Tabs v quintrex

[Red60]

I have got the baby of the Tabs range, the 435 Territory. Must say also looked at the Quinnie Top Ender and Hornet range, and Stessl Edgetracker but ended up going the Tabs due to design, interior room, finish, strength and value for money. Have had it for two and a half years and never regretted my decision. Price ended up being about the same so it was a no brainer. Been caught out in some ugly water a couple of times and for a little one she handles it really well. They are heavy so max horsepower is needed if you want to scoot along and bring a tear to your eye on a cold winters morning.

Here are some pics.
http://stevedrazic.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!16BCE3EE8118DF2F!164/

[tin can marlin]

Looks like the tabs won this battle hands down. Great to see different peoples point of veiw. That is the great thing about ausfish people can help each other. My freind now is waiting for his new tabs and he is more than happy with his purchase.

[Camo]

Tabs certainly look the goods, but if I had a choice between teh Tabs and the Quintrex, I'd go the Fisher.

Camo

[Camo]

I know it's a bit off topic but have you looked at Formosa plate boats, they look the goods as well, for the price.


http://coastalpowerboats.boatpoint.n...aspx?R=5623562

[scungey]

Let'sook at some facts:

Fact 1. Pressed plate is stronger than slab plate. fact!

Fact 2.All the best glass hulls have variable deadrise hulls and flared hulls. Why? Because they offer the best combination of ride and stability. Quintrex is only manufacturer that can do that hull shape in alloy and pressed plate. fact.

My opinion: To compare these two brands is ludicrous. The Tabs is a basic slab sided design...there a thousands of like designed boats. The millenioum hull is unrivalled especially in the big pressed plate Offshore models. Anyone could copy the Tabs design. Nobody not even the Japs, Chinese and Yanks can copy the Quintrex design. That's just my opinio,

What do the experts say? Well Modern Boating has just given Quintrex alloy boat of the year 2 times running. And the big 670 Offshore SDD has just won the Alloy Boat of the Year over 6metres.....so I guess they know a thing or two.

To the owner of the thread.....whatever you mate do yourself a favour and go for a test ride. Ignore the dribble and tall poppy bagging and find out for yourself. good luck

[scungey]

the humble old dam and river boat is being driven from Brisbane to Melbourne via the ocean!!!

http://www.offshore.quintrex.com.au/

check out the video section. It shows just how good the pressed plate hull with flared bow and variable deadrise is.

Shit, What a great event. Quintrex is putting their product to the ultimate test!!!And the beauty is everybody in NSW and Viccie can test ride the new Offshore range for themselves at one of 14 on-water days.

[aqua rat]

I've got a G.S Marine extreme that out performs a cracktrex and Tabs. How do I know this. I've been side by side in the same slop out from Dundee. One was a top ender and the other a side console in the 5.0m size. The quintrex looked like a cork bobbing around the Tabs went a bit better.
G.S make a bow rider, sideconsole and centre console. Fort the price your talking you should get one on the East coast for that.

Why Not

The extreme has a 14 degree dead rise the tabs has a 16 degree dead rise the tabs weighs more if you think your exteme rides better well you are mistaken i have been in and out of those hulls for 8 years.And the tabs is australian made not in asia and the tabs use plate alloy not pressed alloy made into sheets.When i priced both boats the TABS were cheaper.

[Blackened]

the humble old dam and river boat is being driven from Brisbane to Melbourne via the ocean!!!

G'day

I hope they have a portable welder

Dave

[Skusto]

how is tabs a plate alloy boat i know they use thicker alloy but everything else they do has the same concept as a pressed alloy boat?

[disorderly]

G'day

I hope they have a portable welder

Dave

lol Dave....

[tin can marlin]

We went out for our first run in my mates new tabs and it went a treat very good ride and very stable at rest.

[Marky69]

Looks like the tabs won this battle hands down. Great to see different peoples point of veiw. That is the great thing about ausfish people can help each other. My freind now is waiting for his new tabs and he is more than happy with his purchase.

I liked what I saw for value in the Seascape range by Tabs (a slightly more affordable entry point version built by TABS) but bloody good structurally 3mm all 'round plate from Kratzmann's Burpengary. I bought a 4.52 Frontier model and found Kratzmann's wonderful to do business with, especially on fine details and extra requests. I am a very happy customer and should get many years service from my Seascape. I looked at all Quintrex models and thought the TABS product was by far superior.

[SgBFish]

Let'sook at some facts:

Fact 1. Pressed plate is stronger than slab plate. fact!

Fact 2.All the best glass hulls have variable deadrise hulls and flared hulls. Why? Because they offer the best combination of ride and stability. Quintrex is only manufacturer that can do that hull shape in alloy and pressed plate. fact.

My opinion: To compare these two brands is ludicrous. The Tabs is a basic slab sided design...there a thousands of like designed boats. The millenioum hull is unrivalled especially in the big pressed plate Offshore models. Anyone could copy the Tabs design. Nobody not even the Japs, Chinese and Yanks can copy the Quintrex design. That's just my opinio,

What do the experts say? Well Modern Boating has just given Quintrex alloy boat of the year 2 times running. And the big 670 Offshore SDD has just won the Alloy Boat of the Year over 6metres.....so I guess they know a thing or two.

To the owner of the thread.....whatever you mate do yourself a favour and go for a test ride. Ignore the dribble and tall poppy bagging and find out for yourself. good luck

New member your selling them right or I'll have what your smokin.

[megafish71]

Let'sook at some facts:

Fact 1. Pressed plate is stronger than slab plate. fact!

Fact 2.All the best glass hulls have variable deadrise hulls and flared hulls. Why? Because they offer the best combination of ride and stability. Quintrex is only manufacturer that can do that hull shape in alloy and pressed plate. fact.

My opinion: To compare these two brands is ludicrous. The Tabs is a basic slab sided design...there a thousands of like designed boats. The millenioum hull is unrivalled especially in the big pressed plate Offshore models. Anyone could copy the Tabs design. Nobody not even the Japs, Chinese and Yanks can copy the Quintrex design. That's just my opinio,

What do the experts say? Well Modern Boating has just given Quintrex alloy boat of the year 2 times running. And the big 670 Offshore SDD has just won the Alloy Boat of the Year over 6metres.....so I guess they know a thing or two.

To the owner of the thread.....whatever you mate do yourself a favour and go for a test ride. Ignore the dribble and tall poppy bagging and find out for yourself. good luck

Scungey. You have got to be kidding, Quintrex is nothing but overpriced garbage with a good sales and marketing spin. If you want to know some facts about poor quality product and poor after sales back up then here is some for you.

In 2000 I purchased a 5.60mtr Quintrex Legend with a side consol, I choose the Legend for the higer sides than the Top-ender. On the testrun with the dealer the first wave we hit the three seats we were sitting on all fell through the bottom of the seat spigot, somebody in the factory only tacked the base plates in. Fact 1

After a couple of trips I couldn't seem to get the hull to run straight and true, after many trips back to the dealer to try and sort it out even they were unable to sort it out. Back at home with a mate we started to go over the entire boat with a straight edge and tape measure, what we discovered was rediculas and quite disturbing. The keel had a 20mm bow in it to the port side, on further inspection the port side hull sheet had a 20mm taper in it making the port side sheet 20mm narrower at the transom than the starboard side. To add insult to injury the port side sheet was 10mm lower than the starboard side sheet at the transom. Fact 2


I returned the boat to the dealer (now three weeks after delivery) and went over what we had discovered with them, they in turn reported to telwater what was wrong with the boat. The reply I got from telwater was unbelievable and to this day leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. The reply was they would honour their warranty but I would have to pay the dealer to de-rig the boat (take off all that they had fitted upto the boat, ie motor, steering all electrical and accesories that had been fitted) then pay to have the boat transported back to their factory from Darwin, they would retify the problems and then I would have to pay to have it transport back and pay the dealer to re-rig the boat again. This was at a cost of approx $8k to get what I had already paid for only three weeks earlier. Fact 3

I wasn't happy with this outcome so I contacted Telwater direct myself, this time I was refered to the CEO of telwater group only to be told that was the conditions of their warranty and it was just bad luck that I had a boat with those problems.

The boat was sold of at a loss the following week and never again will I ever give Telwater group another cent or ever recommend them for anything.

BTW Awards really don't mean anything, it just means they have a bigger advetising budget and if they give telwater an award they will spend more on advertising the fact they have another award, and the propergander wheel will keep on spinning and they will convince more unsuspecting plebs into spending their hard earned on more Quintrex garbage.

A forever unhappy EX quintrex owner
Ron

[BOMBIE]

plate alloy 5083 =240+ mpa ,pressed alloy 5028 =96 mpa !! pressed = PROBLEMS trust me been there & still fixing it ,enough said