On our previous boat, we had an Atlantic Towers hardtop over the cockpit and a Hardtotop on the flybridge. Both had advantages. The AT hardtop was beautiful, but in comparison about 5 times more money. The Hardtotop was much more economical and very easy to install. On our current President 41, we have a fiberglass hardtop on the sundeck and we just put a Hardtotop on the flybridge. We are in Michigan but we store the boat inside so snow load is not an issue. If I were going to store it outside with it shrinked, I would build a removable frame to put on top of the Hardtotop and have some slope so that the snow would slide off more easily. Overall, we really like the Hardtotop, but we know and accept the limitations of the top. Being retired, I would rather save the huge amount of money in comparison to the Atlantic Towers hardtop and spend it on something else for the boat...