I bought open cab with rops, and glad I did. I would say within the first few weeks of owning it I backed into a low branch that would have easily busted out windows, and damaged the cab, but other than some paint missing from the rops bar, nothing else happened. But most of my tractor work is in or near woods, and my trails to my food plots arent the greatest either, so an open cab is better. Now in the middle of winter when I am blowing snow, or plowing with the tractor, I wish I had a cab, but I just dress warm, and I am ok.