Are you talking about mine? It does stick up a little.... but not much. It is slightly awkward looking and the windows do have some wrinkles.... but the versatility is nice. If you were to price out the Trektop or factory soft top and then factor in a bikini, header, and whatever else I am not thinking of to get the versatility... you'd be in for more money (quite a bit). Then you have the convenience, with the ORH solution, you don't have to store a bikini, header, and whatever else... it is all part of the top itself.
I agree... the hard top, soft top comparison makes no sense. They are different animals.
There are big pluses with the Bestop... you don't have to deal with Tim.