Here we will touch on a subject that is sure to cause much controversy and I will give my opinion on which outboard brand is the best in this list video. Number one will be a shocker for sure but thats what we do here shock and awe,
broncos guru, great video, i just saw a bonehead clip on NBC news....2 carnival ships grazing each other in Mexico......don’t those guys know how to drive in reverse......?? The one ship ended up having some deck lounge chairs and glass on their bow!!
Thanks for the #1 I'm going to continue working on it to prove the reliability aspect and show that the stock LU is fine to all the people saying 'SpOrTmAsTeR'
broncos guru hay i thist wont 2 say your video rocks about out board motors ;my nommer 1 motor is murcury my nommer 2 motor i like is suzuki and my nommer 3 motor is yamaha i hope you like my msg keep on makeing video you did grate
YA MEAN Suzuki's version of a mechanical nightmare, that even yamaha tried and dropped? THAT ONE? HAHAHA You're wrong. there is NO best. They all SUCK, it's just to what degree do they SUCK? That's a video. But ya better have the expertise and time on the water to back it all up. But, I know the title and video was just 💲''click bait'💲'. So apology accepted...sort of.
All I can say is, I've owned a few brands but the 2011 big block Suzuki DF150 I have now that's approaching 1000 hrs with essentially zero repairs has been by far the most reliable and strongest engine for its size I've ever had. A real beast.
Mike Castellon no sir, I am freelance these days and no longer do engine repairs except for my personal stuff! And in case I misinterpreted you, I do feel they all build a pretty good engine these days. Although I prefer the old carbureted 2strokes for the power and simplicity.
I just mean that it’s probably literally in close to reverse order! Reliability is what matters to me. But that’s just me. Still “liked” the video though lol. Don’t stop making them man
I agree with Doug. Having an inboard myself I find it to be a huge waste of boat space. I need to replace my starter and master starter solenoid but can’t do it due to space issues ... it hangs underneath the engine down in the bilge and I can’t find the space to take it off and replace it
I still love the sound of a supercharged BBC with captain's call. The new outboards are impressive. Hydraulic jack plates allow to dial your boat, engine combination perfectly. I also think that vanity plays the multi outboard trend. HP and number of engines are on full display.
Not only R U the best RU-vid announcer I’ve ever heard,you also rank right up there with the top 5 stand-up comedians as well.Lol,keep the quick whit & perfectly placed sarcasm as well.Kudos to my brotha from anotha mutha with attitude .......
4200 on mine. The last one only lasted 3300 because it was abused to hell and back. The abuse that puppy took while never leaving us stranded sold me. She was still running with cylinders at like 20-40 psi.
Yeah I also got a 2007 150 Yamaha on my lobster boat. No joke, I have 20,000 hours on it and it still works great. The cowling May have no paint left but aside from parts replacement that you would expect to one of that age (EFI injector etc) it’s been great. It still starts up in the winter great. I recently was out lobstering in -5 degree Fahrenheit and the motor hadn’t started for two day’s, which is rare since i lobster 6 days a week. While you could certainly tell that it was cold (motor took about 10 seconds to start and didn’t piss water for about 5 min because the indicator stream was plugged) it started up. My father has a 2014 mercury 250 sea pro on his boat and his wouldn’t start and he was unable to go out.
For what it’s worth I have a 1990 Yamaha 200 two stroke and have no clue what the hours are but man that thing won’t die. I’ve had to replace the shift shaft and the steering bracket which was a pain in the ass. But by far the most reliable motor I’ve ever had.
I once mounted 3 Honda BF15s on an 18 foot aluminum Gregor Sea Hawk in 1987 years before their first BF45 3 cylinder :-) Also, American Honda's Marine division built a turbo BF90 in 1996 for testing.
@@melrose9252 but absolutely! Despite knowing that they're the exact same engine under the cowl 😄 I guess that's marketing psychology at its best. Though in my case it's the old "my Daddy had Johnson's, so it's the best" thing... Like Yamaha guys think it's better than Tohatsu. But after everything is said and done, I really do appreciate them, mostly for their simplicity. Putting a 2003 model 50hp back together in the moment, which will replace my 60 Yamaha
I remember my '79 big block evinrude 100s, those things rocked. Some heating issues later down the line, ended up burying it in 2004 for a busted axis.
I got an 80's model 70 hp Evinrude that sat up for 14 years. Fresh gas, and bam....Runs like a Howard Miller clock. I just bought a 2020 Yamaha 15 for my puddle jumper, I like it but those 4 stroke engines leave alot to be desired for, they just don't have the punch a two stroke does. Lastly, if anyone is interested in learning how to work on an outboard, get a Mercury. I've had a couple of those over the years and they broke down every season. Next time you're at a Marina, if you can see in the shop, that's what you will see, those black engines. Hardly any grey or white.
If i have a choice I would use yamaha all day. I would have put one on my current boat but couldn't swing it finacially at the time. Instead I ended up with a mercury branded tohatsu. Its an alright motor once i solved all it's issues...leaked gas into the sump through a bad lp fuel pump and leaked oil from the block due to lack of thread sealant on the oil pressure sensor and top oil gallery plug..left an oil slick everywhere i went.. This motor is my 1st four stroke and it really made me miss my 2 stroke yamaha.
@jimmy hoffa To each their own I guess. As an outboard mechanic and fisherman I prefer mercury hands down. With more modern tech coming out and becoming common like all the new EFI motors they're a lot more comparable. I wouldn't personally trust a carburetored Yamaha outboard though
Great video. My fave is Johnson I know they ate gone but I still run a 1989 90hp 2stroke on my 19 foot Mako. The little outboard i used on the lake when I was a kid was a Johnson 5.5 HP or he Evenrude 6HP. Those were late 50's motors in the mid 80's. As A teen my buddy had a Johnson 65HP Stinger on his Boston Whaler. These were are great motors so sad to see these brands go.
For me, I liked the listing as it introduced me to some history I did not know - Evinrude - and motors I didn't know existed - the 7 thing. The number one doesn't count as it doesn't exist really.
Maybe I'm just biased but I spent 10 years in Alaska and I must say I trust Honda hands down even now that I have moved back to Oregon and own a 24ft reinell cabin boat. I'm getting ready to rip out the I/O and put a 250hp Honda on it there light but got the horse power and there quiet that I like.
Yep my little fishing boat passed onto me from my dad has a Johnson two stroke I’m forty we bought the boat when I was eight and if was fifteen years old then it fires up every spring had spark plugs and that’s it
Personally I've had experience with Mercury, and Evinrude. My latest boat has a older Suzuki 2 stroke on the back of it. It was overhauled a few years ago, and should give me years of service. If I were to repower with a newer motor I'd probably go with Suzuki. Their 60hp 4 stroke is the lightest in it's class.
I’m in the business and have been for 20 years and have many dealers that sell boats. So when it came to buying a new fishing boat I heard a lot of opinions. A few dealers insisted on Evinrude but that’s all they sold of course. This is how the list ended up. Note a big thing for me is reliability 1)Yamaha 2) Honda 3) Suzuki 4) Mercury 5) Evinrude. This list is what my big dealers all agreed on that sold most all these brands. I ended up putting a 90 tiller Yamaha sho on an alumacraft 185.
It shouldn’t be surprising, if u replaced Mercury with Harley your list would be the same for motorcycles too (for the most part). The Japanese just have better quality control and Yamaha and Honda are huge companies that can tap the very best engineers from other divisions when they need to.
We use Evinrude 200 HO and 250s on 15 of our 17 RHIBs and I can attest to their reliability. But they do not like to idle for any prolonged period of time and unfortunately, the nature of our work requires us to sit on station for several hours at a time. Every once in a while we have to take them out and open them up to burn out the built up carbon. The Suzuki 250s are great engines (so dang quiet too) but they are slower than the Evinrudes by about 5 knots because they are 3 bladed props versus 4 on the Evins. Plus the throttle setup doesn’t allow us to sync the motors and use one throttle to control both engines which kinda sucks at high speeds.
I bought a 60hp 4 years ago. I couldn’t be happier. I’m in harsh conditions duck hunting in very cold weather as well as pulling my grandkids on a tube and just a ton of fishing and boating around. Just turn the key at any time and it fires up immediately. No pumping the ball etc. Amazing on fuel as well, used to burn around 12 tanks a season, I’m down to 7, so nearly half the fuel. Other motor was a hard to start 2000 Merc 50hp. It’s a real shame Evenrude couldn’t keep the doors open.
Nice cop out video. Not only with the number one pick, but placing others with what you saw at a Florida boat show. Then again watching a video on outboards from a Yamaha jetboat owner not surprised.
they tossed in a 10 year warranty on my evinrude etec 30 as a promo..been a fantastic motor..tons of power for my 14' princecraft aluminum..quiet and good gas mileage..i'm very happy
I got one of the first New Gen. Evinrude outboards, I was able to cut the HP /size in half, my boat goes 5 mph faster than my older motor, the response of this outboard to this very day, is unbelievable. Uses less fuel than previous engine. So I went from 300 HP, to 150 HP, and my boat goes faster, I have greater capacity, and range. Once this Evinrude dies, I will go to an inboard engine, as outboards cost way more than they are worth.
My 1988 evinrude 70hp 2 stroke ran like a beast until I sank it last year and it seized solid. 30 years of running, never rebuilt. They know 2 strokes. I also just bought a 25 mariner/Yamaha, with restrictions removed it's running 30hp, 25 years old, still runs sweeeeewt.
Honda on my pontoon and Merc on my bass boat. No problems out of either of them. Both are quiet 4 cyl, 4 stroke outboards. Had an Evinrude 85hp on a bass boat and ran the stew out of it for over 25 years including fresh and salt water, fishing, pulling skiers, etc. Never had any problems with it either.
I've had all (minus 7s) Suzuki is a distant #1 for mass production reliability. Yamaha to follow even though they have been terrible about taking care of their customers offering repairs for significant design flaws.
Totally agree. Evinrude was very popular for its holeshot. Lower laguna madre. Shallow. But lately unreliable. Most guys moved on from etecs and yamaha to suzuki. Priced right super reliable and fuel efficient.
I had 90hpmerc 2 stroke.. Those engines are unbelievably durable. I tried for years too blow that thing up but I failed and I underestimated mercury. I did things to that engine that should never be done to an outboard! It just kept going.. even after I sold it
I'm a boat mechanic in Sweden. Now I'm about to translate an untranslatable joke. Of course I like Evinrude. That doesn't keep me from using a nickname for it. 🤪 The nickname is "Evig Rodd". The g is silent. "Evig" means eternal and "rodd" means rowing. It's approximately pronounced [evirod]. Eternal rowing. 😂
When you watch the next Bass tournament, tell me what you see on the back of those bass boats. Most all the pros use Yamaha or Mercury’s. There’s a reason why they use them... reliability, performance and fuel efficient. There’s a outboard company on your list that’s not here anymore. BIG fish always eat little fish!
I have a 17’ montauk with a 115 Yami on it. It came new with a 90 Mercury, and before it even left the shop I had them tear that POS off and put a Yami on. Mercury has the worst reliability imo, Yamahas warranty is a lot better, their parts are a lot better, and they just LOOK a lot better.
Tyrsa Fray sorry Tyrsa that you feel obligated to defend the POS engine you must have on your boat. Evinrude is garbage. I have a 300hp Yamaha four stroke on mine. Bulletproof. If I had an Evinrude it would kill my resale value for sure.
I’ve had Evinrude’s for years with zero problems and nothing but good experience with them and their reliability. You may be right on resales but I don’t buy them to sell. I simply use them. Cheers!
The #1 criteria for me is reliability and #2 is routine maintenance cost. Everything else is subservient. Nearly all of them are quite capable of excellent performance. It's not like "go forward, turn sometimes" is all that complicated. Making an outboard that is reliable IS.
@@gregmsnow you must aint never had a Suzuki. Ive got them both. And Yamahas are pretty reliable but they vibrate twice as much as Suzuki. And there half as strong as Suzuki. Ive never had no touble out of my Suzuki. But i had to buy a power pack for my Yamaha not long ago.
joshua williams Yamaha is smoother and what do you mean half as strong? Yamaha would kick a Suzuki’s but any day, there are more problems with Suzuki then any other engine and Yamaha has the least amount of problems. That’s why when your on the water you see most with a Yamaha because of the reliability and because there most powerful.
joshua williams Suzuki is a little bit smoother and efficient but they are weak as heck,drag raced one against a Yamaha and the Yamaha made the Suzuki look like a wimp.
Although this is pretty far off for new motors older motors are way off.Mercury and evinrude are equal for older ones until you get to high hours in which like my grandfathers 1980 60hp merc has melted THROUGH a cylinder and needs a rebuild while my uncle's 70hp evinrude motor from 1976 with more hours still works like new. If buying an older outboard OMC is the way to go
all i do is work on these and i wholeheartedly agree! as long as it's taken care of properly, they last literally thousands of hours. sadly, too many dont have a clue how to read an owners manual about maintenance.
Have a 2004 Yamaha 250 HPDI on my 2004 Skeeter 250ZX. Absolutely bulletproof motor! Just change the fuel and injector filters (first-time last year)and it will run forever.
Good list and i think the order was spot on 👍 best part is none of these will be running in 50 years but my 58 evinrude big twin will still be running 😂😂😂😂😂😂 the tortious and the hair folks.
I agree 100% we are oyster growers and use every brand outboards, lower units were a huge issue on Hondas, BRP are junk and expensive to fix, Mercs are now garbage and Yamahas has used us well but the Suzuki has held up the best for everyone here. This guy obviously has no clue about outboards.
wasup fool Yamaha is still the number one in our it’s for power and reliability and they’ve ranked number one forever, it’s the most bought outboard, but I agree this guy knows nothing about outboards
There's a reason why Mercury is the OEM motor of choice for most manufacturers. It's the best. I can't disagree with this list more. Every boat I've ever owned has had a Mercury and they've never let me down. It's true some of the early OptiMax motors had issues but everything since has been rock solid.
The reason there are so many OEM Mercurys is because they give boat builders deep discounts on them, and it's parent company Brunswick owns many boat brands such as Sea Ray, Bayliner, Crestliner, Harris Boats, and Boston Whaler.
The best is one that is used no less than weekly. I think the biggest issue with any outboard is when they sit up and are not used for months, then the owner expects it to run perfect. With that said, most guides here in southeast Louisiana are moving from Yamaha toSuzuki. Cost and reliability is what they are praising.
How is a 2 stork motor have no maintenance but a quad 2 stroke hours ago that’s all you did was work on them. Man life just gets better! 🍻and keep up the hard work!
and my 18hp 2001 tohatsu has to be the quietest, smoothest and by FAR most powerful 18 ever made. got it for $150 on craigslist. needed a coil and a carb clean and water pump. $280 all in haha!
A Shore yeah no shit Tohatsu is coming up I haven't heard anything bad about them you know if made in Japan it has to be good I bought a brand new merc in 1984 35 hp and it blew up twice my dad grew me up on Evinrude he bought a brand new Evinrude 9.9 long shaft for his big boat and running the drainage canal with my school buddy sank that motor twice and kept running should have stuck with them but it cost more than mercury at that time haven't gone back since JT 🇺🇸🐟🎣🛥🌴⛱😃😊🙏🏻🙏🏻
So, the best outboard is the worst outboard modified by some kids, and you can’t buy it on the market.. hmmm. Bigger is not better, it’s just a different size, like a drill bit.
Would you say this applies for smaller motors as well. I know it gets a little interesting under 10hp. For example any Mercury under 10hp is made by tohatsu, or how a Mercury 5hp is the motor as a 6hp with just different carb. I'm getting a solo skiff soon and will be looking for a 5hp, thinking a new Yamaha would be nice, but at the moment I have a 2004 4hp Johnson 4 stroke. According to the specs it has more power than a 5 go Mercury. I just gotta fix the gas leak. Anywho like I said just wondering if you have any thoughts on the smaller motors.
Judging by all the dislikes on this video you have to remember what one person looks for in a outboard is going to be different from the next person. One person might just look at reliability and another might be looking for power, while others want a little of both... see what i'm getting at? Bronco even said in the beginning that this is his list and will not get technical at all. lol, I didn't agree with this list either but still gave it a thumbs up!
This dude definitely doesn't have much sea time under his belt. Etecs was the worst outboard to offshore maritime. Suzuki is the most reliable speaking as to 300hp class,then yamaha,then mercury and the rest follows. Sevens are for rich people,so let's not entertain them. I could go on and on....
My Suzuki has been a super reliable beast. ONLY issue to date has been neutral safety switches which we replaced both. Approaching 1000 hrs on our 2011 DF150
Boating in general is for rich people, anymore. I miss the 90's and early 2000's. I was just a kid then, but we had it made with a 175hp 15 foot 79 glastron. Bitch would do 70 on the water.
Like the list but idk about number 1 there... yes it seems like a massive innovation but I would like to see it common place before you check it up to number one. My feeling that was going to have to go through some growing pains just like turbo cars engines have. And good luck having a turbo around that nasty salt water. But BUT I would like to see that thing behind my boat too lol
Reliability is the number one priority when I go boating with my family. That is why I have Yamaha. I had also four stroke Honda for more than 10 years and have nothing bad to say about it either.
Johnson last for over 20 years my last Johnson lasted for over 30 years my Johnson cranks right up from cold start on the first time plus it’s so easy to work on a Johnson outboard motor the only other motor I’d have besides this motor would have to be a evinrude only if I couldn’t get a hold of another Johnson
I don't have 7 marine money either so my real number one for me was probably evinrude with Yamaha a close second since number one on the list is a unicorn.
That’s as close to my list as possible. I live in the North and not one fly-in fishing operator will run the black anchor ...Yamaha , Honda and Suzuki can take incredible abuse .
