Should the body be hard plastic, soft TPE or metal?
Short answer
Each construction buys a different fall and a different price. Sport Fishing Mag notes the vibe family spans soft, hard and metal blade baits, and our sampled listings carry a zinc alloy vibration bait alongside ABS bodies, so all three routes are available from the same catalogues.
In detail
A hollow plastic body carries an internal rattle chamber and two trebles; a TPE soft vibe, like Nomad Tackle's Vertrex Max, is built to sink level and straight with a deeper body for vibration at slower speeds; a metal blade bait is solid and vibrates through its shape. Material decides weight, durability and unit cost.
The numbers behind this answer
| Construction | What the published description says | What to lock in writing |
|---|---|---|
| Hollow plastic vibration bait | A vibe lure is described as looking like a lipless crankbait with the line tie on top and treble hooks front and back (Sport Fishing Mag); Rapala sells the Rippin' Rap as a lipless, tall body profile with a loud BB rattle system (Rapala) | Body length, body weight, chamber type and the two hook sizes, front and rear |
| Construction | What the published description says | What to lock in writing |
|---|---|---|
| Soft vibe | The same article notes the style can be soft baits as well as hard baits (Sport Fishing Mag); Nomad Tackle moulds its Vertrex Max from TPE, fits BKK hooks and states it sinks level and straight (Nomad Tackle) | TPE or PVC compound, tail shape, rigging method, and whether the bait ships rigged or loose |
Where this answer comes from
Part of the product record Lipless vibration baits (VIB): body, rattle, weight, MOQ (Hard lures). The record carries the tables this answer is drawn from, the fields a factory needs before quoting, and an explicit list of what has not been verified.
Products that solve this
Sampled listings from the same product family (Hard lures). Reference price per unit with the MOQ stated; a quotation against your specification governs a transaction.
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Other questions in this record
- How does a VIB differ from a lipless crankbait?
- What do the rattle chambers inside a vibration bait actually do?
- How does the weight-to-size ratio change as a vibration bait gets longer?
- Why is a vibration bait fished vertically, and what did sonar change?
- What hooks should a vibration bait ship with?
- How is a vibration bait priced from a Chinese factory?
- Why does a low MOQ make a vibration bait a trial-order product?
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Sources
- How to Fish Vibe Lures in Saltwater, Sport Fishing Mag - what a vibe lure is, the soft, hard and metal blade versions, through-wiring and the exaggerated wobble on the fall
- Big Clack or Multi Micro Clinks?, Rapala USA - single chamber versus multiple ball-bearing rattle chambers, the external metal-to-metal chamber and the VMC SureSet belly hook
- Rippin' Rap, Rapala Europe - the published 5 cm / 9 g, 6 cm / 14 g and 7 cm / 24 g ladder with hook sizes per model, BB rattle system and VMC black nickel hooks
- Gear Review: Berkley Jack 7 Lipless Crankbait, Bassmaster - 2 3/4 inch and 3/4 ounce with tungsten internal weighting, fast sink, vertical use on sonar targets and fishing to 40 feet
- Vertrex Max 75 Vibe 3 inch, Nomad Tackle - TPE soft vibe built for vibration and depth, sinking level and straight at roughly twice the sink rate of the Vertrex Swim, fitted with BKK hooks
- VIB price band, size range and MOQ quoted from our own sampled listings at /products/ - a factory price basis
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Last reviewed: 2026-09-18 · build 2026-09-18-sz27n