diff --git a/benches/write.rs b/benches/write.rs
index 573fe944..cf7ab7e6 100644
--- a/benches/write.rs
+++ b/benches/write.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //! Benchmarks for write performance.
-use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
 use criterion::Criterion;
 use std::{
-    fmt::Write as _,
     hint, io,
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
@@ -55,19 +53,11 @@ fn benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
         let mut ws =
             WebSocket::from_raw_socket(MockWrite(Vec::with_capacity(MOCK_WRITE_LEN)), role, None);
 
-        let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(128 * 1024);
-
         b.iter(|| {
             for i in 0_u64..100_000 {
                 let msg = match i {
-                    _ if i % 3 == 0 => {
-                        buf.put_slice(&i.to_le_bytes());
-                        Message::binary(buf.split())
-                    }
-                    _ => {
-                        buf.write_fmt(format_args!("{{\"id\":{i}}}")).unwrap();
-                        Message::Text(buf.split().try_into().unwrap())
-                    }
+                    _ if i % 3 == 0 => Message::binary(i.to_le_bytes().to_vec()),
+                    _ => Message::text(format!("{{\"id\":{i}}}")),
                 };
                 ws.write(msg).unwrap();
             }
diff --git a/src/protocol/frame/frame.rs b/src/protocol/frame/frame.rs
index 3a9ff515..ef8dfe3c 100644
--- a/src/protocol/frame/frame.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/frame/frame.rs
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ impl Frame {
             0 => Ok(None),
             1 => Err(Error::Protocol(ProtocolError::InvalidCloseSequence)),
             _ => {
-                let mut data = self.payload.into_data();
+                let mut data = self.payload.as_slice();
                 let code = u16::from_be_bytes([data[0], data[1]]).into();
                 data.advance(2);
                 let text = String::from_utf8(data.to_vec())?;
diff --git a/src/protocol/frame/mod.rs b/src/protocol/frame/mod.rs
index 76baeae7..8b508047 100644
--- a/src/protocol/frame/mod.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/frame/mod.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl FrameCodec {
     pub(super) fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             in_buffer: BytesMut::with_capacity(READ_BUFFER_CAP),
-            out_buffer: Vec::new(),
+            out_buffer: <_>::default(),
             max_out_buffer_len: usize::MAX,
             out_buffer_write_len: 0,
             header: None,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ impl FrameCodec {
         in_buffer.reserve(READ_BUFFER_CAP.saturating_sub(in_buffer.len()));
         Self {
             in_buffer,
-            out_buffer: Vec::new(),
+            out_buffer: <_>::default(),
             max_out_buffer_len: usize::MAX,
             out_buffer_write_len: 0,
             header: None,
diff --git a/src/protocol/frame/payload.rs b/src/protocol/frame/payload.rs
index eb7a5a29..63add2bb 100644
--- a/src/protocol/frame/payload.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/frame/payload.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ impl TryFrom<BytesMut> for Utf8Payload {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<Vec<u8>> for Utf8Payload {
+    type Error = str::Utf8Error;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Payload::from(bytes).try_into()
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<String> for Utf8Payload {
     #[inline]
     fn from(s: String) -> Self {
@@ -104,6 +113,8 @@ pub enum Payload {
     Owned(BytesMut),
     /// Shared data with shared ownership.
     Shared(Bytes),
+    /// Owned vec data.
+    Vec(Vec<u8>),
 }
 
 impl Payload {
@@ -135,6 +146,7 @@ impl Payload {
         match self {
             Payload::Owned(v) => v,
             Payload::Shared(v) => v,
+            Payload::Vec(v) => v,
         }
     }
 
@@ -148,6 +160,7 @@ impl Payload {
     pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         match self {
             Payload::Owned(v) => &mut *v,
+            Payload::Vec(v) => &mut *v,
             Payload::Shared(v) => {
                 // Using `Bytes::to_vec()` or `Vec::from(bytes.as_ref())` would mean making a copy.
                 // `Bytes::into()` would not make a copy if our `Bytes` instance is the only one.
@@ -155,7 +168,7 @@ impl Payload {
                 *self = Payload::Owned(data);
                 match self {
                     Payload::Owned(v) => v,
-                    Payload::Shared(_) => unreachable!(),
+                    _ => unreachable!(),
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -163,18 +176,14 @@ impl Payload {
 
     /// Returns the length of the payload.
     #[inline]
-    #[allow(clippy::len_without_is_empty)]
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.as_slice().len()
     }
 
-    /// Consumes the payload and returns the underlying data as a vector.
+    /// Returns true if the payload has a length of 0.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn into_data(self) -> BytesMut {
-        match self {
-            Payload::Owned(v) => v,
-            Payload::Shared(v) => v.into(),
-        }
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len() == 0
     }
 
     /// Consumes the payload and returns the underlying data as a string.
@@ -194,14 +203,14 @@ impl Default for Payload {
 impl From<Vec<u8>> for Payload {
     #[inline]
     fn from(v: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
-        Payload::Owned(BytesMut::from_iter(v))
+        Payload::Vec(v)
     }
 }
 
 impl From<String> for Payload {
     #[inline]
     fn from(v: String) -> Self {
-        Vec::from(v).into()
+        v.into_bytes().into()
     }
 }