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    GEAR TESTED

    Dec 07, 2023 4 minutes

    TEMO 450

    Pros

    ■ Noise, smell and mess free

    ■ Remarkably intuitive

    ■ Light and portable

    ■ Ease in shoal waters/beaching

    ■ Enjoyable novelty factor

    Cons

    ■ Expensive and needs multiple extras too

    ■ Don’t want to leave unattended

    ■ Power worries when in use – running out and recharging Durability unproven

    Price: €1,590

    Rating ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

    temofrance.com or

    marinecomponents.co.uk

    If you haven’t yet tried the Temo 450, imagine a sculling oar with a propeller on the end, writes Toby Hodges. It’s an innovative small electric engine which provides ‘electric paddling’, says its French makers.

    Weighing only 4.9kg, it’s very portable and can easily be removed to charge or stow. Within the aluminium shaft is a brushless

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