Scooter test results - the full Monty

fdog · Oct 29, 2008

As most of you know, in July we conducted the Tahoe Benchmark, where we tested as many scooters as we could get our hands on, under very rigorous testing conditions.

Although most of the scooters in the test are "technical" scooters, there are two recreational ones. The 2009 test will include more recreational scooters, as Sea Doo will participate (they had none to send for the 2008 test)

So here it is. Please keep in mind this is a research paper, all 25 pages of it, not some quick-flip article from Cosmo. I feel it would not be fair to release just the bare results, without a complete explanation of the methodology and the test conditions.

The Tahoe Benchmark scooter test

All the best, James

Katamuki · Oct 30, 2008

Thanks a lot for the test info! I have been looking very hard at scooters for my wife and I and the information you so painstakingly laid out was great reading! I read every page with interest, thanks!

DennisS · Oct 30, 2008

That's an impressive testing regime. Thanks for all the information. Now if I could only figure out where to get the money for a Cuda.

ProfessorAronnax · Jan 2, 2009

Great job-seems like a lot of work. I hope you got to keep them afterwords!

I thought I read everything but could have missed one of the most important things: Price Is there a price comparison page?

Thanks

fdog · Jan 2, 2009

rapidiver:
Great job-seems like a lot of work. I hope you got to keep them afterwords! <snip>

Nope. They all went home to the factories they came from.

rapidiver:
<snip>I thought I read everything but could have missed one of the most important things: Price Is there a price comparison page?

Thanks

There actually wasn't one. We didn't add that because the prices are readily available on the internet.

However, interestingly enough, the sccooter with the best price/performance ratio is the Torpedo. How 'bout that?

All the best, James

Gombessa · Jan 2, 2009

fdog:
However, interestingly enough, the sccooter with the best price/performance ratio is the Torpedo. How 'bout that?

P/P ratio? Just wait until my kitchen eggbeater gets benchmarked...

ScubaDocER · Jan 2, 2009

fdog:
As most of you know, in July we conducted the Tahoe Benchmark, where we tested as many scooters as we could get our hands on, under very rigorous testing conditions.

Although most of the scooters in the test are "technical" scooters, there are two recreational ones. The 2009 test will include more recreational scooters, as Sea Doo will participate (they had none to send for the 2008 test)

So here it is. Please keep in mind this is a research paper, all 25 pages of it, not some quick-flip article from Cosmo. I feel it would not be fair to release just the bare results, without a complete explanation of the methodology and the test conditions.

The Tahoe Benchmark scooter test

All the best, James

I just read through the entire report and to say that I am impressed is an understatement. Wow. Thank you very much for such an in-depth analysis about how DPVs can be compared and should be compared so that the consumer truly has an objective view when considering purchasing a DPV. I am proud the the Cuda I own did so well in the testing phase but am even more so since I know that the data concerning the scooter supports my high opinion of it. I look forward to the next annual report and hope to one day be a tester

. Thank you again for sacrificing time, effort, energy and patience to create what should be the "Consumer Report" of DPVs.

Scooter test results - the full Monty

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