diff --git a/include/vectorwrapper/implem_vec_base.hpp b/include/vectorwrapper/implem_vec_base.hpp
index 803c295..9fbf53a 100644
--- a/include/vectorwrapper/implem_vec_base.hpp
+++ b/include/vectorwrapper/implem_vec_base.hpp
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ namespace vwr {
 			vector_type& data ( void ) { return m_wrapped; }
 			const vector_type& data ( void ) const { return m_wrapped; }
 
+			operator vector_type&() {return this->data();}
+			operator const vector_type&() const {return this->data();}
+
 			template <typename V2>
 			const typename std::enable_if<is_vec<V2>::value and directly_convertible<V, V2>::value, V2>::type& cast ( void ) const;
 			template <typename V2>
diff --git a/include/vectorwrapper/vectorwrapper.hpp.in b/include/vectorwrapper/vectorwrapper.hpp.in
index a467e12..99b6a46 100644
--- a/include/vectorwrapper/vectorwrapper.hpp.in
+++ b/include/vectorwrapper/vectorwrapper.hpp.in
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace vwr {
 
 		Vec ( void ) = default;
 		Vec ( const Vec& ) = default;
-		explicit Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
+		Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
 		template <typename T>
 		explicit Vec ( const typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<T, scalar_type>::value and not std::is_same<scalar_type, vector_type>::value, T>::type& parX ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX) { }
 #if defined(VWR_WITH_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace vwr {
 
 		Vec ( void ) = default;
 		Vec ( const Vec& ) = default;
-		explicit Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
+		Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
 		explicit Vec ( const scalar_type parX ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX) { }
 		Vec ( scalar_type parX, scalar_type parY ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX, parY) { }
 #if defined(VWR_WITH_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ namespace vwr {
 
 		Vec ( void ) = default;
 		Vec ( const Vec& ) = default;
-		explicit Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
+		Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
 		explicit Vec ( const scalar_type parX ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX) { }
 		Vec ( scalar_type parX, scalar_type parY, scalar_type parZ ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX, parY, parZ) { }
 #if defined(VWR_WITH_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS)
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ namespace vwr {
 
 		Vec ( void ) = default;
 		Vec ( const Vec& ) = default;
-		explicit Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
+		Vec ( const vector_type& parIn ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parIn) { }
 		explicit Vec ( const scalar_type parX ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX) { }
 		Vec ( scalar_type parX, scalar_type parY, scalar_type parZ, scalar_type parW ) : implem::VecBase<V>(parX, parY, parZ, parW) { }
 #if defined(VWR_WITH_IMPLICIT_CONVERSIONS)