Torqeedo  Reviews 

I am very pleased with the Torqeedo motor, battery, and solar panel that I purchased for my sailboat. They have performed well in calm and rough conditions.

I ordered the electric outboard, it came on time, and it worked fine. One note is some plastic broke on the battery due to awkwardness getting the battery in and out of place but it still works fine.

Fun, clean, quiet and reliable. A dream come true.

So glad we switched to electric to replace our 6hp gas motor. No more hassles or headaches. Thanks Torqeedo! - Captain Tom - AdventuresofHappyOurs@youtube

Great Motor! Good power and battery has good life. My two dislikes are the charger cap does not stay on. Never really has since day 1. Now I use duct tape. The other is the motor overheats often. You can not punch it too often.

The new design with no cable to connect makes it so much easier to assemble.

Works great on our 10 foot dinghy for short trips from anchorage to shore. With the separate battery and motor, it’s possible to load it from the boat into the dink single handed.

A word of Advice/warning to anyone in the UK who is thinking about buying the new Ultralight for their Kayak . If you can go to your local supplier and get them to check that the throttle has the latest update so it can talk to your phone/pad and do automatic updates if it can not get them to update there and then . The reason I say this , is I bought an ultralight along with an 1425 xp battery near on two months ago it came from Golden Arrow southampton who I believe are the main importers . When I got it I saw that the updates where not up to date , so I tried to do it following the video/instructions you see above the throttle would not update . The throttle was sent back and still as not I believe been updated that was near on six weeks ago . I do not know if Torqeedo have a glich or have not come clean , because I have e mailed their HQ and when I ring Torqeedo at Golden Arrow Southampton it seems to be all smoke and mirrors . So please take this advice onboard before you part with your hard earned cash .......Torqeedo for the price that you charge you should look after your customers .

I changed my sailboat gasoline outboard motor to a Torqeedo Travel L motor about 1,5 years ago. After approximately 1 year, there was already quite some wear on the motor parts (compared to after more than a decade with the gasoline motor). And recently, after removing the motor, bringing it home for a few weeks, and re-installing it, the screen did not work anymore. Even though the motor was under guarantee, Torqeedo refused to cover this. They claim I damaged it, even though nothing special happened. Which basically means that Torqeedo considers this as normal, and therefore not covered by guarantee. It is true that my sail boat is a sport boat and I participate in regattas in various weather conditions. So it looks like this type of motor is only recommended in case it is only used in quiet conditions. In case you are a regatta sailor, you better stick a bit longer to your gasoline motor, or look for another brand.

I’m sick to death of this Torqueedo. Although purchased in 2017 from Golden Arrow Portsmouth, in 2018 I had to return the battery which wouldn’t hold a charge. After a year they merely gave me a replacement. Since then I’ve hardly used it. And when I have it would get you there but not get you home. There have been endless error 30 messages and now I’m getting error 30 and error 45 simultaneously. Biggest waste of £1,365 ever. DO NOT BUY ONE!

Regret my purchase and it hasn't even been used yet. I bought my Torqeedo Travel in Aug of 2024 before the delivery of my boat in Oct. Not needing it over the winter, I just assembled it (April 2025) and plugged in the brand new battery. It won't charge. Contacted support and they won't help under warranty. Apparently it has a shelf life of a gallon of milk, becuase I was told on page 55 of the manual you have to maintain 50% charge and check every 3 months. Seriously? That should be something that is made very clear when you buy it. I'm out $1300 for this POS. Stay away!

We purchased a 1103S torqeedo engine & battery on 14.2.2020. 95% of the time kept in bag on the boat, we went out to sea for 10 mins, came in went up river.
The engine had been on our dinghy, the bracket had snapped totally and we had lost our engine & battery in the sea. We sent pictures to Torqeedo Germany & they offered a 20% discount on a new one, only if bought through them. By this time we had bought a new engine, as needed to use the dinghy. Very surprised that the bracket had snapped off completely - there must have been a fault in the metal manufacture.
Anyone else with this problem.. really disappointed with the offer from them under the circumstances.

Installed a Torqueedo

Very very unreliable. Fails repeatably in a tidal harbour. My 40 year old two stroke is more reliable. The plugs and their cables are not suitable for a marine environment

I have a Travel 1003L. Despite not that much use over 4 years the tiller and battery have failed due to water ingress (though they’re supposed to be waterproof) and were replaced by Torqeedo and today the shaft started making a knocking sound with the propellor turning without any real power just when I needed it to work properly to get me back to shore safely. You just can’t rely on it working when you need it. Waste of money.

This is what has happened to my torqeedo 1003 just a week ago. A propeller hit the sand. But the unit was working and, I made to my marina OK. Next morning I found that shear pin that suppose to protect the motor, actually destroyed it. It broke on one side but was still connected to a propeller. The piece that broke, went down between cover and moving part and made a hole in a plastic cover by: The surface of the prop and the cover looks like a water board. And, the motor was full of seawater. Error E45. I posted photos and description of this on a new torqeedo webpage but got nothing except some links, that are not helpful. My point is - the part that suppose to protect the motor actually destroyed it. The unit is 1003, out of warranty and discontinued. I have 2 batteries that are still good but useless as now. $2200 just for batteries... So Torqeedo, would you comment and do something about it? Crickets as usual? How it is my fault? I think it is bad design, having electronics underwater and no protection against cases like mine. Bad product, bad support, bad company.

Very disappointed with the product. After very light use (two or three times each season) followed by meticulous washing and dry storage the unit has failed due to water ingress and corrosion. The unit has probably less that 40 hours use in total (- not sure if there is a usage time option on the display) and now the unite that I paid over £1300 for is scrap. At over £30 per hour - many of which were not motoring this is neither good engineering nor value for money. There appears to be no cost effective mechanisms for repairing these units. If there is, I would sincerely like to know how. The dealerships all say - buy a new unit. - Disposable outboards??

PLEASE READ before buying from Torqeedo!!
There are some important good and bad points you need to know. I purchased a Cruise 6 (equivalent to a 9.9HP motor) to replace a Yamaha 9.9HP and the motor is actually really good - quiet, efficient, reliable and absolutely replaces a petrol outboard.

HOWEVER - the battery is a disaster. I purchased a 48-500 battery (about $5200 USD) and there are some MAJOR design flaws. (1) the battery gradually discharges - so even after a few weeks you have lost a lot of charge (2) it is supposed to go into sleep mode when it reaches 20% charge - but even if it does this, it still uses power and then runs flat and DIES. (3) Because of the type of battery it does NOT like to be kept fully charged - so you can't leave it on charge. (4) Even more daft - if you decide to leave it on charge - the charger will charge to 100% and then switch off and not start to re-charge until turned on and off again (this is what I was told by service).
So....my battery died during the floods in Australia when I wasn't able to get to the boat for 3 months and because it was still under warranty (I'd only had it for 8 months!) I thought it would be a warranty claim.....but no, Torqeedo declined and said it was my fault as it had been left on (it hadn't - the control switch was off). Imagine a Laptop or phone that destroyed its battery if fully discharged! - and this is an $8000AUD premium battery!.
Also - as one of the other reviewers has said - the customer service is probably the worst I have ever experienced. It came as a real surprise to me, because in my experience German businesses are very efficient and usually provide quality products and good service.

So in summary - if you want a motor - it's a good unit (but there are many good units now) but you do need to be aware that the customer service is absolutely appalling and DON'T buy Torqeedo batteries. I purchased a Chinese LiFePO4 battery that is TWICE the capacity (10kwh) and a THIRD of the price and can be left fully charged. It has been excellent. -very happy with it.

Ultimately to spend so much money on what is supposed to be a premium product and then have major design flaws that allow an expensive battery to go flat and die and then that sort of customer service.....I would go elsewhere!

I purchased a torqeedo outboard for my dinghy in Mallorca about 6 years ago. After two years the motor stopped working. There are no repairing facilities in Mallorca and it took Torqeedo several months to repair it. we were without a motor for the whole season.
A year or so later the throttle packed up. Again it took Torqeedo several months to send a new throttle and we were without a motor for most of the season

In April this year we were advised that there maybe a problem with the battery and it required replacement. They gave the opportunity to buy a new motor at a small discount. I decided to do this as i had so much aggravation with the existing one. I told them to deliver it when i arrived in early June for the season. It arrived the last week of August when we were returning to the UK. Totally useless and they collected the motor as i would not accept it.

They have refused to give me a new one next season or now replace their faulty battery.

I will either purchase a competitor's electric or probably go back to petrol which is half the price and twice as reliable. If they fail it is easy to get fixed.

I have not been able to have any conversation with Torqeedo and they are totally disinterested.

DO NOT BUY TORQEEDO

UPDATE:
After my review here Torqeedo actually did get in touch by email. Said they would sort it out.
That is now over a month ago and have not heard from them since. They really dont care about customers after they get their money.

I have a 1003c that has failed completely. I sent it for service as it was still under warranty. The local repair center refused to repair it as they said it had been hit so hard that the shaft bent and let in water.
I had the motor retuned and took it to a machineshop. They measured the runout on the shaft and it was 0.04mm. Basically straight.I sent and email to Torqeedo, Germany and just got a reply saying " it is now outside of warranty" This has been going on since April 2023. Horrible attitude and really poor designed machine. I regret i have to give it even one star.