Ocean Explorer? Stick to the Pool.
It’s about the size of a cellphone. It can glide around underwater, with several cute LEDs lighting it’s path. It’s a remote controlled submarine from Megatech, just the thing for those with a pool, children, and most other pool toy options exhausted.
So the battery life is short (about 15 minutes). And the slightest waves (those of a person swimming, say) will make the vehicle difficult to control. Don’t mind the huge controller (8 AA batteries, about ten times the size of the actual submarine). And certainly ignore the fact that the sub will stall if you attempt to drive it more than 6 or so feet from where you are standing (vertically or horizontally). It will rise to the surface automatically, but it starts doing this anytime it stops moving for even a second.
In short, the Megatech Ocean Explorer isn’t quite the perfect R/C toy. They make a wide variety of cars, even hovercrafts and airplanes, but submarine technology simply isn’t there yet.
We had no problems recharging the batteries on the sub, and the LEDs (front and rear) were a nice, bright touch. This model can turn on a dime, even if you don’t really have much control over depth. And it certainly attracts a lot of attention- but for $80 you might be better off with a different type of craft. Ultimately, this R/C submarine is suitable for cruising around your fishtank, but certainly not worthy of the name ‘Ocean Explorer’.
