The honest answer on price
We are not the cheapest inflatable boat in Australia.
Here is exactly what the cheaper boat costs you.
There is always a cheaper inflatable. Some of them are honest boats and we will say so. What a low price rarely tells you is the fabric thickness in millimetres, what is missing from the box, how long the hull is covered for, and whether a A$40 valve can be replaced in a week. Those four answers decide what the boat costs you over ten years — so we publish all four.
Cheap is a price. Value is a decade.
The gap between an entry-level import and an Aerowave is usually a few hundred dollars once you add the pump, the bimini and the wheels the cheaper boat does not include. Spread that over the years you will actually own it and the arithmetic changes shape.
A sub-A$4,000 inflatable
- 0.9 mm hull fabric — the one thing you can never upgrade later
- Bimini, electric pump and wheels usually bought separately
- Warranty commonly 2–5 years, and often on the seams only
- Replacement valves and floor panels ordered offshore, if at all
- Resale is a private-sale guess with no brand history behind it
Aerowave AeroCat 335 — A$3,995 full package
- 1100 GSM / 0.9 mm German VALMEX® on the AeroCat, thermo-welded seams — 1500 GSM / 1.2 mm VALMEX® Heavy Plus if you step up to the Viper Series
- Package includes the hard AirDeck, lithium pump for initial inflation, manual pump for final 8–10 PSI, seats, oars, carry bag and repair kit
- 5-year hull warranty on the AeroCat, 7 years on the Viper Series
- Valves, seats, floor panels, handles and transom hardware held in stock, DHL Express to your door
- Landed price with GST and delivery included — no bill waiting at the border
When the cheaper boat is the right call
If the boat gets used three or four times a summer on flat water, launches off a beach or a pontoon, and lives folded in a garage the rest of the year, a lighter 0.9 mm hull will do the job and you should keep the money. We would rather tell you that than sell you a boat you do not need.
When it is not
Gravel and rock ramps. Oyster country. Sand dragged across a hull every weekend. A boat left rigged in Australian sun on a trailer, building pressure all afternoon. Long runs with an outboard and a full load. That is where the millimetres, the relief valves on every tube chamber and the warranty term stop being marketing and start being the reason the boat is still yours in year eight.
The 4.0 metre catamaran class, side by side
Aerowave against the two boats you are already
cross-shopping.
Every figure in the two right-hand columns was taken from those makers’ own published specification pages and price lists on 1 October 2026. Where a maker does not publish a number, the table says so rather than guessing. We name them because the comparison only works if a shopper can open the same pages and verify the numbers for themselves.
Landed-cost comparison of all three 3.8–4.0 m packages — boat, the accessories you would need to match our package, and delivery to Australia. No adjectives, no opinions — just the published specs, prices and warranty terms.
3.65–3.8 m packages
Viper 365
A$5,295
complete and delivered
Takacat 380LX
A$6,296
+ delivery
You save at least A$1,001 with Aerowave
The A$6,296 comparison includes its published bimini, wheels, electric pump and rod holders. Delivery and an equivalent second seat and under-seat bag are still extra or unpriced, so the final saving is higher.
4.0 m packages
Viper 400
A$5,395
complete and delivered
Discovery 4.0
A$6,781
estimated landed
You save about A$1,386 with Aerowave
The A$6,781 matched-equipment estimate starts with the current A$4,562 Discovery Package, then adds the published bimini, rod holders and seat bag, an A$279 electric-pump benchmark, captured NSW freight, estimated import GST and A$65 handling.
- Boat and high-pressure air deck
- 4 mm powder-coated aluminium transom
- Bimini sun top
- LockPro Plus launch wheel kit
- 22 PSI lithium electric pump
- High-pressure manual pump required to finish the AirDeck at 8–10 PSI
- 2 rod holder mounts and 2 heavy-duty rod holders
- 2 aluminium seats
- 2 under-seat bags
- Oars, 700 gsm rip-stop boat carry bag and repair kit
- GST and free delivery into Australia
- 7-year hull warranty
- Boat and air deck
- Large bimini — A$579 extra
- Quick Connect wheels — A$299 extra
- 12 V electric pump — A$279 extra
- Rod-holder pair — A$149 extra
- One inflatable seat
- Manual pump, oars, carry bags and repair kit
- Delivery and an equivalent second seat and under-seat bag not included in A$6,296
- Discovery 4.0 boat and floor
- Removable wheels, sideports and bow bridle
- Large bimini — A$775 extra
- 2 rod holders — A$70 extra
- Second premium seat bag — A$195 extra
- Electric pump — A$279 comparison allowance; no equivalent price published by this maker
- Captured NSW freight, estimated import GST and handling included in the A$6,781 estimate
How we compared these packages. Every claim above is on a public web page. Open both makers’ specification tabs, search for the fabric thickness in millimetres, the GSM, the transom height and the warranty term, and put them beside ours. Prices captured 1 October 2026 and reviewed quarterly; competitors change theirs without notice, so confirm on the day you buy. The price comparison above is the landed cost for an Australian buyer — boat, matching accessories and delivery. No adjectives, no opinions — just the published figures.
We do not price-match, and here is why
A discount has to come out of something. On an inflatable boat it comes out of the fabric, the valves, the warranty you can claim on, or the spare parts sitting on a shelf waiting for the one owner who needs them. We would rather hold the price, publish every number, and let you check it against anyone else’s boat before you spend a cent.
What we will do is tell you the landed price today, in Australian dollars, with GST and delivery in it — and tell you honestly if a smaller boat in our own range suits you better.
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