2021 Vexus VX21
Mercury 250 Pro XS V8
spike diameter larger spike on the blade plus the overmold 3/4 of the way up no soft close feature like the blades spike does not tuck into u channel on the raptor no drive off protection on the raptors ( all powerpoles have this) as mentioned the raptor apples for apples is a pro II from powerpole . id say its maybe more inbetween the 2 but not a blade. alot talk about how sturdy the brackets are and this is true but powerpole built in a certin amount of flex into all components woking together you make something to rigid something has to give/ break both great products we sell lots of both not knocking one or the other just you can compare them to blades. A fair comparison would be more along the lines of a pro II hence raptors price point.