What tower mirror do you use?

[Ptownkid]

What tower mounted mirror do you guys use? The reason i ask is that I am about to place an order for a tower and racks and a mirror from Krypt, but i just realized that their Cipa knockoff mirror is flat as opposed to convex like the real cipa. I am assuming that it will make me be able to see much less...

Opinions?

[BGeorge01]

Don't have a answer for you but I just put a Big Air Vapor on my boat over the weekend and love it! Hope yours goes smooth.


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[Aaron187]

I really like my Samson Xtreme 3 Lens Wakeboard Tower Mirror. I can see everything, it has two side mirrors where you can adjust for out of wake view. Easy to adjust and remove. There is a vidio on their site.
http://samsonsports.com/tower-accessories/wakeboard-tower-mirrors/wakeboard-tower-mirrors/

[haugy]

Factory, mounted on the windshield.

[trayson]

I am torn between the CIPA extreme and the CIPA 180

The Extreme is the 3 mirrors. I wonder if we'd get stuck having to adjust the outer panels for each driver switch. If that's the case, that could get old quick.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/3109Gyn5zjL._SX300_.jpg

The CIPA 180 is supposed to be clearer, but the skiiers in the mirror will look a lot smaller than in the Extreme. I heard that could make it harder to see hand signals if you're only looking in the mirror for them.
http://www.bartswatersports.com/images/Product/largeimage-124142.jpg

I think I'm honestly going to buy both of them and return the one that I don't like as much.

At the end of last season, I got a sweet ebay deal on a arm that had the pivot in the middle and it also already had the ball and socket mounting piece that I'll need for either of the above CIPA mirrors. It looks a lot like this one (but didn't come with the cheap mirror)
http://www.diywake.com/store/content/images/thumbs/0000450_wakeboard-tower-fully-articulating-mirror-arm-with-mirror.jpeg

[trayson]

I really like my Samson Xtreme 3 Lens Wakeboard Tower Mirror. I can see everything, it has two side mirrors where you can adjust for out of wake view. Easy to adjust and remove. There is a vidio on their site.
http://samsonsports.com/tower-accessories/wakeboard-tower-mirrors/wakeboard-tower-mirrors/

It looks like Samson is using the CIPA extreme and has the option for the upgrade to the CIPA 180. Those are the same two mirrors I'm debating between.

[Ptownkid]

and then there's also these

http://www.ptmedge.com/ski-wake-mirrors/

Add at least another $99 for a bracket if you want to use an arm.

[trayson]

and then there's also these

http://www.ptmedge.com/ski-wake-mirrors/

Add at least another $99 for a bracket if you want to use an arm.

Those are way to expensive IMO. I'd just as soon go with a CIPA 180 over them.

And if I needed to get a swivel adapter, I'd hit up DIY wake at $40 before paying PTM's prices.
http://www.diywake.com/store/mirror-swivel-adapter

[Aaron187]

I don't adjust the side mirrors for each driver switch FYI

[trayson]

I don't adjust the side mirrors for each driver switch FYI

It'll be interesting to see how a tower mirror works for us. As it is now, we have to adjust the mirror for my wife (5'2") vs myself (5'10"). This is really for surfing when we've got the boat sacked out, and the rear slammed and listing. My wife has to sit on the seatback and I typically drive standing up because we tend to run with the bow pretty high. If the windshield mirror is on the left side of the diver's head, it blocks her foward view, so she likes the mirror on the right side of her head.

I think a new mirror for us will be a nice improvement.

[beat taco]

I have the ptm 100 on my boat. Here is the ptm 140.
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Not sure if I'm spending $200 for the upgrade.

[Ptownkid]

The 180 is on sale on amazon for $63 with free shipping. Too bad for us Canadians it's $20+ shipping

[chris young]

http://www.cipausa.com/product/comp-universal-marine-mirror-02000

I bought mine for 70 bucks ($92.93 tax and delivery in) from Marinemart.ca. Their website is all messed up, I think they are updating it, but I'm sure if you call them you could order one. I have nothing bad to say about this mirror.

[Ptownkid]

You bought the one in the link? I'm pretty much sold on the cipa 180...

[chris young]

Yup, that's the one. Of course I say I like it, but my wife does all the driving, and she concentrates more on where she's going than on the skier (me) I do get occasionally left in the middle of the lake. All joking aside though it does have a very good wide view, and it goes on and off the windshield easily.

[Aaron187]

Yup, that's the one. Of course I say I like it, but my wife does all the driving, and she concentrates more on where she's going than on the skier (me) I do get occasionally left in the middle of the lake. All joking aside though it does have a very good wide view, and it goes on and off the windshield easily.

Ok I will share a wife "spotter" story. So it was just me, a bud and wife. I was pulling my buddy and all a sudden my wife says "down!" so I throttled off and turned around and couldn't find my buddy. We did a couple circles and my heart was skipping beats, I just couldn't understand how he could disapear with a life jacket on. After a couple circles, maybe a minute later (seemed like an hour) my wife amitted she fell asleep. My buddy was safe about 1/8 mile way with another boater. I can laugh now but haven't been that scared on a lake before. I bought a mirror after that.

[trayson]

Ok I will share a wife "spotter" story. So it was just me, a bud and wife. I was pulling my buddy and all a sudden my wife says "down!" so I throttled off and turned around and couldn't find my buddy. We did a couple circles and my heart was skipping beats, I just couldn't understand how he could disapear with a life jacket on. After a couple circles, maybe a minute later (seemed like an hour) my wife amitted she fell asleep. My buddy was safe about 1/8 mile way with another boater. I can laugh now but haven't been that scared on a lake before. I bought a mirror after that.

That's crazy. mine was when I was riding and I think I was pointing the direction that I wanted my wife to head to with the boat (for deeper water I think). And my 8 year old was watching me and didn't interpret my signals the same and told my wife that "dad wants you to turn the boat around". My wife believed my son and I was like WTF as my wife starts cranking a u-turn out of nowhere...

But your story tops it big time! And I would Love to hear how the buddy felt as the boat just left him!

[Zim]

I don't know which one I have, but it works really well. Put it up high and adjust accordingly and it never obstructs your forward view. This is all I really have of it.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u99/zimstang/mirror_zpsd4e4cc2f.jpg (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/zimstang/media/mirror_zpsd4e4cc2f.jpg.html)

[inair]

We put the VR140 on last year. I think it makes a big difference. The driver can see the whole wake if they are not sleeping! LOL

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb375/kennash737/DSC_0534.jpg (http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/kennash737/media/DSC_0534.jpg.html)