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Location: Roscoe IL | I'm not in the market just yet. But when it's that time again (maybe next year) I'm sure going to give the DVX20 a good look. Love Ranger & Lund and fished out of a Skeeter and loved it. This boat just looks killer and It's got my attention.
Anyone know how these boats compare?
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| Solid platform but the rod lockers are too small. That killed it for me. |
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Location: Michigan | Windy City - 1/16/2020 6:02 PM
Solid platform but the rod lockers are too small. That killed it for me.
How big are the rod lockers? |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Rod Box Lengths
8' Port / 8' 4" Center
The Ranger 620FS Pro is the same. Can't get the dims on the Skeeter WX2200 |
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| Port/Starboard rod lockers = 12'
Port/Starboard rod shelves = 12'
Center rod locker = 9'
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| There has been a fair amount of discussion on it but 620's can easily accept 9 footers with about 10 minutes of work |
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| bturg - 1/18/2020 8:58 PM
There has been a fair amount of discussion on it but 620's can easily accept 9 footers with about 10 minutes of work
Howdy,
522D's can hold 9' rods as well with some basic mods.
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| As I see more color options the Vexus look is starting to grow on me. I'll never be able to afford one but they seem to be a nice boat option for some guys. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I’ve seen and touched a few up close. They kinda look cool...but there’s a few visual features that are on a line between ultra modern and tacky. They are probably made well, but taking a 80-110k leap of faith on an unproven product with potentially nightmare resell value is a very dangerous gamble I can’t imagine too many will make
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Musky Brian - 1/20/2020 11:15 AM
I’ve seen and touched a few up close. They kinda look cool...but there’s a few visual features that are on a line between ultra modern and tacky. They are probably made well, but taking a 80-110k leap of faith on an unproven product with potentially nightmare resell value is a very dangerous gamble I can’t imagine too many will make
The organization is nearly pure 'pre-sale Ranger Boats', as are many employees. I'd bet a bunch they know how to build an aluminum or glass ride. The facility is high tech and the end product looks good and runs well. Should be just fine. |
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| sworrall - 1/20/2020 12:48 PM
Musky Brian - 1/20/2020 11:15 AM
I’ve seen and touched a few up close. They kinda look cool...but there’s a few visual features that are on a line between ultra modern and tacky. They are probably made well, but taking a 80-110k leap of faith on an unproven product with potentially nightmare resell value is a very dangerous gamble I can’t imagine too many will make
The organization is nearly pure 'pre-sale Ranger Boats', as are many employees. I'd bet a bunch they know how to build an aluminum or glass ride. The facility is high tech and the end product looks good and runs well. Should be just fine.
Huh, that would explain why on their website they allude to "50 years experience". I had seen an ad for the boats and was curious about the company. Not in my meager, fixed income price range but very sharp looking boats. |
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| Great looking boat Windy City! Dang! |
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| Has anyone actually been able to fish in one or been out on the lake in one? Would love to hear actual fishing or boating feedback from those who have used them.
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Huh, that would explain why on their website they allude to "50 years experience". I had seen an ad for the boats and was curious about the company. Not in my meager, fixed income price range but very sharp looking boats.
And Rightfully so I suspect, given Forest L. Wood founded the company...
That boat looks great!! I have yet to see or climb around in one personally, but am looking forward to at some point in time here soon....just to see what it's like. The boat is not in my budget either, but I can dream can't I?
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| Any one interested I would recommend checking in with the Bass Boat Central forum. They have manufacture specific forums and have been following Vexus since there first introduction of their plan to build their factory. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Saw one at the Chicagoland fishing and outdoor expo (Schaumburg). Very nice looking ride! |
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| When I picked up my new boat last year I looked at a Vexus as the dealer just picked up the Vexus line as well. I looked at three more last week at a boat show. For sure they are not lacking in quality. Extremely nice boats with much attention to detail, fit and finish, etc. in both the aluminum and fiberglass lines. One thing that I read and the salesman at the boat show confirmed, was that the fiberglass line is not available in poly flake. They are all painted in the same manner as a car. I love the "sparkly" look of a fiberglass rig and wasn't crazy for the painted look of the Vexus.
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
That could be argued to be a really good thing as having a finish painted on like they do automobiles is much more cost effective, especially for repair purposes.
Don't get me wrong, I like the polyflake look too, but if you ever need a repair on polyflake, it is a much more involved process to make it look like nothing happened.
An automotive paint finish is much easier to match and blend in.
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| VMS - 2/2/2020 1:15 PM
Hiya,
That could be argued to be a really good thing as having a finish painted on like they do automobiles is much more cost effective, especially for repair purposes.
Don't get me wrong, I like the polyflake look too, but if you ever need a repair on polyflake, it is a much more involved process to make it look like nothing happened.
An automotive paint finish is much easier to match and blend in.
Steve
Not true. Ive had plenty of painted boats and they all had one thing in common. Scratches!!!! My glass boats had zero and were simple to fix. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | madmurph - 2/1/2020 9:03 AM
When I picked up my new boat last year I looked at a Vexus as the dealer just picked up the Vexus line as well. I looked at three more last week at a boat show. For sure they are not lacking in quality. Extremely nice boats with much attention to detail, fit and finish, etc. in both the aluminum and fiberglass lines. One thing that I read and the salesman at the boat show confirmed, was that the fiberglass line is not available in poly flake. They are all painted in the same manner as a car. I love the "sparkly" look of a fiberglass rig and wasn't crazy for the painted look of the Vexus.
Yeah I didn’t care for the no sparkle deal either. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Can't get over the obnoxious hand rails on the vexus |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Obnoxious handrails?
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Location: Northern Illinois | yeah look at them in person you see what i'm saying. they are arched up in the air.
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Location: Northern Illinois | Plus that white wing on the corner of the windshield hideous, along with the inverted rectangle below that looks unappealing |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have, that's a standard model rail designed to fit all rod holders for the walleye guys. That piece you are referring to is part of the Vexus logo, look at it and the logo behind it. They are very well crafted boats, and I think they look just fine. |
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| If you look at their website, the rail I think muskyhunter 7 is referencing is the VX bass model. The model in the photo Steve posted is a DVX multi species model and it looks to have a standard rail. Two different model boats and from the website photos, two different style rails. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I see what he's saying. I like the rails, actually, but I appreciate any design advancements that are not just copies of what's already out there. To me the boat looks futuristic/cool.
An associate of ours, Lawson Tilghman (one of the young Shimano North America stars) runs one of the glass bass models, it's quite a ride.
Would I buy one? Probably not, because I really like my Lund.
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | 4amuskie - 2/3/2020 7:46 AM
VMS - 2/2/2020 1:15 PM
Hiya,
That could be argued to be a really good thing as having a finish painted on like they do automobiles is much more cost effective, especially for repair purposes.
Don't get me wrong, I like the polyflake look too, but if you ever need a repair on polyflake, it is a much more involved process to make it look like nothing happened.
An automotive paint finish is much easier to match and blend in.
Steve
Not true. Ive had plenty of painted boats and they all had one thing in common. Scratches!!!! My glass boats had zero and were simple to fix.
I think you missed my point... a scratch fix is dependent on how deep the scratch goes...
Ever have those scratches you mention so easy to repair go deep enough into a polyflake to where you need to have the polyflake redone? Buddy of mine had that done a while back and it was very very expensive to get done and to make it look like nothing has happened. With an automotive paint, you can feather it out, buff it down and you wouldn't know it's there. A polyflake repair will most likely be something a trained eye can spot.
A simple scratch on the clear gelcoat is one thing...gouging into the colorflake is quite another.
A good buff and polish also keeps an automotive finish really really nice as well. If the scratch is not past the paint layer, you can get those out as well and quite easily. No problem keeping a mirror shine on either when the scratch is not into/past the paint coat.
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| Whew, the front deck on that boat could serve as a landing pad for a helicopter! As to the rails, the bass boat rails seem designed as a true hand rail, rather than something you would mount anything on. And it makes sense that they are arched with no sharp corners, the way bass fishermen lean over the side to hand land bass.
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| Vexus hulls are vacuum infused, not hand laid fiberglass. Thus the post mold/formed auto type paint.
All handrails on boats are obnoxious, handrails are for stairs not boats.
Their design (fiberglass) is reminiscent of GM's autos geodesic design. Lots of straight lines assembled to create an overall form.
Kudos to them for giving Ranger a run for the money. If they keep the quality control where it should be they will pan out to be a long term player. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I'll stick with my 621 all day long. especially for re-sale. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I wouldn't worry too much about re-sale with the Vexus brand. State of the art facility, many of Ranger Boats previous employees and management, excellent quality and performance. The dealer network is setting up well. Should be fine. Nothing wrong with Ranger resale either. Will be interesting to see which ends up transferring showroom value better 5 years out, if either. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | I debated putting on handrails, but when I saw friends sitting in the back when pulling a tube or running in choppy water reaching for stuff to hang on to, I added these. Double as a spot for rod holders and hopping in & out of the boat when on the trailer. The handles by the seats seem to get ignored because they are low so the handrails were a safety add.
The white circle was pointing out a chip to a repair guy I had fixed last year.
Love the Worrier. those sure can handle choppy water no problem. My neighbor has one.
The cool thing is, there is a boat for everyone out there. I for one, love the looks of the Vexus. It's on the table when it's time to upgrade.
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| Nothing at all wrong with rails. Just like the color Red, rails aren't for everybody. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Went to the Rockford boat & fishing show on Saturday. Vexus had DVX20 on the floor and it's a fine looking boat. The sticker however was $97K. Ranger 621 on the floor was listed at $87 and it needed some electronics yet.. And they say golf is expensive.
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Location: Roscoe IL | Brian Hoffies - 2/12/2020 6:35 AM
Where they the same size / brand motors on each boat?
2020 Vexus DVX 20
2020 Evinrude 300 E-Tec W/Power Steering
2020 Evinrude E-Tec 15 HO Kicker
Options:
Walk Thru Windshield
MinnKota Ulterra 112# US 60? ILINK
Lowrance HDS 12 LIVE Console
Lowrance HDS 12 LIVE Console (2nd Unit)
Lowrance HDS 12 LIVE Bow
Dual Pro 15×4 Charger
AGM Trolling Motor Batteries & Trays (3)
Kicker Bracket (Port Side)
Custom Boat Cover
Tandem Axle Vexus Trailer
The Ranger 621FS I don't have the exact specs. It was black on black with a 300 Verado and had a kicker. Beautiful boat and compared to my Reata it sure would give me the room I would prefer. The only addition needed was electronics for the bow.
I'm out of my depth at these prices. I'll hang on to the Reata for a few years.
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Location: Loves Park, IL | I saw the DVX at the Rockford boat show. One thing I noticed was the two bars that hold the handle of the rod in the center rod storage. In order to get the lower rods in place you had to push them forward enough to get the entire handle below the top bar and then slide it back. This cuts off about 6 inches of rod length capability. The center rod storage in a 620 for example let’s you just slide the rod into the hole and set the handle down on a shelf utilizing the entire length. Just something I noticed but the lower rods can only be about 7‘6“. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | When my Kristina (wife) saw the sticker on the Vexus she didn't let me get in the boat. All she kept saying was...
"That's how much we paid for our first house, that's just redicULAS!!"
Go buy a lure and let's get out of here!!!
My comment that our fist house didn't float or have GPS capabilities didn't get the laugh I was hoping for. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Again, it might be an awesome boat, but who in their right mind is going to whip out 100+k on a boat with no history to fall back on? It’s going to take them some time to prove their product. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | They have a fast growing dealer network with some of the top performance dealers in the US on board. George Liddle went with them, and that says a lot as mentioned; the staff has some heavy hitters from Ranger all the way through production. The family associated with the company should be familiar, too. From what I understand, sales have been good. I have zero affiliation with the brand, but am impressed with what they have done in a short period of time as a guy who spent 43 years in the business.
https://vexusboats.com/heart-and-soul/
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| They have a pedigree that will instill enough confidence to sell boats. If you wanna feel sorry for somebody, feel sorry for Ranger. For every Vexus ordered it likely took away a sale from Ranger. |
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| I watched Vexus closely for 2 years since they announced their coming to market. I was considering their multi species boat but once all the specs were out it just didn't meet what I was looking for.
Builders all use the same few suppliers for components. There are only 2 major factors that separate manufactures of fiberglass boats for the most part, design and rigging. By rigging I mostly mean wiring. Some builders have wiring that looks like a 12 year old did it and others go the extra mile to do a clean, organized job with all the proper fuse blocks, connectors, terminals, wiring sizing, etc. There are other items such as mechanical fasteners used, through bolting of some items VS screwing, countersinking screw or other holes before drilling, backer plates, foam fill with proper drainage, etc.
It all starts with design. If the boat doesn't work for the buyer by design, it doesn't matter much if it is assembled correctly. Some people buy without knowing what they want for design if they haven't yet experienced it, others think a design element is good only because they have never experienced anything else.
Some buy simply on aesthetics.
Either way Vexus is here to stay and already establishing themselves in the market. Their first market concern is the traditional bass boat (design style) market as it's market share is larger then multi species designs.
Once they have invested enough capitol into advertising, I am sure they will be a common name too. They just have to hand over enough discounted boats to "pro fisherman" and slather their name all over Bass tournaments, won't be long. |
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Location: 31 | Great post Windy, and good luck with your new boat.
IMHO, also an absolute travesty that these boats don’t automatically come with about a $50 standard wiring harness/fuse panel pre-rigged for high end electronics ect. |
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| Looked at a Vexus this morning and the dealer had a price north of $100,000 on it but the 400 hp Mercury alone was $85,000 so thats something to consider in our sticker shock. |
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