In reply to Post #1
I've got a x boat with Raymarine pro 5 fitted. Only use it in france. Been faultless, holds plenty of bait and not had any issues. There is a guy in Kent that rents out 50 of them and works on baitboats for a living. I spoke to him before I bought a boat and he said as reliability goes x boat is up there.
I've got a x boat with Raymarine pro 5 fitted. Only use it in france. Been faultless, holds plenty of bait and not had any issues. There is a guy in Kent that rents out 50 of them and works on baitboats for a living. I spoke to him before I bought a boat and he said as reliability goes x boat is up there.
In reply to Post #6
Autopilot is definitely worth the money.
I damaged the autopilot (my fault) and bought another, other than that and dropping my fish finder (replaced that), no, the boat is excellent.
Autopilot is definitely worth the money.
I damaged the autopilot (my fault) and bought another, other than that and dropping my fish finder (replaced that), no, the boat is excellent.
In reply to Post #17
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In reply to Post #10
. . .SB4 is a different boat to the SB3 but I've never seen any bad press about it - all carptechnics boats are silicone sealed (arguably the only downside to them) so if it was new it may have just been some excess ? (mine was like this when I first got it)
Actors are skitty in chop / decent wind / heavy loads but are fine for most UK fishing; SB3s are not (they have much deeper hulls) and are solid - if you dont want to risk an Actor you are missing a trick by ignoring the SB3 - I'm not sponsored by them - they are just an excellent product IMHO
. . .SB4 is a different boat to the SB3 but I've never seen any bad press about it - all carptechnics boats are silicone sealed (arguably the only downside to them) so if it was new it may have just been some excess ? (mine was like this when I first got it)
Actors are skitty in chop / decent wind / heavy loads but are fine for most UK fishing; SB3s are not (they have much deeper hulls) and are solid - if you dont want to risk an Actor you are missing a trick by ignoring the SB3 - I'm not sponsored by them - they are just an excellent product IMHO
In reply to Post #19
Sb3 gets great reviews and is the perfect size but after seeing my mates sb4 and how it performed really put me off especially when his sb4 was £1000 just for the boat with lithium batteries. Thats a lot of money for something that was crap.
Sb3 gets great reviews and is the perfect size but after seeing my mates sb4 and how it performed really put me off especially when his sb4 was £1000 just for the boat with lithium batteries. Thats a lot of money for something that was crap.
I have a x boat and it is great! But and I find it a big but it is massive! Way to big for me to use on most waters I fish, I only use mine for France and find the autopilot a waste of time tbh it's good but I hardly ever use it. It's ok if your fishing a water with no weed or a place with a pretty uniformed bottom but if you need to find a small hole in the weed, a small cully, right up close to a island or even a bar I wouldn't use it.
It is only accurate to 3ft now to me 3ft can be a big difference that's why I'd rather the fish finder (don't use it for fish) but I use mine for finding depths/spots much more better doing it that way in my opinion.
For my uk boat I got myself a nd2 boat only use it 2 times now but it seems a brilliant boat tbh bud, it's always a lot smaller 🤣
So I use my xboat for trips abroad and my nd2 bait for the uk
It is only accurate to 3ft now to me 3ft can be a big difference that's why I'd rather the fish finder (don't use it for fish) but I use mine for finding depths/spots much more better doing it that way in my opinion.
For my uk boat I got myself a nd2 boat only use it 2 times now but it seems a brilliant boat tbh bud, it's always a lot smaller 🤣
So I use my xboat for trips abroad and my nd2 bait for the uk
Cheers everyone, think im going to go with the bespoke bait boats pd33 as its a better size and yet to hear anything bad about it at all. But will prob change my mind again tomorrow 😀
I have an SB3 pro x and think it's great. Good design, decent build and perfect size for me. The x boat is much bigger and to me, too bulky, but obviously depends on how you like to fish. I actually spent a good deal of time looking at an x boat for a friend in TF Gear as he was thinking of upgrading from an angling technics technicat. The x boat looked ok, very refined in a mass produced sort of way when compared to my SB3, but no way I'd chose it over the SB3. I guess that is the obvious difference really. Mass produced compared to small bespoke production. I can't compare mine with an SB4, as not used one, but would have thought an SB4 would have been equally good, just smaller. I'd imagine the UKBBB models are equal to anything out there.