Pro Boat boats have a bad rep here to be honest with you. I did look inside the box at one at a LHS and wasn't all that impressed. What they might call a ride pad was wide enough to almost call it a flat-bottom boat. The transom hardware didn't look too bad but it was about as minimal as you can get.
I might be jaded after all of these years, spoiled on building my boats my way but if you're relatively new to R/C boating it would be up to you if you want it or not.