Is this the ultimate paddleboarding boat? Axopar 37XC real world test | Motor Boat & Yachting

[@MotorBoatYachting]

Hi everyone, Apologies for the poor sound quality during the driving segment of this review. We used the Go Pro to film them and we can safely say that we won't be making that mistake again. If you want a detailed walkthrough video of the boat, there's a link to that in the description and we've put the prices for the boat we tested in there, too. We hope, despite the audio issues, you enjoy the video.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

Nicely put 👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrRnipperBrockleBroadcasting]

Yes horses for courses as the saying goes, and to be fair most “on board” camera mikes are pretty poor. You can get good quality external mikes that will plug into some GoPro models - I have a small Rode directional one for example, or you could have used different footage and over dubbed what you wanted to say as you have done with the drone footage, but I guess it was realistic and good content as usual.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

You're a pro boarder compared to my recent efforts! 😄

[@jackhaines123]

Some VERY careful editing took place.

[@rykehuss3435]

The audio quality while underway is lacking, to put it mildly

[@reinaldoreyes5631]

I watched because I wanted to see a review of the boat. Yours was what I was looking for. I don’t care for the audio.

[@andrewb5345]

Really useful review. Thank you.

[@addihoudijk3854]

I said this before, but please invest in a proper microphone! The sound quality really lets these videos down.

[@eeblizzard]

The office of the company is located in Finland, but the boat is made in Poland.

[@karatejoe5049]

You didn't release this when you made it because of the insane audio, right?

[@jarkkohenriksson7866]

The wetbar outside looks very useful. Also there seems to be plentiful of outside storage in this version of the boat. However if you choose the aftcabin version, you lose the wetbar and the lazarette. You don't seem to even mention the lack of storage space inside the boat. I think that is the most annoying part of the otherwise clever boat. I could consider this boat almost having it all if it had even just one easy to use storage locker inside the living space. Keeping your clothes and gear on the floor, on the bed or on the seats and moving them around out of your way is just not something you would want to do on a 37 foot boat. Even my 22 footer has a hanging locker and shelves.

[@robocoppah]

Your paddle at 6:24 is reversed. Rotate 180 and you'll grab more water :)

[@TheOriginalItchyman]

"you hardly hear the engines when it's closed" *proceeds to yell at the camera* lol

[@villekukkonen8938]

It´s quite loud.

[@veewee4826]

Johtuu mikistä

[@glenlittlefield9869]

A manual air pump? Come on man! LOL!

[@constantineding8700]

Jack, pls, buy a new mic that's more suitable for windy and noisy circumstance. Everytime you starts the performance test, I couldn't hear your voice.

[@johnschnorr318]

Good lord, the audio. You should cut that part out, or just cut the sound out of that part, and just talk over it.

[@MiloYellowknee]

I see these everywhere in Vancouver. This one is $500k. I have just as much fun paddle boarding on my $36,000 boat LOL

[@sanynava]

Noone cares

[@MiloYellowknee]

@@sanynava you did. Enough to respond. Have a great day!

[@nanomage]

Lavalier mic with a dead cat and your sound problems would disappear. Provided of course that you are willing to invest in quality equipment and aren't viewing your youtube side of the business as a sidenote.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

I like your thinking. Just for the non professional filmmakers amongst us, how much would that kit cost?

[@nanomage]

@@PhilbyFavourites Lavalier mics comes plenty of sizes and differs wildly in quality, but generally you get better quality with increased price. "You get what you pay for" and all that. You could just buy a fairly cheap lav mic and attach it directly to your camera, cover it with a windscreen (known as a dead cat) and off you go. If you decide to go with quality I personally tend to use RØDE, they make good products and tend to back them up with excellent service if something goes wrong. For an all-in-one solution they have the Rodelink Filmmaker kit, currently for sale at BestBuy for US $400. That kit includes the Lavalier mic, a belt worn digital transmitter and a digital reciever you mount to your camera or sound equipment. The transmitter and the reciever clears up the sound a bit more than the lav does on it's own and makes sure you don't have to run cables to your camera or sound recording equipment which lets you move about more freely. if you want to believe RØDE it has up to 100 meters (110ish yards) of range but take that with a handful of salt, 30 meters are more realistic numbers but that include concrete walls and such so still pretty good. A good windscreen to go with it will cost you another US $10ish or buy RØDE lav deadkitten for US $25 for a set of 3 that you know fits with the before mentioned kit. A kind of problem that might rear it's head after that is that the sound might sound too clear as it may filter out too much background noise, this can be a good problem to have as you can then underlay a low volume music track or run room tone (a recording of the low volume sounds that exist in any room or space) from that environment. Hope it helps and let me know if you have any questions.

[@TeddysVentures]

Great boat and video, however for 500K there are many other boats to consider that have better options and layouts.

[@Cruzadowalk]

This Boot ist a driving machine like a Porsche. For more comfort buy a „VW Tiguan“

[@timdaniel5395]

Recently been reading about structural problems with these boats.

[@Cruzadowalk]

Haha 😂

[@sensei-lr4cj]

Man that's a loud boat

[@veewee4826]

It's the mic

[@jamiefromm4143]

either that boat is unbearably loud or his mic is awful

[@napalmhotdog4365]

Mic is awful, having seen other onboards from it, it’s definitely quieter than it sound s

[@PhilbyFavourites]

At last you pay quarter of a million and you get a heads door! The previous model was sheer madness with just a lift up pad over a toilet in what is essentially your living room! How on earth they got away with it god only knows. And to add to the other viewers, you may wish to re-edit for cabin sound quality... KZbinrs putting out content from their bedroom have better sound - you know you can do better.

[@Alex-kp2db]

$500,000 is an insult.

[@9VARZ]

Please invest in some proper equipment for your video production! These are nice boats you are reviewing and they most certainly deserve that treatment!

[@raydowley1038]

please be a bit more professional in your reviews, filming, and sound quality is not up to standard. even though you apologize for the sound quality, surely all this should have been thought of beforehand. looks like this is not the first on the sound quality issue so this is something you must have been aware of? on the plus side nice boat

[@gaycha6589]

£250K for sup support vessel. thats funny

[@Cruzadowalk]

Its the same with a Porsche. This boat is a driving machine and all Weather boat.

[@sophiedolman2230]

Almost pointless with the appalling sound quality of the footage underway. Through headphones, I now have a headache. Come on MBY, get it together, or get Aquaholic to do your videos xxxx