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title: "Rotomoulded Pontoon Pods vs Cube Floats Compared | Pontoonz"
description: "Pontoonz Main Boat Pods vs cube float systems like Dockpro: load, assembly, applications, price per m² and life. Cubes for quick jetties, pods for hulls."
url: https://www.pontoonz.co.nz/compare/rotomoulded-pods-vs-cube-floats/
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![Grey Dockpro Float Pod cube with connecting pins](https://www.pontoonz.co.nz/_astro/floatpod.CiFHuQg1_Z14DO1Q.jpg)

Comparison

# Rotomoulded pods vs cube floats: which should you use?

An honest comparison of Pontoonz Main Boat Pods and cube float systems, from the company that sells both.

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**The short answer:** cube floats win for a quick jetty you can assemble in an afternoon. Rotomoulded pods win for anything that moves, carries serious weight or needs a hull.

Pontoonz Main Boat Pods

Cube float systems (e.g. Dockpro, Pontoon Plus, OTTop)

**Load**

150kg per pod at half immersion, 350kg fully immersed

Dockpro: 40kg per cube, about 160kg per m² at 4 cubes per m². Other brands vary.

**Assembly**

Bolted into hulls, timber or steel deck on top

Pinned together, deck surface is the cubes. About an hour for a small jetty

**Best applications**

Boats, houseboats, barges, pump platforms, swim rafts, marker boats

Jetties, drive-on docks, jet-ski parking, kayak launches

**Price**

NZ$560 per pod ex GST, quoted to design

Dockpro from NZ$540 per m² incl. fittings

**Life**

15+ years, annual water blast

Dockpro: 15+ years, no maintenance

**Moves under power?**

Yes, with Bow or Speed Pods

Not designed for it

Pontoonz sells both: rotomoulded pods made in Auckland and the imported Dockpro Float Pod. Competitor figures beyond Dockpro are not stated here; check each manufacturer's published specs.

[Floating vs fixed jetty](https://www.pontoonz.co.nz/compare/modular-pontoons-vs-fixed-jetty/)[Docks & jetties](https://www.pontoonz.co.nz/docks-jetties-walkways/)

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Every quote comes with a recommended configuration, volume pricing and freight to your address or nearest port.

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-   Configuration recommended with every quote
-   Volume pricing and freight to your address
-   Trading since 2003

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