Im in a tropical climate and ive owned both in different tjs. The main difference is road noise and insulation properties. In my current tj I have a soft top and would never go back to a hard top. Also added the hot head headliner for the soft top and it made a night and day difference, the ac actually cools now. Also im able to remove the top if wanted too, not posible with a hard top. The TJ looks 1000x better too.