Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My wife and I needed an electric motor for our 16' canoe since I cannot paddle too long (old wrist injury). This little motor is perfect -- light-weight, the 30" shaft fits the canoe (the 36" shafts on larger motors would be way too long), and it has plenty of power. Before buying the motor I searched the Internet for hard data about performance and couldn't find any. Here is how fast it pushes my wife and me in our 16' Ranger Canoe: Setting 5 was 3.6 to 3.8 mph, setting 4 was 2.8 mph, setting 3 was 2.5 mph, setting 2 was 2.1 mph and setting 1 was 1.7 to 1.8 mph. Total weight in the canoe was 350 lbs; adding 100 lbs (two dogs) slowed us down only 0.1 to 0.2 mph for each setting. For comparison, our easy paddling speed is 2.5 to 3.0 mph, and our top speed is 4.5 mph, but we're not very strong paddlers (in our early 60s). One other thing, we use a 46 lb battery, and our longest trip so far of 4 hours used only 1/4 of the battery reserve.