The FT-2900 compares well to the FT-1900, IC-2300, IC-8000, TM-281, etc. These are all basic 2m-only rigs with a minimum of features. In all honesty it comes down to personal preference, which fits in the place you want to mount, which do you like the looks of, prefer maybe the way the menus work, price, etc. Look at how the scanning works on each, memory is managed (I like how the banks and hyper memories in most Yaesu works, for example), check if it can receive weather if that's something you want.
On the menus, with radios like these you will rarely need to dig into the menus once you set them up so even that's not a big deal. Maybe adding a memory in the field or something, but most likely you'll have to carry a crib sheet to do that no matter what radio you choose since it's done pretty infrequently. How the menus and button operate becomes more apparent with the higher scale radios with APRS since you will interfacing with them a lot more. On the base radios once programmed and configured you really just use the power button, memory dial and PTT.
One thing to consider is what are your friends and club members using, if that's relevant to your situation. Even if you prefer the ICOM but most of your friends are using Yaesu you are sort of left to fend for yourself troubleshooting and programming. If everyone uses the same brand and model then only one person has to buy the cable and software and maintain a programming file.
man I got a kenwood tk-7102H used, from ebay for 130