Nice review; Glad you included your weight for the ride time battery performance of your use. I am leery of ordering when I do not see a dealer in my area, and am concerned about how to get help if needed. Help with any range of unforeseeable’s like a bad part, missing parts, defects or simple replacement parts like screws or gaskets.
Thanks! Weight matters. I don't have a dealer here either. These are pretty much shipped from a warehouse in NC or TX (after showing up from overseas). I ordered mine from Steven at jupitersspot.com/
Glad yours is working good. How would you go about getting it serviced? I know the Flite boards have oil for gears in the propulsion system, but they have service centers (usually marine dealers) to do required periodic service. Waydoo may not have gears, but there are parts that wear, like shaft seals, etc.
@fredmalone798 in all honesty, I haven't given service much thought yet. I ride in some of the saltiest water on the planet so I've given preventative maintenance a lot of thought. I had very good results with my previous foil being meticulous about cleaning after rides. My hope would be that in the next year, Waydoo releases service/seal/oil/whatever kits and that some service manuals and info becomes available. Not sure if I'd want to do the work or ship the parts somewhere. Maybe info already exists. Haven't looked. There is a 2 year warranty on the motor a well.
Yeah currently looking at the entry level Flight boards and the latest ones from Waydoo. There's like 2 dealers nearby (well, within 120 miles "nearby") for the Flight boards, so a little leery of going with Waydoo (although I do like their EPO foam construction.) The differential between the entry level Waydoo and the Flight Air is only like $500 so that's another factor.
@gman9543 i tried a flight Pro. Loved it. Really nice ride. But, when you add the big battery and the fast charger, it was $14k. Double the waydoo pro plus. So.... I think that the waydoo has a similar feel, although the smaller board (volume and width) on the flight pro had a crazy good feel. I haven't tried the Air. I'm sure it rides great. Make sure you add the upgrades necessary to do a real price comparison.
Nice review; Glad you included your weight for the ride time battery performance of your use. I am leery of ordering when I do not see a dealer in my area, and am concerned about how to get help if needed. Help with any range of unforeseeable’s like a bad part, missing parts, defects or simple replacement parts like screws or gaskets.
Thanks! Weight matters.
I don't have a dealer here either. These are pretty much shipped from a warehouse in NC or TX (after showing up from overseas).
I ordered mine from Steven at jupitersspot.com/
Glad yours is working good. How would you go about getting it serviced? I know the Flite boards have oil for gears in the propulsion system, but they have service centers (usually marine dealers) to do required periodic service. Waydoo may not have gears, but there are parts that wear, like shaft seals, etc.
@fredmalone798 in all honesty, I haven't given service much thought yet. I ride in some of the saltiest water on the planet so I've given preventative maintenance a lot of thought. I had very good results with my previous foil being meticulous about cleaning after rides. My hope would be that in the next year, Waydoo releases service/seal/oil/whatever kits and that some service manuals and info becomes available. Not sure if I'd want to do the work or ship the parts somewhere. Maybe info already exists. Haven't looked. There is a 2 year warranty on the motor a well.
Yeah currently looking at the entry level Flight boards and the latest ones from Waydoo. There's like 2 dealers nearby (well, within 120 miles "nearby") for the Flight boards, so a little leery of going with Waydoo (although I do like their EPO foam construction.) The differential between the entry level Waydoo and the Flight Air is only like $500 so that's another factor.
@gman9543 i tried a flight Pro. Loved it. Really nice ride. But, when you add the big battery and the fast charger, it was $14k. Double the waydoo pro plus. So....
I think that the waydoo has a similar feel, although the smaller board (volume and width) on the flight pro had a crazy good feel. I haven't tried the Air. I'm sure it rides great. Make sure you add the upgrades necessary to do a real price comparison.