Poseidon outboards

[deisel]

Has Any One Any Experience Of The Poseidon 2.5hp Outboard Engines? Thet Sell For 199 Quid On Ebay!
It Will Be For Use On The Tender Only. <span style="color:black"> </span>

 

[Blackfeather]

t certainly looks cheap.

Too cheap?
I thought new 2 strokes had been banned now?

 

[Aardee]

Looks like a Seagull with a plastic bucket thrown over it.

 

[Rivers & creeks]

This is one of the feedback comments [ QUOTE ]
good engine runs great , poorly written manual , slow delivery not as described

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[Aardee]

Probably drop-shipped from China, hence slow delivery & badly translated manual.

 

[Clyder]

I read somewhere on t'internet that thse things are basically Yamaha copies, with one or two changes.
They are made in China, so I suppose you pays yer money and takes yer chance. For my money I'd buy a good second hand "brand"....easy to obtain spares etc.

 

[No Regrets]

Not on Planet Ebay.

This is bound to be a Chinese home market job, imported by some fly-by-night container inhabiting scuzzbucket.

It'll probably work once unpackaged, but not for long, and then where do you obtain spares from?

Who will service it?

The lifespan of these, like Kipor generators, is likely to be unpredictable, other than 'A lot shorter than brand names' and resale value nil.

As smart as a liquorice hull....

 

[jfm]

25-1 oil mix too, sheesh. Needed becuase machining of moving parts is so shoite? Expect lotsa smoke anyway!