Torqeedo Electric Outboards

I also have had no problems with my Torqeedo. It is at least 7 years old. I have the original battery. Of course I know how it has been used, never fully discharged, always stored with about 80% charge etc.

I would go with the used one. There is a very simple 12 volt charger available for minimal cost, if not included. But with the excellent suggestions that you get to try it out--and return if not as represented...

As for a kicker--it is to get steerage way--and would be nice to have the extra battery for that purpose, since you would be running it close to wide open.

The nearest we came to fully discharging the 1003 battery, was at Powell when we had the emergency and had to chase down the park ranger who went to the wrong part of the cove. We were running it at full capacity with two of us in the dinghy, plus had been using the motor most of the day. Steve Parsons brought it back at a slower speed as I rode with the ranger in the Park Service boat--and it still had about 15% charge.

There are several competitors for the Torqeedo, but I would buy another Torqeedo if I was purchasing today.
 
A couple of days before we left Philadelphia I made up my mind to get a torqueedo travel 1103. The only one in stock was at a west marine in new castle Delaware an hour away - great! No sales tax.
Got the battery charged up to 100%, put the whole thing together on the dinghy and went for sea trial out of the marina on the Delaware. Five minutes later an error code shows up and no power.. we frantically row back to the marina (cruised up current thank God)
Error code is low voltage.. plugged the battery back in but it won’t charge - blinks red and green and then nothing. Called torqueedo and they said they would send out a new battery. We wanted to leave though so we took all the packaging out of the marina recycling, took all the parts and got a no-questions refund from west marine the next day.
Upon close scrutiny of the box labels the motor has been delivered in late 2019. There was also a sticker for the battery maintenance stating it should have been recharge no later than 2020.
My point is that if you buy one make sure the battery is fresh and was maintained by the retailer when you pick it up - I think this west marine had it in stock for too long and never charged the battery and so damaged it by letting it go into deep discharge.
For the five minutes we ran it it was great and I’m glad torqueedo was going to send us a new battery BEFORE even receiving the damaged one. I just couldn’t handle the wait and the logistics at that moment in time
Just a heads up if you’re in the market
 
There was a similar or same sticker on the outside of the larger box for the Torqeedo motor I recently bought, indicating the battery should be fully charged by a specific month/year. I got mine from Defender, and the date specified was later this year (Fall I think, but don't have the box with me). There may have also been one on the smaller box in which the battery was shipped.

Based on my fading memory, it seems like it was one year after manufacture, or close to that.

Les
 
If some li ion batteries are fully discharged--and for some lengths of time--it will ruin them. I store my Li battery devices at about 80% charged and check them at least every 3 to 6 months.
 
LesR":371d7b8k said:
There was a similar or same sticker on the outside of the larger box for the Torqeedo motor I recently bought, indicating the battery should be fully charged by a specific month/year. I got mine from Defender, and the date specified was later this year (Fall I think, but don't have the box with me). There may have also been one on the smaller box in which the battery was shipped.

Based on my fading memory, it seems like it was one year after manufacture, or close to that.

Les
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Thank you. Doing my homework as I may be in the market for a kicker next year.
 
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