R12 Heavy-Duty Lithium Fillet Knife Combo

Powerful, long lasting, and SO much faster to clean fish! Never had battery give out on me, 30 perch/walleye no problem. I use these to remove ribs and skin from backbone then remove ribs from fillets with a 7" rapala fillet knife. Once you get the hang of it takes maybe 45 seconds a fish. That's a huge difference from before I had this electric (battery) knife. Have also cleaned at same table as a friend with the "other" top brand electric knife and I wouldn't trade based on performance. Only drawback is the blades are not as universal as the other knives. He can easily find less aggressive and cheaper replacement blades, but he paid almost 100.00 more. I highly recommend!

I have tried many different Electric Fillet fish cleaning knives, with good results, But this is at the top of my list, And I do clean lots of fish mostly Crappie,

Pleased with product

I bought this in hopes to make cleaning crappie easier. I've done 3 batches. So far I'm still learning it. Battery is still on 1st charge. I find the short blades not very flexible. Longer blades work better for me, but still stiff. I found the grip fits and feels better for me than the Bubba (not knocking the Bubba just the grip from in store feel). The speed of the knife is not as fast as I thought or from what I've read. So far I have only cleaned 3 batches of crappie, maybe 20 or so fish total. With more practice I may get use to it. If they have thinner more flexibility blades available it would greatly improve the fillets. Over all I get a better, cleaner fillet with my old 6" Rapala then this knife. It does cut a bit faster but the fillets come out jagged and I'm leaving meat behind. Again it could just be the learning curve.

Definitely a Cadillac compared to the Bubba knife. Do not waste your money on the expensive Bubba cordless knife. I cleaned 2 crappie with the Bubba and didn't take long to make my wrist irritated. This Rapala cordless is a awesome knife!!!!

This is an excellent knife when it doesn’t break down This knife is very capable of cleaning grouper with the proper fillet knives, which they don’t offer The sharpest knives for cleaning bigger fish like grouper are actually what Bubba has But the Bubba knife is not comparable to this knife. One bit. It has three times the torque and a better fit for your hand. The problem is trying to get a hold of Rapala customer service . Which knows there is a problem with this plain knife Something strips out, and the blades do not engage. I hope RAPALA decides to stand behind these knives with a better way to get a hold of them than having to scroll through their whole site and trying to find the proper website or proper email site to be able to get a hold of them. They know they have a problem they need to deal with it. MY THOUGHTS ARE WHEN YOU BUY A KNIFE IT SHOULD LAST NOT HAVE TO CALL THE NUMBER HAVE THEM CALL YOU BACK THE NEXT DAY AND THEN SPINS AND WASTE YOUR TIME TRYING TO LOCATE AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO YOU. I THINK MOST FISHERMAN CAN FEEL THAT THEIR TIME COULD BE MORE WELL SPENT THAN TRYING TO GET A WARRANTY ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF

This thing is great. Batteries hold a charge for ages and the blades are sharp and zip through the fillets like butter. The trigger is easy to use and is a better design than other electric knives I’ve tried. Cleaned two man limits of walleye and perch over a week in Ontario and never even got into the second battery. Excellent knife for the money.

The Rapala R12 combo knife kit is great. Sharp, powerful, and a real pleasure to use, but buyers should immediately check for batteries that will not charge - so a return can be made within the time allowed. First combo I purchased had a DOA battery (1 of 2 that comes in kit), as did the second I exchanged it for. BOTH batteries were dead in the third combo that was ordered so it was returned next day. Definitely not the charger(s) as the good batteries charged rapidly and functioned as they should.