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I got a $1,000 electric boat from China two years ago. Here's what it looks like now

electrek.co I got a $1,000 electric boat from China two years ago. Here's what it looks like now

My regular readers may remember that two years ago, I was winning so hard at life that I bought myself...

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By point of comparison... I'm just about 1 year in on my $2,000 electric wheelchair... It opened up the world for me again. Even over gravel and dirt. I was even able to go see our local Troll!
- I feel like this community would be receptive of your full review of that electric wheelchair, if you wanted to author a post about it. I certainly would like to know more.
  
  I'll put something together! Thanks!
- That's awesome, I love that you have a local troll lol
  
  What kind of range does the chair have?
  
  I paid extra for the 17 mile battery, it comes stock with a 12 mile battery that's certified for air travel.
  
  I don't fly that much so I figured better to have more range.
  
  If I do end up flying, I'll get the smaller battery and the quick charger.
Sacrificial anodes might help with the corrosion.
- Yeah, but they ended up ditching the rudder for a trolling motor anyhow.
That was neat! Been screwing around with my huge canoe and 10' flat-bottom. If I had to do it all over I would have gone for this. OTOH, we can get those two boats in the water by hand.

How's it do against current? We could barely move the boat upstream on a quick-ish creek. I'm also in Florida (NW) so I imagine our ideas of current are about the same. Everything's flat, nothing is fast.

Yeah, solar and a LiPO4 battery are game changers. My trolling motor isn't nearly as nice as yours but I've never come close to wearing out the battery. Wish I know about those all along! Why 2 batteries instead of a fat 500Ah? Something I don't know?

Nav lights yet? I love rolling my own electronics and it's pretty cheap for what we're doing.

Man! I'm sorely tempted to ditch the 10' and look into this. Can't afford it right now, but maybe next year. Got a purchase link?
- FYI - I am not the author
  
  Ah! The blurb made me think so. Anyway, the dude spent $2,300 in shipping. Yikes. That and the other money he has in it, I can get a boat hull and make it electric.

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