Motorized Pool Lounger - Inflatable Ride-On Water Float with Twin Electric Motors and Joystick Steering
Motorized Pool Lounger - Inflatable Ride-On Water Float with Twin Electric Motors and Joystick Steering
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Stop paddling. Start steering.
This is a one-person inflatable lounger with a motor under each armrest. You sit back in it the way you would sit back in a deck chair, close a hand around the grip on each armrest, and it moves. Push both forward and you glide. Push one and hold the other and it turns on the spot. There is no paddling, no kicking, and no getting out to reposition yourself when the sun moves.
Read this first: it runs on D-cell batteries you buy yourself
There is no rechargeable pack and no charger. The motors run on D-cell batteries, and the batteries are not in the box. This is the single thing people most often get wrong about this lounger, so we would rather you knew it before it arrives than after.
Buy the batteries at the same time you buy the lounger, and buy more than you think you need. Owners of motorized loungers like this one consistently report that the batteries are the running cost, not an afterthought. Rechargeable D-cells work in it and will be cheaper over a season if you use it often.
How long a set lasts depends entirely on the batteries you fit and how hard you run the motors, so we are not going to quote you a runtime we cannot stand behind.
Two motors, and you steer with both hands
There is a motor on the left and a motor on the right, each rated at sixty-six watts, and each one has its own control on top of the armrest beside it. That is what makes it steer properly rather than just push forward. Drive both together and you track straight. Drive one alone and you pivot. You can turn a full circle without moving out of the seat.
The controls sit exactly where your hands already are when you are lying back, so you are not reaching or sitting up to work them.
The propellers sit behind a guard
Each motor pod is closed off on its outward face by a protective grill guard. The manufacturer's own specification is that the propellers are fully enclosed behind a safety grill, which is the part most people want to see before they let anyone ride it. You can look at it yourself in the close-up above the specifications below.
That guard is there to keep fingers and loose items out of the blades. It is not a reason to be casual: keep hair, swimsuit ties, pool cleaner hoses and pet paws clear of the pods, and switch the motors off before anyone gets on or off.
One adult, feet up
The deck is long enough for a tall adult to stretch right out with the heels still on the vinyl, and the backrest is tall enough to take your shoulders rather than just the small of your back. There is a molded cup well beside each control.
It seats one. It is not a two-up float, and loading a second person onto it changes how it sits in the water and how the motors behave.
Where it works, and where it does not
The maker rates this lounger for a swimming pool or a lake. That is the honest boundary. Flat water, sheltered, somewhere you could comfortably swim back from if the batteries died mid-cruise.
Please do not treat it as a boat. Do not take it into surf, into a current, into a channel with boat traffic, or far enough offshore that swimming back would be a problem. It moves at a gentle cruising pace, it has no brakes and no anchor, and if the batteries run flat you are on an inflatable chair with no propulsion.
It is a pool float, not a life-saving device. It is not a life jacket and it is not certified as one. Anyone using it should be able to swim, and nobody should use it alone or out of sight of someone else.
The manufacturer rates it for ages fourteen and up. It is an adult-sized powered float, not a children's toy, and it should not be handed to a younger child to drive.
Keep loose D-cell batteries away from small children and pets. Swallowed batteries cause serious internal injury and need immediate medical attention.
Specifications
In the box
- One inflatable motorized lounger with both motor pods and both armrest controls
- No batteries. You supply the D-cells
- No pump. Use any standard inflatable pump
Looking after it
- Take the batteries out when you put it away, and store it dry
- Rinse it with fresh water after lake use and let it dry fully before folding
- Keep it out of long spells of direct sun when nobody is on it. Sustained UV is what ages pool vinyl
- Wipe clean with a cloth. No solvents
