Luckily I wasn’t travelling very fast and just hopped off without falling. Because the board was putting out maximum power to climb the hill, it jumped pretty violently to one side upon hitting the gravel. By consciously doing this before pushing forward/back on the control, you prevent your body from being thrown forward and back.īy following those tips, I was able to keep my crashes down to just two, and in both I simply jumped off the board: first, going up a fairly steep hill (the board is advertised as being able to take on 30 degree slopes, and this was probably right around that), I hit a pretty big piece of gravel with a wheel that I didn’t notice. I found that the best practice (based on various Youtube tutorials) was to keep my knees slightly bent to better absorb the speed changes, and to put most of my weight on the back leg if accelerating, and front leg before braking. The speed control and braking are analog, meaning you can apply just a bit of braking or speed power, rather than it being full power on/off. I never had any missing or incorrect speedups or slowdowns, but that slight bit of lag sometimes feels like playing a video game with a delay. There’s a learning curve and slight delay to when you push forward or back on the thumb control, but once acclimated it has become pretty intuitive. I spend most of my time at Speed 2 once I got comfortable with it, this maxes out at 15.5 miles per hour, and on anything but the smoothest roads and paths feels like the fastest I would want to go before risking injury from a random pavement crack or treebranch in the road. This was mostly at lower speeds, so on low speeds and flat roads their estimate of 15 miles seems fairly accurate. The first battery charge lasted over 12.5 miles before it was reading zero bars. I ended up riding this board far more than I needed to for this review, it’s become part of my daily routine purely out of fun. The video above was filmed on my 3rd or 4th ride, since then I’ve become much more comfortable on the board, and I’ve tuned the trucks for more stability at higher speeds. My first few rides were shaky, but at the lowest speed level, I think just about anyone could ride the Outdoor Master Electric Skateboard Cruiser. Here’s a short video showing the Outdoor Master Electric Skateboard Cruiser in action: Outdoor Master quotes a 3 hour charge time, and from nearly empty this was accurate. Install and setup was as simple as plugging things in and charging them up. The screen is on, but you can’t tell with the bright sun. When no input is given, the board simply rolls like any other skateboard. The two buttons and thumb rocker allow you to control speed levels, set cruise control, change braking, and of course speed up and slow down. The screen info is very useful, battery levels for the board and remote are shown, power and braking speeds indicated, current speed, and an odometer. I often had to angle it a bit to see the (see the pic below). If they’d used an e-ink style screen (like an e-reader), it would have been better in outdoor sunny riding conditions. The remote is easy to read in all but direct sunlight, which would be my only area to improve. I rode a lot during my 30 day review period, and the remote stayed at a full charge the entire time. The stiffness of the trucks is easily adjusted using the included tool (by simply turning this nut a few turns clockwise, the board went from very wobbly to stable for me, while still retaining the ability to turn easily).Ībove is the handheld remote control, the adjustment tool, and included remote charging cable. The trucks are fairly heavy duty, and the wheel size was good for small to medium gravel pieces and uneven concrete of up to about an inch. The front wheels are 80 PU, 80 millimeters wide with a diameter of 90 millimeters. This works extremely well for control and acceleration/braking, but it did have a small air bubble in the middle that I was never able to fully get out. The “deck” of the Outdoor Master Electric Skateboard Cruiser is a super-grippy tape surface. Weight: 16.5 lbs board only / 23.1 lbs with all accessories (7.8 kg / 10.5 kg).Speed Modes: 4 speeds, from 9-24 Mpg (15-40 Km/H).Handheld remote control with wrist strap.Outdoor Master Electric Skateboard Cruiser.
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