I just hit one year with our 235S. This coming weekend will be our first time out in 2004 (nuisance of a winter around here). I've been getting itchy to move.
We also looked at the BT Cruiser as well as the Phoenix, Kodiak and Platinum. The 235S layout is very much like the 225 as my friend Dario has pointed out. The hard flooring at the back door makes cleaning up on muddy days much easier (remember we've got two Dobes running in and out). The vision straight back is good especially with a plastic view expander attached. In fact, I have a rear view camera from my old rig but haven't hooked it up since the cheap plastic thing works so well.
On the double battery, before I heard from Dario about turning the battery sideways to add another one, I had the tray extended and added one in parallel (both electrically and physically). For this I loosely followed one of Captain Jack's ideas.
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Kinda looked like this with channel steel used to support the tray and a support arm welded on. It works.