Customer ratings

Outboard engine was delivered quickly and was perfectly packed. For this price an absolute bargain. Is recommended and would buy him back. It is also a German manual here !!

Perfect packaging, like delivery. The problem, then solved with the courtesy of the staff assigned to the public, I come to the point; nothing was sent to me in Italian, all in English. They lacked a certificate of power and guarantee, as I said before, got everything through the kindness and seriousness that distinguishes the staff in charge of the public, in particular Ms SILVIA GANDOLO, who took the opportunity to thank her.

Great product I'm satisfied.

Perfect packaging, everything taken care of in the smallest details.

Super quiet and easy to use everything okay

Engine is running very well. In the lower rpm range very quiet and smooth. Consumption is good too.

Great product, it works very well. The shipment was very fast. I recommend it to everybody.

Ordered on Sat and Tuesday there, it could not be better! Top packaged and a nice quiet engine. Enough for my 3,5m fishing boat!

The delivered items are great, but unfortunately the delivery time was much longer than expected.

reliable and accurate advice on buying

the product responds perfectly to expectations

Super fast delivery, super motor, very quiet.

I WAS STRAIGHT, SUPER DO NOT PACK THE SMALLEST DAMAGE IN DELIVERY FAST DELIVERY AND FUNCTIONALLY ALL IN THE ORDER - APPROXIMATE-TOPP-REMOVED AND RETRIEVED AFTER HOME SEASON IS STILL BECAUSE THANKS TO THE TEAM I'M BUYING IN THE FUTURE EVERYWHERE MY SMALL BOAT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE UNCOMPLICATED SUPPLIES ARE NOT EVERYTHING GREETING ANS TEAM FROM BERLIN MOHNNE

Friday Nittag ordered Tuesday morning delivered, better does not go. Package was packed by SVB again ..... all in all at any time again ....

It's hard to handle because of the weight

excellent value for money, used for a 240cm tender

A little noisy and sometimes difficult to start but does the job

Received 4 days after the order. With notices in English (which I understand) and in German.

I use him for a dinghy. The delivery was fast, however, the outer packaging was already badly damaged because there was no filling material inside. Engine was ok. Runs great on the first and the other starts. Needs little. It is good that the oil filling opening is very large. Unfortunately, there is no handle or grip surface on the back of the case, which makes carrying and lifting from or onto the boat very difficult. Unfortunately, you can not lock the throttle grip so that it always tilts when standing upright. But really annoying is the awkward trim setting that you can not use while driving. But the low weight, the good performance and the decent price are a plus.

Good packaging, delivery of a package intact but big defect the notice is only in German. A multilingual version would have been welcome!

I rate the product 3 and a half stars, coming from an old 2-stroke 4 hp twin-cylinder Johnson (same displacement as this 3.5 hp single-cylinder). Let's say that the 2-stroke is somewhat regretted in some respects. I summarize the pros and cons of this small 3.5

PRO
1) truly ridiculous consumption. On average it consumes half of the old 2-stroke 4hp twin cylinder of the same power. With 5 liters of petrol I can do 10 hours of towing with an average speed of 4 knots.

2) essentiality. What is not there does not break, says the proverb. This model does not have the timing belt, oil filter, injection. It has very simple mechanics.

3) yield. It pushes really well.

4) WEIGHT. Virtually the only 4-stroke on the market with adequate power for trolling with fiberglass boats and a weight that makes it transportable self-beach. Let's say a compulsory purchase, in my case, for this very reason.

VERSUS

1) Absence of fuel pump which prevents installing the external tank even after the warranty. On the American models, however, the pump is there. Totally rejected this Mercury policy. Do not waste time researching models sold outside the US, the petrol pump does not exist. Fortunately, consumption is negligible, but refilling in the middle of the sea is not ecological and is very annoying.

2) Vibrations. The engine vibrates being a single cylinder, and transmits the vibrations to the boat more than my old 4cv johnson. Bothersome.

3) Noise. It is noisy, you can hear the noise of the mechanics without timing belt. It is metallic, impulsive noise, really annoying. It is improving a little after the break-in, but for hours and hours it is annoying. Consider purchasing a more powerful model which should be less noisy (if you can manage its weight). I use cell phone earphones and recommend them for extended engine use.

4) Plastic propeller. They could have tried a little and at least put in the metal propeller. After all, we are talking about a thousand euros for an engine ... Also in this case, the Mercury policy is no longer valid.

Would I buy it back? Yes ... for me, I repeat, it is an obligatory choice due to the weight. But I regret my old 2-stroke a little ... To evaluate the 4 horses, but they are 23 kilos against 18.

The engine starts badly, so sometimes you have to pull 10-15 times. The description (manual) is really bad, such as how to replace the impeller?

incomplete article, missing parts, no response from svb to my request to send them to me

I placed the order on 08032021 and as of today, 20042021 I have not yet received any motor even if it gave me availability by mid-March. I requested the return by email as I am unable to do so from the site. I do not recommend buying from this site also because there are many sites that work and do not give any kind of problem like this. I just hope I can get a full refund and that it's not a big rip off.