The 1100 could use some more power as it will run out of it in the higher gears on the hills and the AC bogs it down some.
The biggest key to running it is to get the feel and sound of the secondary motor kicking in and just to back off it a little to keep your speed up. I use the hand throttle a lot , when I am driving I pull it to the detent and leave it. If I need to take off on a hill with a load I will pull it out all the way and then feather the pedal in .
You have to remember this thing weighs close to a ton and you can get another 1500lbs in the bed (thats the weight of some UTVs). Awhile back hauled 37 loads of pea gravel (level to slightly heaped loads) up from the neighbors weighing probably between 1500-1700lbs per load Could not do it in M but was maxed out in speed in low and it did not have a problem with bogging down. I can heap the bed full of fire wood until it falls off and it does not even hesitate to haul it up the hill.
One thing that may not be a fair comparison among other UTVs is the Hydro lacks the ability to govern the load the engine has when it is over tasked, it can only go into relief and you waste power. With the CVT transmission the governor in the main pulley runs everything. If you have more than enough power the engine speeds up and the CVT speeds up to take the load. If you start stalling the CVT will downshift and shed the load to maintain the RPMs but you still keep moving.
You must evaluate each vehicle for its best use, I would not ask my CAN AM Outlander or my Polaris RZR to carry 1200 lbs and I also would not ask the Kubota to go rock crawling on trails (but when I have climbed steep stuff it does spin the wheels on the rims).
The last thing that their is no other competition among other UTVs is the comfort in the cab if it is 105 outside cutting wood or 38 and blowing a torrential downpour checking fence, you will be comfortable.
David Kb7uns