Bixpy is now accepting preorders through its website, and it has some new competition. The Scubajet looks like an even sleeker alternative that brings the same type of electrified boost to canoeing, paddleboarding, scuba diving and more.

The Bixby Jet is a San Diego solution to personal propulsion and the Scubajet an Austrian one. Land-locked Austria may not be the first place you'd think of for marine innovation, but it does have a history of cutting-edge watercraft and water toy design, with projects like the Kormaran and electric and hybrid boats from Frauscher. And Europe at large seems to have a knack for innovating electric water toys, as we've seen with the Lampuga Air surfboard, SeaBob and Quadrofoil. 

The Scubajet shrinks on-water electric power down to a smaller, more versatile form. The 3.1-kW water-cooled motor sucks water in through the 360-degree intake and shoots forward through the sea, delivering quick, reactive propulsion at the push of the remote control. The jet drive system nests inside the tubular battery pack, which removes easily. That 192-Wh battery has enough oomph for up to 1,000 watts of motor output, and Scubajet is also working on a larger external battery to make use of the full 3,000 W.