On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:17:57 -0400, HK wrote:

To me, the real downside of an I/O is the drive and the drive's big
rubber boot. The drive, because it adds complexity, and the boot
because, well, use your imagination.

We have a lot of I/Os in our area of SW Florida, including about 80%
of my neighbors. Interestingly enough you don't hear about many boot
problems although one neighbor did succeed in ripping the I/O clean
off the transom creating a boot failure of sorts. :-)

Cooling issues, manifolds and risers are near the top of the list
based on what I've observed.