Raptors vs Power pole

You will not find a company with better customer service than Power Pole, for that reason alone I'll always run their products.

I don't have either on my boat (Wish i did) but I've heard good things about both. The sheer quantity of power poles says something about the product I would say.

I did notice watching some tournament footage the other day that an angler was hooked up and trying to get to a fish and his Raptors wouldn't come up. take that for whatever it's worth.

I have put my blade through hell and back in the 7 yrs it been on my boat. CS is best in class, have ordered parts from the water on Monday morning and they arrived Wednesday fedex no charge. CS can diagnose problems via Bluetooth from your phone.
Raptor is also a great unit, less spendy and no serious problems from the guys I know using them.
If PP would give me a discount I would stay but I am going to try a raptor very soon.

No opinion either way but I am about to build a bay boat and like the idea of having a pair on it but I have a pair of micro power poles on my duck boat and other than staking it out while using it as a blind I have never found a need for them. My fishing mostly consists of long lining for crappie, dragging baits for stripers, flat lining live baits and chunking and winding from the front of the boat. Seems like the poles would interfere with all of these. I have fished on boats with them and love them but do they not limit what you can do from the back of the boat?

80% of the time I fish retards and it doesn’t bother them after I drop it down and out of their way.

Have had a few power poles (all Blades) and now running a pair of 8 ft Raptors. Very similar performance, Raptor is built a little heavier duty, and seems to dig in on its own a bit better. Also adjusts as tide rises on you. No problems so far.

PP customer service is outstanding, have had good luck with MK's for an onboard charger unit though.

Thanks for the responses guys, I went back and forth on it……but availability made the decision for me. Went with the raptors so I would actually be able to pick up my boat on my way back from Mobile.

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Much prefer sticking the poles than using spot lock.

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Absolutely, me too, except for when it's too deep. Adding a t-motor this spring, but got away without one for long time with just the two poles.

I thought this was going to be a thread about some knucklehead crashing their F-150....