I read a lot of negative
reviews of the Torqeedo motors before throwing caution to the winds and
buying one anyway. I usually pay for such foolishness, but so far the Travel 1003L has worked very well. I should add that I use it very little, just for driving my
Portland Pudgy to the shore and back to the
boat.
Overall, it seems flimsy and not that well thought out, especially considering the two grand
price, but I can't find anything else that allows me to forgo carrying petrol or multiple
propane cannisters for my Lehr 2.5HP, which is
for sale, by the way.
I wish another manufacturer would come up with a competitor to Torqeedo; anyone who deliberately uses the letter "q" not followed by a "u" has to be a bit doggy. A really good idea would be to design the
motor to use powerful and readily available professional
camera batteries such as those from Anton Bauer.
Fair winds,
Leo (with fingers crossed)