We Bought The Cheapest Running Jet Skis We Could Find

Can you buy a good jet ski for under $1,000 in 2026? We set out to find the cheapest used jet skis we could on Facebook Marketplace and put them through a series of challenges to see if they’re actually worth buying. After hunting down budget jet skis, we got them running and took them to the lake for the ultimate test. We raced them, jumped them, compared them to newer personal watercraft, and even tried pulling a wakeboarder and wakesurfer behind them. For our final challenge, we attempted a long-distance ride across a massive lake to see if these cheap jet skis were reliable enough to get us to dinner and back without breaking down. Will a $1,000 jet ski outperform expectations, or are old used jet skis just money pits? Watch to find out! If you enjoy jet skis, boating, wakesurfing, wakeboarding, and crazy water sports challenges, make sure to subscribe and turn on notifications for new videos every week.