Pro XS Vs. SHO
I am looking at a new oat I am am between two motors. The Merc. Pro XS 225 or the Yamaha SHO 225. I will be fishing primarily in Big Lake, I have seen plenty of the Merc out there but have yet to see a SHO on the Lake. I have only seen them on bass boats and wonder how they will hold up to the salt water. I am curious if anyone has pros or cons between the two I know the SHO will cost more. Does anyone know what their maintenance schedule is like, and has anyone seen their performance first hand. Thanks in advance for the help.:help:
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I've fished a boat that has a 250 SHO and it's sweeeeet! If going on a bay boat u need to mount it on a jackplate bcuz of the 20" shaft . I have heard those merc xs and proxs can be temperamental . If it was me I'd get the sho
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Pm member waterbowl on here he has one on his boat
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I'd get the four stoke reliability for SHO
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I heard the XS was faster than the pro xs. Is that right?
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Get the SHO
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I was speaking with the owner of LMC Marine is Houston today at lunch and the SHO came up. He had a 250 PRO XS on his boat and replaced it with a 250SHO. He believes the SHO to be the same speed as the PRO XS if not faster with the advantages of a 4 stroke. Get ready because there will be 30 or more people on this site that will tell you a PRO XS is faster and maybe it is but this person has access to Yam and Merc engines and obviously can get them at cost and decided to go with the SHO. That to me is very telling. He has only used his boat in saltwater and has a jackplate.
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Ok......I have been doing some work on the Sho....because I'm thinking about getting one on my next Haynie..
He is what I have found Fuel mileage is better on Opi max vs Sho on same boat... Sho is heavier vs Opti Max A guy ran a Sho 250 on a Trition for one month and ran the Opi 250 on same boat He burned almost double the fuel with the sho...said fuel mileage is horrible This is a guide who had the Sho to demo... |
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And he said the 250 Opt was about 4mph faster on top speed
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Man i had the suzuki ss peice of crap,it did not run as good as my 225 yamaha 4 stroke does.And to top it off it did not even last me a year.But to each his own.
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And here we go again.
Yammie for SHO. |
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The 2 guys I know with em both have nothing but good things to say about the sho fuel consumption, speed, reliability
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Just relying what I was told.....now a trition is a lead sled also.....
He is doing a test right now on the fuel milage @ 4000 rpm vs both motors....to see if the sho gets better milage at that rate....because at 48-52 is was like 2.2 miles to the Gal |
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