Magicpaddler wrote on Sep 24^th, 2018 at 12:33am:

So 1.2 meters per second is about 2.7 miles per hour.  You can paddle that speed if you are not dragging an anchor.

But you will be dragging an anchor, so to speak, the generator. The energy being transfered into the battery ultimately is coming from your paddling effort.  They give no indication of what kind of drag that adds when placed behind a boat.

I also chuckled at the commnet in their video at one of the reasons for the generator, using it to power a cell phone to keep in touch with family/friends.  Thta is not really an issue if you have a cell phone like mine, that uses revolutionary technology that allows to last for weeks without reqiuring a charge.  First, when left on, it is capable of maintain a chrage for over a week!! :o  Second, it has an off button, making it easy to triple its battery life by limiting having it on to just 8 hours a day!

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