Honest Nitro Bass Boat Review (After 1 Year Owning One)
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2024
- Chris Zaldain reviews the 2024 Nitro z21 XL bass boat in-depth after running the boat model for one full year.
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Funny a bunch of grown men crying about how much Chris loves his nitro. It’s a nice boat most of the people crying have never even been in 😂😂 so many haters
Mr Zaldain thanks for showing us this beautiful rig. Congrats on your Bps relationship and wish you an amazing 2024 season. Just another loyal follower from upstate N.Y. and have property up at the great St Lawrence river.
Thanks for the in-depth review! Can’t wait to receive mine!
Great video, Chris. Thanks for sharing. Keep Charles on those rings!
Great overview Chris. I run the same boat, awesome experience so far. The only issues I’ve had are ones I’ve created myself! Good luck this year!
Great Rig! Good luck on the upcoming season Sir.
Congrats🎣😎 good luck this year
You are living the life man ..beautifully built boat .
You must feel on top of the world when your fishing in that .
Blessed 🙏
Nice rig and the shop looks sick!
Beautiful rig Chris! Love to see all the bell and whistles you're using this year. You're well prepared for the FFS game this year and I think you'll smash em in 24'. 💪
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Awesome video. Love Nitro boats. Thank you Chris.
Thanks Kevin 👊🏽
Nitro is taking over. nice rig brother and best of luck this season.
They are really building a solid bass boat
Kudos to Nitro for offering a somewhat affordable bass boat. On a side note and as a fellow electrician, that four bend saddle on your shop ceiling is spot on.
I had to Google "four bend saddle." I learned something today.
Thanks for noticing! My father-in-law and his electrician really helped get it right. Still a few more things to finish out but getting there
Somewhat lol
Sparky here too, I do the same thing in checking conduit runs wherever I go 😂
Awesome boat, awesome set up 😮😮😮😮 awesome Angler 🎉
I rode in a new 21 xl at the st Lawrence river last year. I was surprised how well that boat rides in the big water. I’m not a nitro guy but that boat is the best boat Nitro has built
I love this boat!!
Nice run through Chris
sweet man seems like a good layout. was always a fan of keeping a OG transom saver so nice to see they make a updated model of the old school ones
Agreed! I was pumped when I saw the transom saver
Your 2023 boat is cruising the waters of So Utah 🎉
Great video and great boat brother! Nitro has come a long way and this model year is super impressive. I rode in one a few weeks ago and was amazed how solid it was. Good luck this coming tournament
Right on, Colt! Glad you got to take a ride in one. I just wrapped up the first day of practice for Toledo Bend 👊🏽
@@Zaldaingerous big anticipation for this tournament brother! Do Work!
I love the net storage on these Nitros!
Perfect spot
Chris I would of never thought you was a Metallica guy. I knew you was one of my favorite anglers for a reason😄. Awesome rig man. Nitro boats has really stepped up
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Good luck on Taledo Bend my friend. Bring back that Trophy to our home turf. That was great drone footage on EML.
Nice review Chris. Good luck on Toedo Bend!
Thanks bro 👊🏽
How do you like that RAM mount for your phone? I’m thinking about putting one exactly where you did yours.
Really cool boat tour… Your shop is FANTASTIC!!!!! When do we get that tour?
I’ve got a few more things to finish before I do a full tour. Spray foam the ceiling, epoxy the floors, finish out the walls. 💸💸💸
Who makes the wire protector on the shaft of the trolling motor?
I’ve owned most brands and rode in the others. I bought a new boat every year.I bought a new z21 a few years back and I’ll never buy another boat. It’s been the best all around.
They’ve really got something special with the z21. Glad to hear you like your boat as much as I like mine!
UPS driver Bill from Washington state approved🤲. Nitros are a great boat. And for all the back and forth arguing….best boat? Chris for sure has the RIGHT to that opinion! You drive a ford….best truck. You like Chevy? Best truck. Toyota….best truck. See guys? There are lots of reasons someone can conclude what boat they have, car, pole, reel, bbq recipe, etc….is the BEST. BEST to THEM. It’s American to have strong opinions and positions on one’s possessions and points of PRIDE! 🇺🇸
WELL DONE CHRIS! Go get some checks this season! 💰 😉 🎣
Thanks Driver Bill 👊🏽
...And Well said by You Driver Bill🤞🏽 Amen✨️
Sweet ride man . Looking good 👍. Good luck this year can't wait to see what goes down. Late
Thanks Blake 🤘🏽
Best clip - you grabbing your blaster out of the glove box and putting back into appendix holster! Hahaha! Merica baby
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Catch em up Chris!!
Nice! Chris I have made my decision thanks!!!
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Man I love my z10 pro because it’s just me l. I was able as a beginner to rig and learn on it.
I have a 2008 nitro < its old * But im old ! Still works and runs great < I take good care of her !Even put the steps on it ! Easy step system! Lord knows i need them ! Peace & Good luck on the bend
Thanks John 👊🏽 glad that 2008 is still doing her thing!
For some reason the z21 reminds me sooo much of the nitro 929 from back in the day
I do like my friends Z21. I definitely prefer my Skeeter, but that is personal preference. I agree about the boat being better at keeping you dry though.
Another friend has a z18, and I would never buy an 18 foot boat, im 6’4, and my best friend/tournament partner is 6’2, both over 220. But I spent a day on that boat, and it was nice
Great video. Great looking boat. Just a note, I am a short guy. Is the drivers seat adjustable????
Yes! Did you not see that part in the video? Slides forward and then you can adjust your hot foot too
Bold statement, what makes it the best and how do you quantify that?
That’s my opinion. There’s not another tournament grade boat at this price with this many features. Not one…. I laid out what I love about it in this video.
@@Zaldaingerous ok, so it’s at the price. That’s different than the tittle but fair enough.
Chris , Nitro is a good boat in many ways but for the regular guy that has to keep a boat for several years the wood that Nitro puts in their boats is high risk as they age. No other Bass boat puts wood in their boats anymore unless you are talking about some of them made prior to the early 2000's.
Which trolling motors are 50lbs heavier? Never thought about the weight of trolling motor.
The ultrex is
I like the layout and a couple other ideas of the Nitro, but I just can't get past that distinct, Nitro sound coming across the lake. Ya don't even have to look over to know what brand it is, but ya do because ya wanna see how high that dust plume is going to be when it finally yard sales.
Chris, I noticed you installed aftermarket latches. They look solid. Which ones did you get?
Those latches came with my boat 🤷🏽♂️
@@ZaldaingerousHmm, my New '22 Z19 came with the plastic ones. I'll be calling BPS to see what they want for steel ones. Your light post was a little different. Was it missing the top light or was that a different post? Thanks for the response.
@@brianberry23it’s a new style led nav light
What mount you using for your lvs34 transducer?
That’s those Fish Obsessed amounts. Best mount options on the market
Thank you @@Zaldaingerous
Spill the juice on these other scope transducers these dudes are running!
I'm sold, now to find one and convince the wife!
I wanna see you win the Classic this year Chris!!!🏆🤙
That’ll have to wait until Fort Worth in 2025 ☹️
@@Zaldaingerous huh? What am I missing? You didn't qualify for this year? 🤯
@@DavidMccallister65nope. First time in a long time not to. Not having a Garmin Livescope last season really hurt me
@@Zaldaingerous oh man! I didn't know that! 😭
That's alright though. You're gonna come back even stronger than ever before! 💪
I just got my first Panoptix last week and I debated on which brand to go with for awhile but I finally said screw it; I'm going with Garmin. And Cabelas had a sale on the 126sv and the new Panoptix so I'm excited to get started! 👍
@@DavidMccallister65that’s the best brand. They are light years ahead
It does look like Nitro and Bass Pro have really done a terrific job at updating and addressing the new accessories in an organized fashion. That said, and I really like you Chris but feel that the pro bass boat has gotten way out of hand. With brakes on the poles, 5 graphs, 3 livescope transducers, your boat would cost around $125 K before adding your 23 rigged combos in the rod box. That is way beyond the reach of most of us regular guys.
I know you are really looking towards a comeback season and that those tools give you the confidence to help you achieve your goals but from where I am sitting it has gotten way out of hand.
Best of luck on Toledo!
Does the Lowrance interfere with the garmin?
No sir!
Hey brother I was wondering how fishing licenses work for you tournament guys that travel the country and compete in different states
We have to buy a new one in every state we go to each year
@@Zaldaingerous wow every state that you compete in
Who makes that transom saver?
bit.ly/BPSTransomSaver
Roughly what does the whole boat weigh (with all the rigging, electronics, gear etc) ? Just out of curiosity...
TBH I don’t know
Can anyone be a co angler .... That would be so awesome to get to come out and fish with you.....dream come true right there
The only tournament I fish these days that’s a co-angler random draw is the US Open that WONBass puts on out West
18:28 ‘Merica! 😉
Man one of your six battle born batterys sure looked like an Interstate battery to me
I run a lead for a starter battery. Always have at the guidance of Battle Born
I hate how people trash on nitros. You are essentially buying a motor with a boat attached to it when it comes to bass boats. And nitro offers so much for the money with the same motor as everyone else. Nitro only misses on the crazy features like the live well chillers, super high end speed, and larger gas tanks. Which most normal anglers do not need. I just got myself a 2021 z19. Cant wait for this season.
My 21xl actually has the biggest gas tank I’ve had on a bass boat… 60 gallons. It’s not the fastest but it’s faster than my last Skeeter, too. It’s a solid boat
@@Zaldaingerous Oh wow I didn't know the 21 had the bigger tank that's slick. Nitro keeps getting better especially for what charge for them. I'm happy to be in my nitro
us Nitro guys gotta stick together haha
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"You can go to pink if you are feeling that way" 😂
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You always get an honest feedback when you go to the car dealership too when the salesman comes out starts talking to you I mean you can guarantee you everything that he’s being paid to tell you is solid .
Where did I lie?
@@Zaldaingerous yeah, let’s be real I didn’t say you lied I just say you always get an honest opinion from someone that’s paid to give their opinion essentially your car dealer
Everyone knows if you had Skeeter next year. That would be the best boat on the market now tell me I’m wrong. 😉
You kinda sold out on well everything… went from top of the line everything to Great value brand everything and expect us not to think your opinions are bought and paid for.
@@austini3801you’ve never been in my boat. I’d put it up against my Skeeter. Just like I’d put my Loaded swimbait up against the Magdraft. You’re talking on stuff you are COMPLETELY wrong about and I don’t understand why? You bored?
@@mattjohnson1333What boat has a better lay out than my nitro? What boat has a better hole shot? What boat finesses big waves better? What boat has better livewells? I’m pretty confident in this boat going head to head with any other boat mfg in this category and winning the overall
did the title of the video change? i was looking for the best bass boat out there lol
People couldn’t handle the title. Never seen so many grown men lose it over a title to a video
I do see alot of new features that I love like the 3rd seat and the extra space and the inflatable seat cushions but I've just always seen a lack of quality in Nitro's themselves like the fabric in the seats and carpet for instance. I also like the removable storage bins but they seem cheap and sorta like a shortcut on the manufacturing side.
With all that being said, at the end of the day, the most important thing for me in the space, affordability and just getting on the water. Boats are absolutely overpriced. I make a good living (six figures) but it's still hard for me to pay for my home, support my family and still own my bass boat and I've only got a CX19 with no poles and only 3 graphs. Nothing fancy at all.
The price of a Nitro with what you get is unbeatable in today’s market. I can’t speak for any of the Nitro’s before I came onboard, but I am absolutely in love with my z21 XL
@@Zaldaingerous touche my friend
He really said this isn’t a big box store boat! Haha
What bass boat do you have?
@@Zaldaingerous I have a Nitro from a big box store lol
@@atitagain7900I implied it gets the stereotype but it is built just as good / better than any other top bass boat company. Like them not using self tapping screws
I’ll give you $2500 bucks for it, I love Nitro , but I’m poor, so just asking.
You mean to tell me that a paid sponsored angler only has good things to say about the product they're being paid to sponsor? Color me shocked! Or when any angler talks highly about their boat that they only keep for a year. Well, dang, if it can't make it one year that'd be pretty bad. If I had a new boat every year I'd be happy with it as well! This the best boat ever! It didn't completely fall apart in 365 days! All those other boats are trash, going to split in half and leave you swimmin with the gators on Santee. And next year, when I get my new new boat, it's also going to be the best boat ever! Every year it's the best boat. I couldn't have caught all those fish without my Nitro, Mercury, Lowrance. It's a proven fact. Those guys running a Phoenix, Mercury, Garmin just don't catch them.
18:24 Id hate to go through life that paranoid.
Tons of the features bass cat already has 😂
Then get you a basscat buddy 🤷🏽♂️
Yeah but your also talking about 40 grand more for the bass cat. I can buy a nitro and an aluminum ranger for the price of the cat. They do make nice boats not gonna lie there. But i damn sure aint dropping 90k on a boat
Love the videos Chris,I didn't mean anything salty man,I still remember you and Juan fishing coyote lake for the derbies way back in the day shoot think you or him won it with like 30 lbs was Ridiculous😂😂😂
What happend at 28.58, twitch in the matrix?😅
Lol yeah. Charles and Trait caught it and said let it ride. Our upload speed on Toledo Bend is SLOW 😂
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Agree!
Can I see your bass boat?
Sure pretty sure you can’t post pics on CZcams. I have plenty of pics on my instagram. I have nothing against you In fact I I like most things you do but to make that claim is just not true.
Ban ffs
If anyone needs 23 rods it's you man. I've seen you break 3 rods in one trip 🤣 My guy rips lips.
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Tell us you got paid to say this without saying you got paid to say this
Is that the best you can come up with? 😂
@@Zaldaingerous do I need to come up with better? Ok Chris, we’ll take your word for it that Nitro is the “best boat on the market” so you can please Papi Bass Pro. Just like Skeeter was the best bass boat in 2022 and bass cat in 2019 huh
@@veskergaming8611I was in a skeeter from 2012-2022 😂😂😂 what boat do you have?
@@Zaldaingerous I got a z19 because it’s what I can afford. Not because it’s the teet I’m sucking at the moment. I’ve had a nitro since you was screaming “sKEeteR iS tHe #1 BoaT” boy. I know it ain’t the best rofl.
@veskergaming8611 I’ve never screamed skeeter is the number one boat. Show me where I said that? The z21 is the best overall bass boat on the market. Hands down. “Boy”… I’m sorry you don’t have a “teet” to suck. You seem pretty angry about it
First :) Greetings from Ireland 💪 we spoke at one of the premieres about sending you some of my glidebaits. You said to PM you on Instagram but I never got a reply back :)
Yes, I’ll have to find the DM. I’m sorry. I’m bad at keeping up with messages. What’s your name on Instagram?
@@Zaldaingerous Maciej Dukacz or Mel Handmade Lures. I messaged you again to bump old message.
Again, Chris and Trait. Please forgive me. Kelly Boone again. Google Patents/ advanced/inventor/My name. Vandam is coming to cincy this weds. Thought i would reach out to you guys first. Ty.
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Agree!