CellBee Underwater Sea Scooter with Camera

First of all, it is a great unit when it works. Pulls me pretty hard (220lb) but it is not fast, but is about right for snorkeling. For me I would guess about 2mph maybe a little less, but for my 50lb grandson probably at least twice as fast if not more. Battery life at low speed was what they said it would be, and at high speed it may be about what they said it would. We have had it for 8 months, not used for about 5 of those months. This spring we noticed the unit would just stop working for a while (no lights) then 10 or 20 min later it would start working again. This got worse over the last week or so, until it finally stopped working altogether and for the last week has been completely dead.The charger sometimes would show red for a little while when plugged in and then go green eventually, but now just stays green. It still looks brand new, only used about 20 times in fresh water, always cleaned, dried, charged and stored in the box it came in. I did not get the extended warrantee when I bought it (big mistake), because cellbee does not respond to anything, and I cannot find any mention of a warrantee on their website or on amazon. all the social media links on their website except facebook go back to their site. I will tried messaging them on face book, they say they will respond in a day, but have not heard anything. If I dont hear from them soon I will assume there is no warrantee. Then short of throwing it out, I think I will cut it open to see what happened. I am guessing water gets into the unit, there are a few others on here with similar problems.
update: After not getting any response from cellbee, I did open up the unit by removing 12 screws, seperating the control unit from the base with motors. It is sealed, I used a dremel with a saw blade to cut it open and gain access to the battery and control compartment. I discovered two problems, On the charging circuit a part was blown up, but the charging circuit is working and even though the unit was dead the battery was fully charged. The second is water got into the control unit, some of the tape inside was wet when I opened it even though it had not been in the water for almost 2 weeks. I examined it with a magnifier and found 3 areas where faulty glue sealing created 3 small openings where water got in. (attached pictures) The water also corroded the circuit board which was wet. I think when the control unit is pushed into the base a somewhat seal is formed which helps keep the water out when the cellbee is right side up. but when not water can get to the faulty areas and a very slow leak is formed. I cleaned it all up, put it back together and it works again. I will put a video on you tube how I fixed it called “dead cellbee repaired” to show what I did.

I bought this for my 7 yr old grandson for his birthday and he just loves it! It’s not heavy, its perfect size, even my 2 yr old grandson uses it. I only wish it had a longer battery life before having to charge again. I have since ordered 2 more! We all can use it,adults and children, well worth the price. The package was delivered on time and everything was in excellent condition. I also like the storage case to store it for the winter. Very nicely packed. I did take buy the extended warranty package for all of them. The perfect gift! Thank you Cellbee!!!

I’ve had a few charging issues. The direction of how you place the charging connection doesn’t matter, but I’ve found if it doesn’t charge just use a pencil eraser and rub on the contacts, obviously when it’s dry and only charge when dry. BEWARE of long strings from shorts or long hair!!! I was doing underwater flips and it caught my shorts string and wound up locking my hands on the triggers and didn’t shut off. It ripped my string and wound up and pulled the front cover off as well. This can be extremely dangerous if a non experienced swimmer that can hold breath, find a bottom to push off to resrface!resurface!! Needless to say that unit does not go into high speed anymore and the front cover can easily spin off. Which would easily take a little ones fingers off in a heart beat! All that use these devices need to be aware and reminded always!! They are super fun, in a pool and on the beach shore!! In public it definable draws attention!