Waydoo Subnado Underwater Scooter Black and Red Special Version

Gifted to my 11 fish of a son for Christmas, who took it with him to Florida next day. This was plenty light enough for him to use in the pool. It has different speeds to adjust to his comfort. Battery lasted closed to 45 mins and charged with a generic charger quickly. My 9 year old also loved it, but it was too heavy and tricky for my tiny 5 year old. That said, she rode on her brothers backs as they used it and basically had dolphin rides all week. I’d say great for kids, but our larger (225+ lb) relative didn’t cruise terrible fast-more of a leisurely putter. Might need more power if primarily for adult use. Was not too big or fast for a normal backyard pool (a pleasant surprise) and worked equally well on small/large pools and the ocean. Can’t wait to take it snorkeling!

My initial impressions of the Subnado was that it's solidly built and is made of great-quality material. Taking it out of the box, it had a good heft to it and definitely gave a "tech unboxing" vibe over an "outdoor accessory/toy" feeling. Which is a good thing (to me). Bare-bones assembly was pretty straight-forward, as I didn't have any interest in messing with the (many) accessories this comes with just yet. Just snap on the handle and link up the controller connector (wire running out of the handles) to the contacts on the Subnado. There's some greasing that needs to be done, but I'll get into that later. I was pleasantly surprised at the softness and ergonomics of the handle. It felt good to hold and the grip was comfortable. The trigger placement is great too - the trigger itself is just a tad small, but that may be because this is advertised for use by children as well. I briefly switched it on just to make sure it was in working order, and all looked good, so I set it up to charge. Near the back of the Subnado body is a safety label - it has a few good reminders, which I always welcome on consumer-grade tech… especially expensive and potentially risky (self-injury) tech like this Subnado. Warnings/pictorials include a reminder to ensure to turn off the device before servicing (charging) it, the meaning behind a couple of the non-typical battery indicator patterns, and general safety stuff (e.g. not letting long hair get near the propellers). I originally thought this label was meant to come off before use, but it seems it is meant to stay on. A small thing, but worth noting. As mentioned earlier, there's a good amount of accessories included with this, though to be honest, I haven't felt a strong desire to get into them yet. Some nice ones worth noting include the wrist-mount with hand grip (if you wanted to one-arm it and do a 'superman' across the pool), optional tether, and mounting adapter for attaching this to a pool float. So on grease, I felt it necessary to briefly go over its importance: do NOT skip this step or skimp on the application. There's plenty provided to get a good coat on the necessary areas. Coming from an industry that necessitates some level of gasket or O-ring greasing to help with maintaining a proper seal, I cannot stress the importance of it here. To an extent, the grease helps to cover any tiny openings or voids that could allow water in within the gasket or O-rings, but its main reason is to ensure those things do not get sheared out of position during tightening or mounting. Think of how a rubber band would rub between your hands, bare, vs. being coated in a semi-slippery grease. In one, it'll twist in on itself multiple times, and on the other, it'll almost want to stay completely neutral. In short: use the grease; get good seals. There's only two areas (the port cover for the USB-C port and the controller connector interface), so it doesn't take long to do. With this device costing what it does, the last thing you want is water ingress damaging or ruining it. No manufacturer will cover user-inflicted damage, whether due to an accident or simply neglect. On that note, it would have been helpful for Waydoo to provide more grease. The tube provided is a bit small, and would have been ideal if it was larger (think of a Neosporin tube). Because best practice would be to replace the grease on frequent-access areas (like the charge port cover) every time it is removed, at minimum. Still, the tube is at least good for long-term storage, and preferable to those tearable 'grease packets' that I've seen some other brands provide. Now, on usage: I started off using the Subnado in a relatively small swimming pool, and this thing has more than enough power to zip me across quickly. Probably not a great representation of what it can do "full send," but it's the experience I've had with it by this point (~a week in). It's a lot of fun, has a good kick, and so far, pretty good battery life. I've put it through two rounds of use (probably 15-20min each, but closer to maybe 8-10min of actual, continuous runtime) and it's down to 7 of 8 cells on the battery indicator. If it's like any other type of device with a battery indicator, I take this to just mean that it is working on depleting the current cell. So to recap - the build quality is there, a healthy number of accessories are included, and the functionality is great (so far). Time will tell on the long-term durability. The price is a tad steep at the $500 MSRP, but if you can get it on sale for $400 or so, it will sting a little less.

I don't normally write reviews, but this product deserves one! I am a certified SCUBA diver, but I purchased this more for recreational use and as a birthday present to myself. I have a condo on the Gulf of Mexico that also has a large pool, so I had the opportunity to put it to the test recently. I am 6'2" and weight 190 pounds and this thing propelled me with ease. The pool is 40 yards long and it took me 20 seconds to go from one end to the other, so that equates to 6 feet per second in the high thrust mode. That's enough to put a little pressure strain on your eyes, so I threw on some goggles and it was great! After I got used to controlling the various speeds and "steering' it, I headed out to the Gulf and had some fun coming out of nowhere and startling some swimmers! I even unintentionally drove it thru some seaweed, and it chewed it up nicely. The battery lasts longer than you may want to be using it at a shot, so all good there also. The design and quality of this "scooter" is exceptional. Very solid material and well-engineered, and comes with some fun accessories, like a water canon attachment! It will even "reverse" charge your cell phone and other devices thru its charging port. Lastly, don't think you have to be some SCUBA diver or the like to want this scooter, but rather I bought it to cruise around, do some scooter diving, enjoy the sea life and just to have something different to have fun! Highly recommend it!

It was broken after 8 Dives. To make the problem worse it happened during Chinese New Year which means no tech support no warranty support you simply have to wait for two or more weeks for a response. The product seemed good at first but boy did I learn some companies are not ready to do business around the world. Do not expect a long-term good experience with their customer support.

The product is fantastic and user-friendly, featuring three speed settings. However, I wish it offered a bit more speed. The charger lasts for about 15 minutes, which is adequate.

otttimo oggetto, ben fatto, nella funzione turbo eroga una buona potenza e sposta velocemente in acqua io peso 80 kg. è palese che con il turbo venga ridotta l'autonomia della carica drasticamente per cui serve in casi sporadici per il resto tutto ok .

Je mets une étoile car j’étais très content au debut mais après quelques mois , 6, avec une utilisation très épisodique l as batterie ne tient absolument pas la charge , autonomie divisée par 4

Works well. Nice toy

Produit haut de gamme, très belle fabrication, fonctionnement impeccable ! Le seul petit reproche que je ferais concerne la flottabilité de l'appareil ; très compact et en même temps assez lourd, il ne flotte pas et coule comme une pierre. Sans conséquences en piscine, il en est pas de même en pleine mer...