Torqeedo Ultralight - The Gadget Show Verdict
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Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:23:47 GMT
As some of you may have watched last night, the Torqeedo Ultralight 402 Electric Outboard for kayaks was used by Suzi Perry during the Great Outdoors Challenge. For those of you that missed it, please see a clip of the event here (The Ultralight is covered after 3mins and 45seconds):
Suzi competed against Ortis who was using an Ocean Kayak Torque Angler. This was a kayak that allowed for the Minn Kota outboard to be dropped into the kayak and be used very quickly.
Our verdict on the outboards is this: The Minn Kota motor was slower but as it was an integral part of the kayak itself it meant that you could be kayaking sooner.
The Ultralight was faster and could be installed to just about any kayak available. This meant for existing kayak owners that they wouldn't need to purchase a new kayak. The Ultralight also comes with an extremely efficient waterproof battery. The motor delivers a max speed of some 9.0 km/h and a range of some 20 km at slow speed.
The good news is that G Comm has these very good kayak outboards from Torqeedo in stock and if you mention our blog, you will get a free G Comm gas filled life jacket. Perfect for going out on the Kayak.
In case you wanted to know who won, Suzi won parts 1 and 2 of the challenge and overall Ortis won part 3. As the parts followed on from one another, Ortis won the overall challenge.
