’s how the swim platforms on the big cruisers work. Stop pushing the button and it stops moving. Also, I feel like if you get caught in something moving you had it coming 9/10 times.
 

We have enough warning signs on the boat as it is. Who would have thought a turning propeller may cause injury… 🤦🏻‍♂️ 

[Eagleboy99]

1 minute ago, Pilotguy said:

Also, I feel like if you get caught in something moving you had it coming 9/10 times.

Peloton treadmills. I rest my case.

[Pilotguy]

I’m not saying it’s a great design by any means. But anything can be a dangerous situation when holes in swiss cheese start lining up. 
 

Boats are adult toys that we happen to let children use. Setting up a treadmill in a children’s play area is a disaster waiting to happen as is letting a child play on the swim platform while it’s moving. 
 

We can’t eliminate all the dangers of everything only mitigate them as best we can. Education goes a long way.