Best reversible prop?

[Gunni]

Providing a reset for the Max prop while in the water would make a difference to me. We had to haul the boat a couple of times to get the pitch right. My yard didn't charge extra, but it was tedious. Once you get the pitch right it is an awesome prop.

 

[fstbttms]

Earlier this year I got a call from a boat manager for a boat owner with a big ol' Cal 40-something (don't remember off the top of my head) and they wanted the Max Prop they'd just bought installed. They'd got the pitch setting from a local prop shop, so I went over there and swapped out the 3-blade bucket he'd been dragging around. Well, turns out the pitch setting they'd got was waaay too flat and the boat almost couldn't get out of the slip. At my suggestion, the BM talked to PYI for a pitch recommendation for that boat and transmission. I went back a week or two later and the repitched the prop. Still not enough. So we went to the next setting. Again not right. Once more, this time at the maximum pitch the prop could achieve. Better, but still not right (turns out the BM ordered too small a prop. Oops!) So not only did he pay me for the original install, but another day's worth of travel time and labor. But it still cost less time and money than if all that work was done at the yard. Probably by half.

 

[GWG]

Greasing, every other year takes about 30 minutes, at most, and doesn't require any skill. Maxprop also requires greasing.

 

[Joe2954]

I have greased my Kiwi in the water but did not get a full years service before it hung up going into reverse. I have found the need to do the greasing on the bench by removing the blades etc. However, the prop comes off and goes on so easily that it would not be a big deal to pull it, disassemble, grease and reinstall. It is a bigger deal for me to get back out of the water once I get in. My wetsuit "shrunk" over the years so I wait for water temps I can handle before jumping in to play with the prop or scrub the bottom.
As I back in to my slip against the current and only have a little over the boat length to turn, I liked the prop walk to help me turn. I find it a little exciting when the prop doesn't reverse and I'm heading directly for the downstream dock.
My vote is for whichever feathering prop can go a couple years between servicing.

 

[suttonski]

I have installed a VariProfile on my Beneteau 361 and it is great. Forward and reverse pitch are adjusted individually and it is easy.