SiFly eFoil

The SiFly brand

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

To see why that is a big deal, look at how the market has split. For years it has run between two poles: the premium manufacturers on one side, led by Lift from the USA and Fliteboard from Australia, and the budget challengers from China on the other, headed by Waydoo. Until now, a board put together in Europe almost always meant a premium purchase. That is the gap SiFly targets: EU assembly, as the maker phrases it, at prices close to entry level.

Reviewers keep coming back to the price. 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.” Dealers push the comparison harder. 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.” Those are impressions and sales copy, not measurements. Still, for anyone who won't (or can't) pay a premium price but is rightly wary of cheap boards of unknown origin, SiFly belongs on the shortlist.

For buyers in Europe there is one more reason to give the brand a closer look: the company is registered inside the EU and its store sells into it. A package sent within the Union reaches you without crossing a customs border, and when it comes to shipping, spare parts and everything that follows the purchase, an EU manufacturer is easier to reach than a head office on another continent. The price list is one for the whole EU, in euros and excluding VAT; switch the store's country between Italy, Germany and Bulgaria and the figure does not move. We read the store in all three countries on 12 September 2026.

One point deserves a sober look: SiFly is a young company, and with a young manufacturer part of your pre-purchase homework should not be about the board at all, but 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 questions are fair to ask of any brand, but with a company only a few years old the answers tell you the most: a good manufacturer responds with confident, concrete replies.

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 is the cheapest way in, built in EPP foam; and the trio of Stellar R / S / X forms the full-carbon premium line. All three families were already part of 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. Price-wise, everything sits roughly between €4,999 and €7,999 excl. VAT: even the carbon flagships stay below what the Western premium brands charge. On origin the maker's pages do not quite agree. The site says its sets are certified in Germany and assembled in Europe, every set page, the carbon Stellars included, adds “Proudly made in Bulgaria,” and the About page says the carbon boards come out of its partnership with the Cobra factory in Thailand.

All sets share the swappable PowerCell battery (44.8 Ah / 58.8 V), up to 120 minutes of ride time and a complete kit: board, battery, V3 hydrofoil unit, wing set, remote, fast charger and a wireless charger for the remote come in every box. Bags vary by set. The Stellar R and Stellar X include a board bag and a hydrofoil case, the Lite, Lite + and Stellar S a hydrofoil case only, and on the Rider and Rider + the board bag is an option you choose when you order (read on 3 October 2026). For a sense of how the whole market is priced, see our eFoil price guide.

A practical tip for ordering: always calculate the final price for the complete package. Battery capacity, wing size and accessories (a second battery, bag, charger) move the total considerably, and two offers that look identical on paper can put very different gear in the box. A spare battery, for example, can double your time on the water. SiFly's “up to 120 minutes” is an estimate for a 75 kg rider on a 100 liter board with the Cruiser 1900 wing and an open propeller at 15 km/h, so more weight, a smaller wing or more throttle will shorten a charge, and SiFly does not say by how much. A second PowerCell LR is also a hefty line item on the final bill, at €2,399 excl. VAT on the maker's list (read on 3 October 2026).

When you choose between the models, the same ground rules apply at SiFly as with any brand. As a beginner you learn faster on a bigger, more stable board with a bigger wing; smaller boards and wings are quicker and more eager to turn, but they demand experience. If you weigh over 80 kg, plan on a larger wing from the start; a bigger wing also flies on less power, so the battery lasts longer. Before ordering, look past the price to each model's board and wing sizes on the manufacturer's site. All the criteria (board size, wing size, mast length, battery) are covered in depth in our eFoil buying guide.

SiFly and the competition

SiFly occupies the gap between the entry level and the premium segment: its base price, once VAT is added, sits above China's Waydoo (the Flyer EVO Lite lists at €5,807 with tax included, SiFly's cheapest Rider at €4,999 before VAT) but below the Western premium brands (Lift, Flite, Aerofoils), and in return you get EU assembly with warranty handling inside the EU behind it. The carbon Stellar family is SiFly's premium line, and against carbon sets with a battery of similar size it comes in roughly €4,000 to €5,000 cheaper before VAT. In Flite's European store a carbon ICON with the Explore battery and fast charger works out at €12,380 before VAT (€14,732.20 with German VAT), against €7,799 for a Stellar R, both read on 3 October 2026. With Flite's smallest battery, the Nano, and the slow charger, the gap shrinks to about €2,500.

Every current model from the active brands, with prices, ride times and target riders, sits in a single table in our eFoil comparison.

Who is SiFly for?

The typical SiFly buyer is a price-conscious European who refuses to give up the safety net of a real warranty. If you have scrolled through the premium price lists and €10,000 to €15,000 felt like too much, yet you would not entrust that money to a cheap board of unknown origin either, you are exactly who SiFly is aiming at.

The most interesting comparison plays out inside the budget class. China's Waydoo is the value champion of the category and remains very strong on purchase price alone. SiFly answers with something a manufacturer in China, by simple geography, cannot offer: assembly inside the EU. Waydoo runs its European office in Amsterdam and ships European orders from stock it holds in Europe, but it designs and builds the boards at its base in Shenzhen. If you are torn between the two, you are really deciding how much geographic proximity is worth to you. Which matters more: the lowest sticker price, or knowing that a warranty case never turns into a project spanning continents? Where Waydoo has its warranty repairs done is a question to put to the seller before you buy.

At the other end of the scale sit the premium brands: Flite and Lift offer a more mature ecosystem and a wider model range, at higher prices. If the question is how much to spend on your first board of your own, a rule of thumb helps: as a beginner, your experience depends far more on practice than on top-shelf gear. An affordable board with clean warranty coverage, plus a few hours with an instructor, is frequently a better investment than the most expensive model with no lessons at all.

And there is a third group for whom the pricing can get especially interesting: rental operators, surf schools and vacation-home owners. If you are buying several boards rather than one, because you rent them out or half the family rides, the per-board savings multiply. EU-based spare-parts supply then becomes a business argument too: for a rental operation, every week a board spends in the shop is lost revenue.

Who is SiFly not for? If you already have serious eFoil experience and are choosing a brand for one specific premium feature, or you simply never buy anything you have not tested, a young brand can be a real drawback wherever none of its partners is within reach. Check SiFly's store locator first; it lists dealers, schools and service points in more than twenty EU countries, the UK and the USA. If none is near you, it pays to wait until you can stand on one yourself, or to look at brands that are easier to try where you live. A vacation can settle it, though: on the Croatian coast, Sea Adventures on Korčula and E-Foil Dubrovnik both teach on SiFly boards. So does Mallorca Kiteboarding on the Bay of Pollença, on the north coast of Mallorca.