I currently have a very old RT4 V3 which has served me very well for 8 years with no problems at all. Unfortunately some LEDs no longer work and the motors are a bit noisier now and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I experience more significant problems. As a result I am looking for a new baitboat. I have already discarded the new RT7 - seems to be too many problems and having to deal with Germany for any issues is now not as easy a it once was. So the two boats I am interested in are the new Deeper Quest and the Toslon X Boat. Both have positives and negatives. The Quest appears to be very easy to use, nice PVA bags compartment, compact boat, and sonar on your phone. But I am uncertain about how it would behave in rough weather,? The Toslon however is a beast but this makes it sturdy in any conditions. The XR500 looks amazing but there does appear to be some issues. Anybody offer any advice on which of these 2 boats I should go for - anybody owned both? Many thanks.
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Haven’t had both myself but my mates got the older X boat. It’s a quality boat but is heavy and large and for me only really needed on big waters.
The quest I have is amazing just the right size IMO to cover all bases and the good thing is the updates and options that can added with constant improvements. Mine has been absolutely spot on so far over 15km use (it has mileage on the app)
Both are really solid options either way.
Depends what you want really large and heavy with large bait capacity or medium sized light and spec laden with options to upgrade hardware and software to.
Haven’t had both myself but my mates got the older X boat. It’s a quality boat but is heavy and large and for me only really needed on big waters.
The quest I have is amazing just the right size IMO to cover all bases and the good thing is the updates and options that can added with constant improvements. Mine has been absolutely spot on so far over 15km use (it has mileage on the app)
Both are really solid options either way.
Depends what you want really large and heavy with large bait capacity or medium sized light and spec laden with options to upgrade hardware and software to.
Deeper user here and I have used it in some pretty rough weather even with waves. It all depends where you want to use it.
The Deeper will probably be not ideal in a storm on a big French public lake whereas on a gravel pit there will hardly be weather conditions you will be out for fishing and cannot use it.
Its a fantastic piece of kit with a super long battery life and a much easier to read sonar. Also much easier to use than the RTs some friends have.
RTs are for sure super high quality boats but I couldnt stand using all that gear just to operate a baitboat.
Deeper is one rucksack where everything fits in, a simple small remote control that couples with my smartphone. Couldnt be easier.
The Deeper will probably be not ideal in a storm on a big French public lake whereas on a gravel pit there will hardly be weather conditions you will be out for fishing and cannot use it.
Its a fantastic piece of kit with a super long battery life and a much easier to read sonar. Also much easier to use than the RTs some friends have.
RTs are for sure super high quality boats but I couldnt stand using all that gear just to operate a baitboat.
Deeper is one rucksack where everything fits in, a simple small remote control that couples with my smartphone. Couldnt be easier.
Not used the Toslon but I have the Deeper Quest and i cannot fault it.
Ive had a quest for quite a while but ive still never used it but going just from customer service, simplicity of use, compact size all the updates when they work and continuously able to update it and all the other things you can get for it now the quest easily wins it for me. The biggest downside to the toslon its huge size so total over kill for 90% of lakes where the quest will cover just about everything other than huge wave swept lakes which hardly anyone fishes.
I sold my quest to a guy who was selling his tolson. The quest was excellent, only sold it because I didn’t use it enough to justify the cost. I can’t comment on the tolson because I never used it but when I picked up his Tolson I was blown away by how heavy it was and that was exactly the reason why he wanted rid of it.
Cheers guys. I think my mind is made up - quest it is. 
Just about to order the deeper quest - is it worth getting the one with additional batteries that TFT sell?
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Really do think you need to consider the new Toslon XBoat 5 . . . .comes with either the new XR320 handset (all in mini sonar / gps / autopilot) or the XR500 if you want a bigger display / more setting options etc . . .
£1299 for the standard - compact / lightweight / fast . . .currently on the bucket list for my collection! Check out handset from 1.08 . . .minimal clutter - nice!
https://www.facebook.com/100090037081172/videos/pcb.1029853996692494/2396725144185116?locale=en_GB
Really do think you need to consider the new Toslon XBoat 5 . . . .comes with either the new XR320 handset (all in mini sonar / gps / autopilot) or the XR500 if you want a bigger display / more setting options etc . . .
£1299 for the standard - compact / lightweight / fast . . .currently on the bucket list for my collection! Check out handset from 1.08 . . .minimal clutter - nice!
https://www.facebook.com/100090037081172/videos/pcb.1029853996692494/2396725144185116?locale=en_GB
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Cheers. Hadn't seen that before - going to wait and see what the reviews say before committing.
Cheers. Hadn't seen that before - going to wait and see what the reviews say before committing.
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I’ve had the Quest since end of last year and I’m a massive fan. I’ve had no issues with it, and it has really improved my fishing. Highly recommended in my view!
It’s a very well designed and thought through product. It reminds me of an Apple product - it just works. You don’t need to read the manual, it’s intuitive.
If you are fishing for week+ sessions then spare batteries will come in handy, but I’ve yet to see mine get to even 50% after 3 day sessions. Battery life is incredible.
The one accessory I would recommend is a dedicated tablet and the tablet holder. Using my phone was impractical because of the screen size and the fact you’ll lose internet connection whilst connected to the boat. Just a bit inconvenient. I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad tablet for about £150 and it’s ideal. Any tablet will do so long as it has GPS. Be warned that only cellular iPads have GPS whereas most Android tablets have it. Samsung tablets are also quite popular. Don’t go too cheap as it’s likely the screen will be pants and not get bright enough to be used outdoors on a sunny day. Hope this helps.
I’ve had the Quest since end of last year and I’m a massive fan. I’ve had no issues with it, and it has really improved my fishing. Highly recommended in my view!
It’s a very well designed and thought through product. It reminds me of an Apple product - it just works. You don’t need to read the manual, it’s intuitive.
If you are fishing for week+ sessions then spare batteries will come in handy, but I’ve yet to see mine get to even 50% after 3 day sessions. Battery life is incredible.
The one accessory I would recommend is a dedicated tablet and the tablet holder. Using my phone was impractical because of the screen size and the fact you’ll lose internet connection whilst connected to the boat. Just a bit inconvenient. I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad tablet for about £150 and it’s ideal. Any tablet will do so long as it has GPS. Be warned that only cellular iPads have GPS whereas most Android tablets have it. Samsung tablets are also quite popular. Don’t go too cheap as it’s likely the screen will be pants and not get bright enough to be used outdoors on a sunny day. Hope this helps.
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Great thanks for the advice. Is your Lenovo ideapad the 11inch 128gb version? No issues with using it for distance work? Stupid question but do you have to boost the signal from the tablet ie have an aerial or anything? Cheers.
Great thanks for the advice. Is your Lenovo ideapad the 11inch 128gb version? No issues with using it for distance work? Stupid question but do you have to boost the signal from the tablet ie have an aerial or anything? Cheers.
Have just got a quest which size wise etc is a cut above anything i’ve had before. However there seems to be issues with the remotes. A friend is using my remote for his boat as his has died and looking on facebook it seem fairly common. Issue being deeper don’t have any stock. So not sure how they can have great customer services when they run out of basic things like remotes.
There’s currently a worldwide shortage of semiconductors due to. AI / Data centre boom.which hit memory hard and now has affected pretty much any component.
Which is affecting everyone / thing that uses them.
So not the fault of deeper. You’ve got to understand they don’t manufacture in millions probably thousands so way down the list when it comes to building product.
It’s probably something you were not aware of of, I’ve worked in this industry for nearly 30 years now, below are some links which explains things in layman’s terms
https://youtu.be/Y9nzfb0VogA?is=MsX4ji6srQQYnkLb
https://youtu.be/PgJ1xuyxvus?is=V9xnXmQW4Sn75h4b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%93present_global_memory_supply_shortage
Which is affecting everyone / thing that uses them.
So not the fault of deeper. You’ve got to understand they don’t manufacture in millions probably thousands so way down the list when it comes to building product.
It’s probably something you were not aware of of, I’ve worked in this industry for nearly 30 years now, below are some links which explains things in layman’s terms
https://youtu.be/Y9nzfb0VogA?is=MsX4ji6srQQYnkLb
https://youtu.be/PgJ1xuyxvus?is=V9xnXmQW4Sn75h4b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%93present_global_memory_supply_shortage
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My advice if using a tablet - don't skimp and get the best you can afford (processing speed / resolution etc) Peeps spend £000s on Sonars etc but nothing on tablets . . .daft
My advice if using a tablet - don't skimp and get the best you can afford (processing speed / resolution etc) Peeps spend £000s on Sonars etc but nothing on tablets . . .daft