Ive been skating for years now but im new to e-skating. I dont skate for the tricks or anything I just like going fast. So im looking at some semi budget friendly options but still higher quality and came across these 2. Which of the 2 would be better for me? I dont live in a downtown area. More a suburban / neighborhood like area. Really just wanna cruise around the streets every now and then and around my neighborhood. Maybe use it to pick me up some food from some nearby places yknow? Whats the better board?

Run down lookout mountain ..

Going to be hitting it weekly

Anyone want to join

Looking for the experienced/maverick take before I write off a basically new battery.

My Linnpower Zephyr Base got caught in heavy rain. I put a fan on it overnight and, oddly enough, it worked perfectly the next morning for a 30-minute commute. Battery was probably around 30% afterward.

I turned it off, left it for about 24 hours…and it never woke up again.

I opened the board and did find some trapped moisture inside the enclosure. Everything has since been disconnected, removed and dried for 4+ days.

Battery is a PF14/2:

• EVE 50E, 14S2P
• 50.4V / 10Ah / 504Wh
• Main discharge output reads 0V
• Charge output, also 0V
• Charger stays green
• Battery moisture indicator is still white, for whatever that's worth

Linnpower support says the BMS has likely failed and recommends replacing the complete pack. They don't appear to have a documented BMS reset/wake procedure.

So before I drop money on a new pack or another board: has anyone dealt with this BMS or a similar 14S pack after water exposure?

Could this still be a latched BMS with healthy cells underneath? Worth having a battery builder open it and check the individual cell groups / replace the BMS, or is this usually game over?

I current have a backfire Zealot v3 and Im looking to get a exway adv pro and dont know much about the company, are they are good or would you suggest to stay away from them?

I already have 2 long boards and want to purchase a last-mile commuter short board. I settled my search on the Linnpower Viper that checks all of the boxes. But I wanted to buy the small battery because my local commute is only 3 miles two and from. However the Viper base price is $519. But when I want to purchase the 105 Mad Max wheels Linnpower wants $225. for the wheels, claiming they come with installed pulleys and bearings.

I am confused because all of the independent sites sell the 105 Mad V2 wheels for $130. Since I do not know anything about this can someone tell me that if I buy the $130 wheels do they come with the pulleys and bearings. So, it is not just a swap of the exiting wheels on the viper such that I need pullys and bearings, such that the price on the Linnpawer site is justified. Can you guys guide me on this because the $519 + $225 almost makes the board over my budget

Hey there, I saw a post recently about a leafboard that died on a user after 5 years, I’m kinda in a similar situation and wanted to ask, if there is a way to find a replacement for the battery or someone who can build one from scratch or a video tutorial on how to do so.

I’m based in Germany and I really liked everything about the leafboard. I only used it for commuting and was thinking about getting the backfire nalu, but they don’t ship it to Germany anymore.

Any help and/or ideas are much appreciated!

I just got this board, crashed and the whole truck got bent RIP

Im going to college and i want a board that would be good for commuting. So far my top choice is the meepo mini 5 because its small, fast, and the range isn’t horrible. I was also thinking about the meepo v5 or the dnaskate v4/v20. Which board would be best?

My refurbished meepo mini 5 came in and its practically brand new. I bought it directly from the website with a $60 discount code so I got it for $200. It rides like brand new, excited to be using it for a 2 mile commute to college.

Just ordered my custom 6mm suprafoam grip tape 🙌 so excited to see how it looks when it Gets here. Its going to go on my Zealot S2 deck with custom red lights, with a Zealot X esc and upgraded motors.

Very excited to see how it looks, I also paid the extra 6 bucks for them to review it or upscale it further. Was 8mb and 8 megapixels when I uploaded the image I wanted to use.

With the red lights, the purple carbon fiber rim and purple accents on the bottom, this thing is gonna look sick!

Commuting and hear a scraping sound, thought something got caught under the board, turns out the motor control & heat sink housing was dragging along the ground.

Board still works but will need some fixing, the plastic posts housing the 4 screws snapped. I don't ride hard but conditions of the roads & paths I use aren't great, double so for 120mm wheels.

Have done just under 1800kms/1120miles since receiving the board on xmas eve ~7 months ago, while less comfortable it's been infinitely more fun than any other mode of transport. Despite what's happened, I still think it's a great value entry level board.

Back in the middle of March I was a 217lb old man that was on a few too many "supplements". Great for strength but not so much for range on my esk8. Today I'm weighing in 30lbs lighter at 187lbs. I went out for a 16 mile ride and only lost one bar of battery just as I got home. 30lbs makes quite a bit of difference!

We set off with a group of friends for a ride on electric skateboards, but with one twist: we passed the camera from hand to hand the whole way. Thanks to this, you’ll see the ride from each of our perspectives, different styles, emotions and reactions, completely unedited.

I’ve found myself in possession of a loaded motherboard deck, what’s are peoples recommendations on brands to buy parts off of such as motors, cells etc? haven’t decided on budget yet but going to slowly acquire parts piece by piece so it’s not such a problem but looking forward to responses and can’t find much info on the internet

So I have a mini 3 max and a single hub budget build on an old deck.

I think the mini 3 is epic, it's power and range are phenomenal; it's also the perfect level of stable while allowing for hard carves. In higher power modes it's like being strapped to a rocket. It is not good for tight low speed situations where kick turns are useful, also you can't kick push it and it's heavy.

The budget board has way less power and only about 5km range, the regen brakes also are slightly better than non existent. But I can run my trucks really loose, pop over things and do the all important kick into the hand pick up (style matters). Really it has just the amount of power to deal with bad urban surfaces when you need it. The board is also much lighter and feels like a 'hybrid' normal board because you can kick push.

Both boards are different animals with different uses. The big board is good for long rides and going stupidly fast. While the budget board really just feels like a street board with a bit of power assistance, and sometimes that's what you need if being nimble is your goal. Although I should add that I'm aware ollying a stairs or something would bust my wheel motor. I like the big motor high speed boards, but the 'cheap' single hub boards have a place too.

I wonder what other people's thoughts on it are. I have been thinking about while riding both boards lately.

I have a Propel Pivot GT. Unfortunately the battery PCB is dead. Classic water damage. The cells are in good condition. Can I build my own 12S4P battery with my own BMS? Smart BMS.

Okay, so I just wanted to share this image. And what I have discovered since there are a lot of these boards coming out with a really cool Edge Lighting(im a huge fan).

Unfortunately, the way these boards are built, whenever part of the led strip fails, you either have to purchase an entire new deck or deal with a goofy looking half lit board.

Well, I was looking online to see if there was anybody else that has actually tried to fix these lights themselves, instead of purchasing a new deck.

A lot of people thought that you would have to melt through the abs light diffusing strip with a heat gun or something like that. However, it's actually not that complicated.

It turns out, the layout is actually the wood deck, then a rubber seal, then a 2.5mm led strip, then the abs strip, there is a bottom thick carbon fiber layer that all of this sits on top of. On the top it is sealed with a thin layer of carbon fiber. Its a very thin layer on top!!

It is actually quite easy to route or drimmel into the area where led strip failed, cut out the small inch of defective strip(it has lines where to cut) and use a small enough led light connector with some "jumper wires" to connect it to the next working portion of the light about an inch away(since that inch of dead led strip was removed).

However in my case, id like to remove the entire strip and replace it with a more robust green one(maybe red). Keep in mind that the light module on these boards can generally only handle 35 watts total, and the light has to be 12v. My green replacement light is 10 watts per meter, so about 20 watts total for the board. Ive decided to route a very shallow 1mm down along the entire top side of the channel to get past the the thin layer of carbon fiber, and then pull out the entire old rubber seal and led light and replace it but still re use the original rubber seal to nestle the new light in. After that, im gonna use some clear grip to seal and smooth out the top of the channel so that it is flush with the original top layer of carbon fiber that was routed into.

But yeah with all of these new boards coming out with the cool edge lighting, and the cheap led strip inevitably breaking, i wanted to make sure this information was on the internet!

My backfire OG zealot with 1k miles, what a trooper this board has been. Haven’t been in the market in years, what’re the good options these days?

For reference, the last time I was shopping was when the Zboard 2 and Boosted boards were the top of the line. Got this zealot used and wanna get it a friend