I'm going to agree with meat pie on a couple things and disagree on a couple.

Skookum's customer service has always been lacking. I've read threads for years about not being able to get ahold of them, not returning calls etc and that's just not good business. When a guy has a pocket full of money to spend, you don't keep him waiting. Definitely a lot of room for improvement there.

They aren't light. You're not going to pack one very far by yourself, and if you try, you'll probably wind up putting a hole in your tubes. My buddy has two Ospreys so we have the packing to the river covered.

But they do offer access a db doesn't. With a buddy, you can launch in all kinds of undeveloped access points, and make a drift the db's can't or get the jump on the crowd of db's that will be coming down from the developed access points later.

I have a db and I don't think I'd buy a pontoon myself. But it's nice to have a buddy with a pair of them because we can get off the beaten path a few times a year and fish 12-15 miles of river without seeing another dude. I do think a db with one or two guys up front covers the water way more effectively than two pontooners can work the same water.

Good luck in your future adventures. Let us know what you wind up doing, and what you think.