3-1 in new Chinese (?) efoil / jetboard xfoil launched through indiegogo. What do you think guys?
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Their main company seems to be doing well in electric products but I dont see anything related to water use
Who knows about their electronics , but a board floaty enough to SUP on would be huge for Foiling.
I ordered one yesterday with the surf thing! Cant afford those jet surfs and fliteboards. It is a new product, so I was skeptical at first, so I called them and asked more about the parent company, seems legit so they must know what they are doing. And speaking of manufacturing, even Iphone is made in china so that is not concerning to me. Also it looks sporty and cool!
Wow over 250k already invested into their indiegogo… another waydoo story is about to start…
Difference is Waydoo was founded in China. This thing seems to be made by an established American company. They have more to loose more than Waydoo if promised is not delivered. I just want my board!
The XFoil concept looks good, but I’m missing a lot of information. E.g. the information about the batteries is totally insufficient, no capacity is mentioned, etc. The listed endurance times are valid at 30% throttle. This is ridiculous, maybe usable for kids. There is no information on whether the Smart Controller has adjustable top speeds, which is necessary for e-foiling as opposed to jetboarding. And no hint of the price of shipping.
I tried to reach XFoil and received a common silence. It’s typical for this kind of generic companies to collect money and run away or release a low quality product that people will struggle for years
€1,016,719 EUR COLLECTED!
it’s shocking the amount of people that purchase things without doing any research. We’ll have waydoo 2 story here unfolding soon…
Remember guys there is no such thing as "Same but for 1/3 the price "… The lower the price the more issues you have, the less money for post sales and guarantee and the faster whole thing goes down.
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That is an awesome amount for an efoil full of DIY parts… Check the motor, propeller a.s.o It´s a modified maytec/flipsky 65162 motor you can order on aliexpress…If you calculate the backer price with shipping tax&customs there is not much difference to a well establised takuma or waydoo…
I tried to reach out to the xFoil CEO, Paul Lowchareonkul as well. As an early backer of Waydoo, I reviewed their product and have had good communication with the team. It would be great if XFoil is a success, but poor communication and no updates on the campaign page nor updates to backers is a red flag. Curious if they reach out to you Jetsurfingnation as you have established yourself as an authority in the efoil and jetboard space.
Curious if they reach out to you Jetsurfingnation as you have established yourself as an authority in the efoil and jetboard space.
I concluded they have no interest in independent honest reviews. I reached them again but response was - :you can buy the product on our kickstarter… lol… no thank you… That’s a red sign for me, they are not looking forward building a brand.
I assume they are not interested in anything rather than quick cash grab, so I would not recommend this at this time.
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I also just checked their video section, it’s completely empty (since january it’s been almost 5 months, more than enough time to record some videos) Videos | XFoil - Surf or Fly (says coming soon)
People who never use their own product usually don’t succeed in this industry.
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I am xfoil backer and communications are as good as any other small company. Staff is limited so you might not get in touch being in a different time zone, try Email? They are hesitant to give concrete info yet but I have researched the company and their Indiegogo history. As an independent reviewer, you should wait till customers start to get their products. The competition will only things better. Keep on surfin mate.
Alright, we look forward to hear your first feedback once you receive it!
I hope I am wrong and they will succeed!
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Finally got one
Would not go together well
Parts didn’t fit had to modify looks like no checking of parts before shipping and had to pay for shipping to get it
spare controller didn’t work
Just took it out very tricky between nose dive and porpoise out of the water
High vibrations
Very short battery life
But it works
They gave me an rma but no shipping label
For defective parts yet
They not open weekends
Emails not answered
If someone live close to them would be good to visit them!
- Was it shipped from China?
- please post some pictures of product and battery to understand the quality
- did you get all 3 in one system or new version 2 with stabilizer?
- short battery life, how show? what wings and your weight?
- please post some videos of you riding it!
Have all the problems been solved? If so, it’s okay. How do you feel about the product when use? Want to hear more about…
I belive shipped from Oakland ca area
Not the new stabilized version
I have had two other brands of board before
Wing came as s 160? Seems big to me
But still needs min 40% power to fly and I’m only 172 lbs
Lots of vibrations and loudest I have ever heard
Prop sometimes hits the guard
About 80% the motor shuts down
Battery may last 20 min
If over 50% power battery guage goes to almost zero
Temp is 140 think that’s max scale
Motor wouldn’t fit into mast had to cut modding to get it to barley fit
Second controller would not turn on will not charge looks like not sealed
Battery compartment lid dosnt fit easly into board
Have to add silicon lub to get it to fit and use fist to pound on it to fit
One Battery terminal buttons faces back side so hard to get to
One battery compartment latch dosnt tighten well
If want to rma stuff you have to pay for shipping was $500 to get it shipped to me
So don’t want to spend another $1,000 for them to look at it all
Especially since they sent out defective parts in the first place
Have spent weeks trying to get parts to fit
With late and little help from company
Questions I keep asking go unanswered
Nobody answers the phone
Only email responses and nobody works the weekend there Aperantly
Had great hopes when ordered
Tried to trade in standered battery for extended battery
But wasn’t allowed
can’t afford a
Nother $2000 battery but would be nice since 20 min ride is very short
Most other boards will go 45 min with standered battery
Still hoping they will come through and fix all the problems
Seems like quality control is bad design is bad
Board says never remove prop guard but they suggest doing so
All my other boards run fine with prop guards installed
So guessing testing or design is bad
Screen on hand controller is very small
Maybe I was just send defective parts
One would hope parts would be checked to work and fit before shipping
But not in my case
Please kindly record some short video showing your board , quality and your experience. It will be helpful for others and help others avoid losing money buying untested products
Hi, I am new from today on this forum. I bought by first eFoil yesterday, using Indiegogo. It is the XFoil 2 Pro Package, delivery in December. I will keep you posted.
Enjoy your time!