Where are SiFly eFoils built?

SiFly is a Bulgarian company seated in Sofia, as both the store's terms of service and the Bulgarian commercial register state (read on 14 September 2026 and again on 3 October 2026). Where the boards are made is less clear, because the maker's own pages give more than one answer. The site says the eFoils are certified in Germany and assembled in Europe. All the set pages add "Developed & Produced in EU" and "Proudly made in Bulgaria," and the About page says the carbon boards are produced in partnership with the Cobra factory in Thailand. EU assembly at this price is what sets SiFly apart: the other active European makers we cover, Aerofoils in Germany and Awake in Sweden, sell at premium prices, and the cheaper competition, led by Waydoo, comes from China.

How much does a SiFly eFoil cost?

The Rider is the cheapest way in, at about €4,999 to €5,899 on the manufacturer's 2026 price list. Inflatable Lite models sit around €6,999 and the carbon Stellar family (R, S, X) runs about €7,799 to €7,999, all quoted excluding VAT and shipping. The earlier ECO and E models are no longer in the lineup. Since prices and package contents can change, always check the manufacturer's current list before ordering.

Is SiFly a European alternative to Flite?

On price, yes. The label itself comes mostly from sales copy: FuturWave, a SiFly dealer in Belgium, writes that where other brands like Flite charge higher prices, SiFly offers similar technology at a fairer price. Freshly Charged, testing the 2025 lineup, put SiFly at "a fraction of the price of competitors like Fliteboard." Neither is a lab measurement. Weigh the comparison against your own priorities, ideally after a ride on each.

What separates SiFly from a cheap eFoil made in China?

Geography, above all. By its own account, SiFly assembles in the EU. Inside the Union a direct order, spare parts included, is invoiced by its company in Bulgaria and arrives with no customs or import bureaucracy, although buyers in the UK, Switzerland or Norway still pay import duties on arrival. Chinese makers such as Waydoo can win on price. Waydoo Europe, the brand's official European distributor with an office in Amsterdam, ships European orders from stock in Europe and gives up to two years of warranty depending on the part. Whichever brand you lean toward, ask how a warranty case is handled before you order.

Where can I buy a SiFly eFoil?

Through a dealer, or direct from SiFly. The store locator lists dealers, schools and service points in more than twenty EU countries plus the UK and the USA. Electric Foil in Tettnang and AB Original in Zagreb are among them, both listed as exclusive distributors, and SiFly puts the whole network at more than 130 selling points. A set ordered direct reaches buyers inside the EU without customs. Orders to the USA are invoiced and shipped by Sifly USA Inc. with import duties in the price, while buyers in the UK, Switzerland or Norway pay import charges on arrival. Check the shipping terms for your address, and how a warranty case would be handled, before you order.

SiFly eFoil: Lite, Rider and Stellar Prices

The SiFly brand

SiFlyis an eFoil maker from Bulgaria, seated in Sofia. The store's terms of service name SiFly Ltd. at Tintyava Street in Sofia. The Bulgarian commercial register lists the company as registered in May 2021 and active (we read both on 14 September 2026), and going by an interview the founder gave in December 2022, the boards reached the market that same year. By eFoil standards that is a young brand. Within a few years, though, it has built a network the company itself puts at more than 130 selling points and 15 service centers worldwide. The idea sounds simple, yet hardly anyone had pulled it off before: an eFoil assembled in Europe that costs noticeably less than the premium brands.

To see why that matters, look at how the market has split. It has run between two poles for years. One side belongs to the premium manufacturers, led by Lift from the USA and Fliteboard from Australia; the other belongs to the budget challengers from China, headed by Waydoo. Until now, a board put together in Europe almost always meant a premium purchase. SiFly aims at the space in between, with EU assembly (the maker's phrasing) at prices close to entry level.

Price is the point the reviews return to most often. Freshly Charged, which tested the 2025 lineup in Florida, wrote in April 2025 that SiFly has a board for beginners, heavier riders and experienced eFoilers alike, “at a fraction of the price of competitors like Fliteboard.” Boat & Sail Magazine, in a Stellar review last updated in April 2025, concluded after three days of testing that SiFly “has proved that you can still produce quality products without the premium price tag.” The dealers selling SiFly go further. FuturWave, a SiFly dealer in Belgium, writes that “where other brands like Flite charge higher prices, SiFly offers similar, and often smarter, technology at a fairer price.” These are impressions and sales copy, not measurements. Still, if you won't (or can't) pay a premium price and are rightly wary of cheap boards of unknown origin, SiFly belongs on your shortlist.

Buyers in Europe get one more advantage out of that address. The company is registered inside the EU and its store sells into the Union, so an order placed there never has to cross a customs border on its way to you. An EU manufacturer is also easier to reach than a head office on another continent when it comes to shipping, spare parts and everything else that follows the purchase. One price list covers the whole EU, in euros and excluding VAT. Switch the store's country between Italy, Germany and Bulgaria and the figure stays put; we read the store in all three countries on 12 September 2026.

SiFly is a young company. With a young manufacturer, part of your homework before buying has nothing to do with the board itself: it is about the support behind it. Before ordering, ask how warranty handling works, how quickly you can get spare parts or a second battery, and where software updates stand. Those are fair questions for any brand. With a company only a few years old, the answers tell you the most, and a good manufacturer replies with confidence and with concrete detail.

SiFly in action

The maker's own footage, plus every current model, at sifly.global ↗

Why EU manufacturing matters

Where a board is built can look like a side issue. Once you are out on the water, what counts is how it flies. Yet the biggest headaches of buying an eFoil sit somewhere else entirely, in logistics and after-sales care. This is an expensive piece of sports equipment, weighing 32 to 36 kg as a complete set (SiFly's figures for six of its seven sets) and carrying a lithium battery. How does it even get to you, and what happens when it eventually needs service?

Customs is the first thing you avoid. Order from outside the EU, from the USA, Australia or China, and duty, import VAT and the clearance process itself can pile onto the purchase price, plus a handling fee if a broker takes care of it. On a purchase this size that means real extra cost and sometimes weeks of paperwork. Buy inside the EU and that whole layer disappears. You pay what the invoice says, and the package arrives like any domestic order. Anyone who has ever been caught out by a customs bill knows how much friction that removes.

One catch: customs follow where the box ships from, not where the board was built. Waydoo Europe, for one, sells its Chinese-built boards from stock inside the Union, so ask any seller where the order ships from.

Warranty and service come next. If you buy in the EU, European consumer protection covers the purchase, so a dispute plays out under rules close to home and not against a seller on another continent under foreign law. Should the board ever need warranty work, SiFly's warranty terms send it to the nearest authorized service center. Within the service regions they name, Continental Europe among them, SiFly covers reasonable shipping both ways. There is no overseas transport to organize, and the strict dangerous-goods rules for shipping lithium batteries are easier to meet with ground freight. If the remote or the motor gives up after two years, a package that stays inside the EU is a very different exercise from an export shipment to another continent.

Distance matters in a plainer way. Spare parts, a second battery or a replacement board have a far shorter trip from inside the EU than from overseas. European customers also get support in roughly their own time zone, which already eases the back-and-forth. No single item on this list is spectacular, but together they add up to SiFly's strongest practical argument: a predictable ownership experience for the life of the board.

Ideally you ride an eFoil for many years, and over that stretch being able to reach the manufacturer counts at least as much as top speed.

Models and prices

SiFly splits its lineup into three clearly separated families. The Lite line brings inflatable boards for beginners and families. The Rider family, built in EPP foam, is the cheapest way in, and the trio of Stellar R / S / X forms the full-carbon premium line. All three were already in the range in 2025. A SiFly press release from July of that year presents the Lite, Lite +, Rider and Rider + next to the Stellar X, S and R, and Freshly Charged's review of the 2025 lineup lists the Rider Plus, Stellar S and Stellar X next to the E. The earlier ECO and E models are gone from the lineup. Prices run roughly between €4,999 and €7,999 excl. VAT, so even the carbon flagships stay below what the Western premium brands charge. On origin, the maker's own pages do not quite agree with each other. The site says its sets are certified in Germany and assembled in Europe. All of the set pages, the carbon Stellars included, add “Proudly made in Bulgaria,” while the About page says the carbon boards come out of its partnership with the Cobra factory in Thailand.

The sets all run on the swappable PowerCell battery (44.8 Ah / 58.8 V) with up to 120 minutes of ride time, and every box holds a complete kit: board, battery, V3 hydrofoil unit, wing set, remote, fast charger and a wireless charger for the remote. Bags are where the sets differ. The Stellar R and Stellar X include a board bag and a hydrofoil case, while the Lite, Lite + and Stellar S come with a hydrofoil case only. With the Rider and Rider + the board bag is an option you choose when you order (read on 3 October 2026). How these figures compare with the rest of the market is laid out in our eFoil price guide.