On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:56:51 -0400, daytripper
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:12:22 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:04:29 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

daytripper wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
http://www.torqeedo.com/us/hn/home.html

http://www.torqeedo.com/us/hn/products/travel.html

I bought a Torqeedo for the lean, mean, muskie chasing machine
(an 18 ft Grumman canoe) and it's a sweet piece of equipment.

I don't know diddly about pontoons but I can recommend the
Torqeedo without reservation (well, other than it's pricey).

$1500! Holy crapola! You're certainly correct about that!

/daytripper (who remembers when a new car sold for less ;-)

Yeah, it's not cheap but you don't have to buy and recycle a
$200 deep cycle marine battery every other year. Besides, it's
a cool, new gadget and I'm a total sucker for cool, new gadgets.


$200?!?! Every other year? Jeez, the Wal-Mart batteries I recommended
are about $65, and have either a two or three-year free replacement
warranty, prorated after that. Don't Torqeedos use batteries?

The Travel model uses a built-in lithium-manganese battery pack, which
probably accounts for much of the astronomic cost.

fwiw, I suspect (but can't verify) that Wal-Mart follows the industry standard
warranty model for deep-cycle batteries, which typically includes a first-year
full replacement, and a 2 or 3 year pro-rated warranty...

/daytripper

No, they don't. I can't remember how much longer, but it's longer.
FWIW, I know some folks around here aren't fans of Wal-Mart, but these
batteries ("Everstart Maxx Marine" or similar) are one hell of a deal.
And not all marine batteries, including some at Wal-Mart, have even a
year's warranty - we had a bank of Interstates go bad after about 8
months and those only had a 6 month warranty, no pro rata. And the
Interstate rep would do nothing. No more Interstate anything for me.
OTOH, I've had one or two of about 20-24 of the WM Maxx's go south and
at 9:30-10pm on a Thursday night, I was able to swap one out in
Theodore, AL. Granted, it wasn't at the water's edge as a marina would
have been, but after about 7, if one wants on-the-water service, it's
just about gonna be TowBoatUS or SeaTow.

TC,
R