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Hi-Tech R/C Submarine (3CH)

Price: $18.72

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- A perfect tech toy for aquarium, fish tanks, and small ponds

- Great even as a desktop submarine model when sitting in the charging cradle

- Cool 2-LED illumination lights make playing the sub more fun at night in complete darkness!

- Full 3D 3 channel control, individual controls the each of the two turbines

- Goes forward and backward, turns left and right, dextrorotation, levorotation, surfaces and submerges

- Play time is 10 minutes (manufacturer rated)

- Maximum depth: 1 meter (3 feet)

- Recharged by the included charging cradle

- Remote controller powered by a 9V battery (battery sold separately)

- Charging cradle powered by 6 x AA batteries (battery sold separately)

- English user's manual included

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Posted by Herkyn on 9/22/2008
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 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
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: more than 1 month

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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
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: 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
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: 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 
					

Specifications

Functions of the remote control:

The controller requires 9V battery (not included)
Radio Control Frequency: 27 MHz
The charger requires: 6 "AA" batteries (not included)
Weight: 300g

Package contents:

1 x submarine toy
1 x controller
1 x charger dock
1 x charging cord
1 x antenna

Dimensions: 4.72 in x 1.26 in x 1.38 in
Weight: 15.52 oz