Adequate quality control at the plant before shipping would be a very nice thing. The Seadoo Explorer has an intriguing specification performance envelope even more so for the price. There seemed to be little to no effective quality control however. Keeping production costs low is an obvious imperative as dictated by the unit price. However it needs to work reliably despite these limitations within reason. I went through four scooters before throwing in the towel and spending a lot more money on an Apollo AV-2 scooter. The Apollo has performed very nicely for me however.
Case in point, I had just ordered an Explorer and had high hopes of using it for some scooter free diving on the wall off Andros in the Bahamas over a long weekend. There was a delay in shipping in the USA so I received it late the day before travel. It was already boxed for shipping, brand new so I "assumed" it would be ok to open, charge and try it in the Bahamas. Bad assumption. I did just that and it ran for about 10 seconds before it was obvious the drive shaft was uncoupled within the pressure housing. There was nothing that I could do about this in the islands resulting in a severely messed up trip. Went through three more units back in the USA over time with various leaks in factory seals, uneven motor performance and other irregularities. I eventually gave up on the Explorer and Seadoo in general in utter disgust. This was in 2007 in fairness, have things changed?
Innovation is great, as is a desirable array of features and compelling price point. Unless the product is manufactured and assembled with sufficient care and effective oversight, these things amount to NOTHING. Best advice, get back to basics, produce a good reliable product at the factory, checking in the USA again after arrival at the distributor, THEN consider technological improvements. I suspect this isn't news however to Seadoo, what efforts if any have been undertaken to address these problems since that time?
I won't even bill you for the good advice or extreme inconvenience and expense in arriving at these useful conclusions on your behalf. Taking care of business is the best innovation for starters.