Why does everyone hate on the Nitro Bass boats? Do they fall apart quick or what?

I have owned a Nitro since 2005 and it hasn't fallen apart. In fact it has required less maintenance that my aluminium bass boat I sold to buy the Nitro.

I was told 4 years ago when I was looking to buy my first bass boat, that Nitro boats are the Kia's of the bass boat world, so I bought a Skeeter....just saying

I have heard that same reference. I have heard that just aren't good but it's always from people that haven't but owned one. I'm wondering if there are any specifics to why they have a bad reputation

Well since I could not find the popcorn gif I will give you my 2 cents.

I owned 2 Nitros, an NX750 with a 90 and a Z-7 with a 175 for a total of 6 years.

Overall both were good boats. The NX750 was my first glass boat and it was a learning boat. The Z7 was a 2008 that I had for 4 years.

The Z7 had a lot of raw edges on the underside of compartment lips. It was the old hull and rode like a brick! The RPS was a huge improvement. Fit and finish on the Z7 was okay. Seats held up okay although I did have one replaced due to the seams coming apart. Overall they have improved the product, new ones at shows look pretty good. Just my opinion. At the end of the day almost all of the components for both boats were 3rd party and similar to other brands.

Someone will ask why I did not stay in a Nitro, I tried. But when BPS does not take trades it sent me looking. I did not check with a dedicated Tracker dealer, there is one in Houston.

You can beat this mule to death, it has been wore out more than once here and on other boards.

In my opinion, 30 years ago Nitro was a lesser quality boat. But things have improved over the years. During my 40+ years of bass fishing I've been fortunate enough to own several different brands of bass boats. I also spent time in different boats fishing with friends or as a co-angler in tournaments. Bass boats have always been a passion of mine and I am a little particular about certain things on boats. For many years I bought, restored, and sold boats as a sideline. When I was preparing to retire, I told my wife I wanted to purchase a new boat for my retirement years. She asked which one I wanted to buy? I told her that after all the years of fishing tournaments, guiding, taking kids out, just fun fishing, my favorite boat was always Ranger. I had owned several new and used Rangers and just loved the fit and finish. But I'm not going to pay a bunch of extra money for a hull when I don't fish tournaments anymore and just want to fun fish when I can. So the search began with all my past experiences to help me. I decided I wanted an 18-19 boat with a 150 hp engine that would fit in my garage and I could fish the river or Toledo and Rayburn. When all the looking, riding, crawling inside was over, I decided to buy a new Nitro Z7 with 150 Mercury ProXS. That was Spring 2013 and I have been very pleased with everything on the boat and motor. Sorry for the long post but wanted you to know a little of my background before I made the decision. If I was doing it all over, I would still buy the Nitro. Do I think it is the best? No, but I never intended to buy the perceived "best" boat. It does all I require it to do....that's all I want or need.

I think a lot of people look at the base model. And yes, the Nitro is marketed as an inexpensive way to get a boat. Usually the base models are underpowered, basic depth finder, too low of thrust troll motor. A buyer must check all accessories to see what is included and what is an add on. But all that can be fixed either at time of purchase or later.

from my experience its just the basic stuff like seats and carpet that seem to wear out at an abnormally fast rate. The rest of the boat is pretty solid and seems to handle well in rough water. w

I have been running Nitro's since 2011 have yet to have a major problem with one of them Z-9 and now a Z 21. I ran javelin and Chargers prior to that. We tournament fish High school and team events so our boat is on the water in all conditions. I will say I think there is a higher attention to detail on the boats in the new Z series, but overall we love the ride and layout of the Nitro's. I am confident enough in the brand to take two High school anglers (one being my son) out sometimes in less than idea conditions to fish.

wife has had 2 kias that both went over 200k miles with absolutely no probs, she's on her third one now.

I'm sure kias are great cars, but compared to a Lincoln or Cadillac they are somewhat of a lesser car when it comes to quality, the same goes for nitro boats when compared to a Skeeter, Ranger....just my opinion

I had a 1998 nitro 884 savage bought new and kept it till 2012 and then bought a Z-8 nitro. I bought the boats because I like to fish and not impress every one with there 50-6000$ boats. The nitro have held up really well and if you watch or read some of the forums about these guy's boats, there no more wrong with there boats than nitro's in most cases. What I'm saying is people have issues with there boats and yes some issues are taken care of faster than other. I'm not on the water to run a 100 mph. I'm there to fish and when I get to my point and didn't tear nothing up I'm happy. You do your research and go from there on your boat you'd like to have. Used boats aren't really that bad and you could save money going that direction and you can get some great deals. When I bought My 98 I had not boat fished in 29 year's so the learning started all over and had to learn the asking way due to a lot of questions and most boaters doesn't mind talking or giving you advice. Alot of good people out there. Good luck!

Mine has stayed together for over 10 years.

I looking to get a boat in the 2014-16 range and the nitro I can get more boat for the money, but I don't want to have to fix carpet and seats every other year.