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Impressive!
Posted by
Herkyn
on 9/22/2008
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more than 1 month
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Pros: I had great time fighting with my fishes in my 150G aquarium. It's easy to control (up down, left, right, forward, backward) I wanted to post a video but... (see cons)
Cons: Built quality is BAD. The first one I bought stopped working after a week; I sent it back to DX and received a new one... which last me a month. I smashed it on the table and now it's working when it wants to.
Other Thoughts: You need something big like a 6 feet long aquarium to fully experience the fun of this toy.
Bottomline: If you dont mind fixing things, buy this submarine. I didn't tried the white one so I cannot compare but I'm pretty sure it's the best you can get for the price. I also found out that sand or small rocks may easily get trapped in the rotor blades. Make sure you remove them before you put it back in the water and have fun!
OK Submarine...
Posted by
mpitof
on 5/3/2008
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Pros: - Very cool because it can go under water
- Looks not too bad
- Fun to drive
- Cool blue light in front
- OK price
Cons: - A bit bad range from the controller
- Very bad build quality - seriously, be careful with this thing
- It didn't work as it should - suddenly it wouldn't dive etc (was it because of the salt water?)
Other Thoughts: Cool gadget, but I would either choose to pay some extra $ if they made the build quality better. This is simply too bad, even if you are careful. It works, but not good enough.
Bottomline: If you are looking for something cheap and cool, buy it. If you want something which are supposed to last "forever" - seriously - go buy something else.
Sub par sub
Posted by
llasher
on 11/17/2007
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1 week to 1 month
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Pros: Easy to drive
Nice blue headlights
Cons: Range of about 6 inches in water makes it virutally useless
Other Thoughts: The range issue is the BIG problem with this toy. Fully charged with a brand new 9V battery in the remote, it can barely get a few inches away from the remote before it conkis out. Much better on dry land, but that's not much help for a submarine!
Bottomline: I will keep playing but my impressions are this toy is sub par, sub optimal, substandard and just sub any good. Having to hold the remote right next to the sub really isn't in the true remote control spirit. Can't really recommend it even at this price.
Not bad little toy
Posted by
iCABBAGESi
on 11/9/2007
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1 day to 1 week
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Pros: Its quite easy to control.
It has 2 little blue lights :P.
Small enough to use in the bath.
Cons: This may not be the fault of the submarine but it seemd to have a very very small range. I am goin to try different batteries tomrrow just incase its that.
Other Thoughts: Heres a video of this submarine :). ------> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UnU-p0GiZJc
Bottomline: When you are close enough this is great :D