Unboxing my $1,000 ELECTRIC boat from China

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[MrPaige]

The fact that the company can make the boat, make the cage give you a million life jackets and make a profit is mind blowing.

[aarongranger]

In the US, it would have been impressive to get the 300 screws, metal frame and plywood that made up the packaging for $1000.

[timwillits]

You are very fortunate. Your Dad appears to love doing anything as long as he is doing it with his son. Priceless!

[burnz]

I love the dad and son working together on this, great family fun!

[timothyallbritton]

I bought the same boat. The first thing I did was to adapt a 9.9 Evinrude prop on it. Secondly, I installed a golf cart controller with the foot pedal to control prop speed. It will run about 9-10 mph now...

[utuber]

I think the relationship you have with your Dad is one that every man wishes he had with his. Thank you both for a very enjoyable video

[halfrhovsquared]

An approximate translation of the Chinese on the gauge is, as follows:
The long white string of characters at the very bottom reads: "Battery charge gauge".
Above that, in white: "Eco-friendly"
The red characters on the left: "Please charge"
The blue/green characters on the right: "Fully charged"
The yellow characters at the very top: "Nominal"
(These are not literal translations but are what my wife and I arrived at as being most natural - My wife is Chinese and tried to explain the terms she was reading and I provided the more natural English terms)

[Alpejohn]

You should do a "Fixing everything thats wrong with my $1000 boat" video.. That would be really fun to watch! Maybe adding solarpanelos, better motor and prop etc. I would love to see that.

[ellen]

Hi, Micah.
Here's the translation for the Chinese on the gauge:
Top line (red, yellow, green): "Normal behavior electricity" so it is a charge indicator, my guess is green is good, yellow not so good, red bad
Middle line (white): "Green"
Bottom line (white): "Battery indicator"
Taking the top two lines together, I'd say they're trying to tell you that lights on the right side of the dial (the "green" side) = proper power from the battery

Throttle:
Top line = Forward
Middle line (with arrows) = Neutral
Bottom line = Backwards
You likely figured that out already!

Hope this helps

[thatjeff]

The biggest surprise for me was the inflatable dock. I was expecting that to sag wherever you stepped on it. It looked surprisingly rigid.

[TheMidnightToke]

Honestly wish I had a dad like this! My dad died as a kid so never go to experience precious goofy moments with my dad like this

[BLTV_Photoshop]

According to the Google camera translation app, the top yellow text is: "Normal Driving". Under that is "Green environmental protection". The bottom text is "Battery Power Indicator". On the right is "Full battery". On the left is "Please Charge".

[vonarizona]

The gauge is the battery level indicator. The bottom reads "battery level indicator". The center is "green and environment friendly". The green part is "battery full". The yellow is literally "normal drive", which means batter level is fine. The red characters are not clear in the video, but it is safe to guess it says battery low.

These boats are used in urban parks in China. They are used on lakes crowded with its own kind and row boats, often operated by kids. So they are not supposed to be any quick. Like someone commented, the hull mold might be old. Actually the hull shape looks very much like those when this type of park boats are equipped with foot pedals twenty years ago.

A lot of people are kind surprised that a Chinese company can sell such a boat so cheap yet still making profit. Some people even commented saying slave labor, which is very ridiculous. Most people in the US are just not familiar about how people live in China. I am not a economist knowing a lot of theories, but I came from China in the early two thousand. When the living essentials such as food, clothing, transportation, and house rental are so cheap, the labor cost (salary from the worker's point of view) is also very low, which is in turn, also the reason goods and services are cheap. When you convert the Chinese salary to US dollars, the number may seem outrageously low, but the living cost can also be outrageously low. So seriously, for those people saying slave labor, think hard or even better go and investigate yourself, how can a country become the second biggest economy in the world built on slave labor. So in general, the whole country lives in a different economic scale than the US. That's also the reason everything imported from the US or Europe is luxurious in China, and why China sells more good to the US than buying from the US.

[modelasian]

This was just lovely. My father died when I was 19. I like to think we could have spent time together like this.

[Marcho]

I remember these types of boats when I was a child visiting China! They would be dotted across all the major lakes and rivers in major cities, and you could pay a couple of yuan to book them for a few hours. Those were really fun things, practically indestructible and were good childhood memories

[ferryvantichelen]

I've got to say I'd spent that money on a small sailing boat any day, but then again, son-dad time with a project like this is priceless so can't say it's a bad decision in the end really

[JesseMartinez-cmtl]

Seems you and your dad have a awesome relationship. I lost mine last year and I really miss him but watching yall together made me feel so peaceful thank you.

[heatherkaye]

Im so glad you were able to forge these memories with your pops. IYou two laughing together made me really miss my dad. ❤

[astrowoon]

The meter is a 'Battery level indicator', red = 'please charge', yellow = 'normal drive', green = 'fully charged'. Enjoy your video man, great work! Also love your relationship with your dad, he is a cool guy!

[curtiscraig]

actually seems very practical for a pond or closed lake that does not allow gas powered motors