[RuggedH2]

MarineHawk

There are some obvious advantages to the H2 over the H3. That's why I just bought one. The H3 does have some advantages over the H2 also.

Like you just mentioned tight trails is one of them, I took my new H2 up the hill from my house and was climbing the trails in less than 5 minutes from where I live.

These trails are tight and lined with scrub oak (stiff thick branches), the trails climb to the tops of the mountains here and are very twisty and steep with loose gravel and rock. I found the extra weight of the H2 was digging in the loose soil far more than my H3 did on the same trails. The H2 had to work much harder to overcome it's own weight and dug holes with all four wheels. The branches were scraping my paint up and down both sides of the rig and there was no way to avoid it. The H2 could not make the tight turns nearly as easily as the H3 and I dragged the rig through brush much more than the H3 in spite of having to make two and three point tight turns. The H3 would go right through barely touching brush.

I still prefer the H2 and am glad I was able to get one. I am looking forward to learning to drive THIS rig better. I'm sure there is a learning curve to each vehicle. I have 5 in my family and the H2 fits all of us much better and more comfortably. The H2 is more pleasurable to drive for me.

I really don't see this as a competition though. Money is a factor, and both vehicles do well in their different price classes. If you want to off road a vehicle and you aren't going to build your own, ANY Hummer is tough to beat.