I had a blaster Max Li... worked for 2 seasons and water penetrated the switch (also the charge port). The company sent me parts to replace myself... they knew this part of the unit was a failure point. so I basically had to rebuild the unit... but it was free and easy to do... that worked another 3 seasons and this year it failed... I opened it up since I was familiar due to the rebuild... low and behold water in the motor compartment.... not obvious where seepage came from this time. way out of warranty period... am gonna email them anyway to see... its too bad... it works very well when it works... and even if its a throw away unit, I'd be ok with 2-3 seasons if it wasnt over 300$. Torn about what to replace it with. Thoughts are maybe get a new one, but before first use, take it all apart and silicone the Crud out of all seams and seals... sigh... Have read all over the internet of people with similar problems. I noted when I did the rebuild the new parts they sent were of higher quality... but still didnt last... its a tricky thing to do when things are likely made in china to lower standards... i will mention that the battery compartment is a sub compartment of the engine compartment and it was bone dry... so I now have 2 good batteries!
