2023 Xpress H18 with 115 SHO and Powertech NRS4 21p
8" Bob's Action Jack
Garmin Echomap 12, 10, 9, and LVS34 networked with Netgear Switch
Ultrex
Trick Steps and Ramp N Clamp
Pulled by a 2016 single cab HEMI Ram
Treat others like you want to be treated when on the water EVEN WHEN IN A TOURNAMENT! No fish is worth having a confrontation because you cut someone off or came in on top of someone.
Avid boats are the same thickness as express and look kinda like the Vexus. They are a new company though. Might be something to look at.
Back when they were announcing their boats and pretty much had one taking it around to the boat shows it was .100 aluminum. I hope they ended up with .125 because they sure were a nice boat. Why buy an aluminum boat if you cant bounce off boulders or even beach it at the ramp or get in rough water? Get a scratch on some and the torches come out saying you hit something and thats why it busted. Ive seen xpress boats on the rivers that the guys have to beat the dents out after every trip and they dont crack
xpress x19, 200ho G2, aluminum sawtooth cut prop, paper sack tackle storage, ugly stik pro team, color c-lector
The new Avid looks ALOT like the Vexus. It seems they stepped up in a few areas in the design. For one, the locker lip area is designed to keep the lockers dry. Almost a glass boat type of lip and seal design. This is a big change needed in the tin boat industry as the lockers usually leak. I have quite a few buddies with Express boats. Their lockers do not stay dry.
Avid also uses the thicker aluminum and if not mistaken can up the horsepower as compared to Vexus.
AVID definitely copied the Vexus in many ways, (which of course is flattery for Vexus). If pricing is in anyway cheaper, it would be the tin boat to pick.
Don
2016 BassCat Pantera II
Mercury 200 ProXs
Avid definatly took some it's styling cues from Vexus but that's as far as it goes. 5052 0.125 aluminum alloy, nicely designed locker lips, five transom knee braces with 1/4' thick bracing and a kick ass stringer system. Just an all around nice boat.
Xpress all the way...
Vexus is a repurposed Beer can.
2018 Ranger RT198p
Charcoal Metallic
Etec 150HP G2 HO
24p Raker Stainless prop
82# MotorGuide Tour Pro TM
Fishes as good as anything out there, with the TM down...
Roy
2020 Triton 18 Trx
Mercury 200 Pro XS V8
Bravo FS 24P Prop
Atlas 6” jp
Dual Humminbird Helix 10 MEGA SI
Minnkota Ultrex.
xpress x19, 200ho G2, aluminum sawtooth cut prop, paper sack tackle storage, ugly stik pro team, color c-lector
I saw where Avid has an 18' model rated for somewhere in the 115hp range. Will probably be at the top of my list when in the market next if they're still around but that's a LONG ways off. I'm going to run my Tracker for as long as possible to get my money's worth out of it.
2023 Xpress H18 with 115 SHO and Powertech NRS4 21p
8" Bob's Action Jack
Garmin Echomap 12, 10, 9, and LVS34 networked with Netgear Switch
Ultrex
Trick Steps and Ramp N Clamp
Pulled by a 2016 single cab HEMI Ram
Treat others like you want to be treated when on the water EVEN WHEN IN A TOURNAMENT! No fish is worth having a confrontation because you cut someone off or came in on top of someone.
My office is next door to a xpress dealer. I looked at them a lot. Still do. The manager there is a great guy. I got a vexus avx 1880. I liked it a lot better. I have owned a ranger and a tracker in the past. Rod storage was the biggest complaint I had with the xpress. Love the trailers on the xpress boats. Hope it does not crack.
2023 Xpress H18 with 115 SHO and Powertech NRS4 21p
8" Bob's Action Jack
Garmin Echomap 12, 10, 9, and LVS34 networked with Netgear Switch
Ultrex
Trick Steps and Ramp N Clamp
Pulled by a 2016 single cab HEMI Ram
Treat others like you want to be treated when on the water EVEN WHEN IN A TOURNAMENT! No fish is worth having a confrontation because you cut someone off or came in on top of someone.
My Pops downsized to a X19 last year. Prior to that for many years he ran a X21. He is hard on boats and they have been solid for him. Can't go wrong with either of these brands. There are def upsides to each.
King-Fish
2018 Ranger RT198p
Charcoal Metallic
Etec 150HP G2 HO
24p Raker Stainless prop
82# MotorGuide Tour Pro TM
Fishes as good as anything out there, with the TM down...