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I'd say it's pretty normal for a new product to arrive and for there to be a

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bit of a learning curve for me before I can use it well enough to be able to do

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a review what's not normal is for the aforementioned new product to be a

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freaking battery powered unicycle that takes longer to learn than anything that

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I have ever covered before on this

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channel well almost longer whole room water cooling part s the stunning

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conclusion is actually in the pipeline so drop a like if you're excited to

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finally see the end of that particular

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with the unboxing experience inside the package I found the self-balancing

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unicycle or sbu version 3 an alternate

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seat height sh sh a charger a set of keys and finally the manual take my

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advice leave everything in the Box except the manual read it cover to cover

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twice before you even consider plugging in the spbu let alone powering it on it

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contains a wealth of critical tips and tricks like never lift the S spu off the

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ground while operating it or it'll spaz the crap out and spin it full speed

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trying to balance itself oh and my personal favorite if you're too cool for

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safety gear then you are too cool for the sbu because this thing is flat out

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dangerous in the hands of an irresponsible person who is going too

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fast for control without appropriate safety gear which isn't to say it can't

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be ridden safely it's just that the S spu is less of a you know child's

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electric toy and more of a tool or a vehicle so it needs to be treated as

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such let's take a tour it features aluminum alloy construction to keep

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weight down to allow for its 122w internal battery pack the single

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metal rimmed Tire should be inflated prior to use for best results closer to

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the rated maximum will result in better rolling efficiency and easier twisting

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for balance but a bit less cushion as you travel uh more on that later on the

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sides of the wheel are two folding footrests at the very top is the

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cushioned seat that can be bolted to either the longer or shorter shaft in a

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few minutes to accommodate different Rider Heights I used the shorter one

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then at the base of the shaft is the power input jack power button and the

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lock that overrides the power button lock your s spu if you have kids or a

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particularly dextrous pet rabbit all

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right so I think I've talked enough about that let's move on to actually

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using the thing the first time out I got geared right the crap up I wore my

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motorbiking equipment except the helmet and there is a good reason the S spu's

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top speed is 20 kmph not as much of a

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problem on something like an electric skateboard but as someone who has fallen

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off one of those at that speed in the past I realized that from a sitting

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position the tumble would be much more difficult to control so I took it really

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slow like Glacier slow some good tips

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here also in the manual don't grab onto

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the seat you'll fall over pretty much instantly you steer by and balance by

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twisting not by leaning you want to look to the Horizon rather than on the ground

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and front of you you want to put your arms out for balance like a tight RPP

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Walker and don't be discouraged if you don't get it right away I hit my first

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Milestone moving about 10 ft in a straight line without putting my feet

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down on the first day but it actually wasn't until my second and third

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attempts that I really managed to start using the S spu's speed control it's

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super intuitive lean forward to go lean

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more to go faster and then lean back to slow down using its regenerative break

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stop and even eventually go backwards if

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you go too fast the S spu will correct you by leaning itself back until you

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aren't able to lean forward anymore I read about this in the manual and it

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sounded like the kind of thing that causes an accident but the first time it

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happened it didn't throw me off at all literally or figuratively by the fifth

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outing I was feeling pretty comfortable on the S spu fall starts still happen

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sometimes because much like with a bicycle it's considerably easier to

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balance while you got some forward momentum but at this stage I had gotten

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to the point where I could go out on a walk with my family and move at the same

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speed as my wife with the stroller so we could actually carry a conversation

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instead of me just scooting ahead because otherwise I'd tip over on the

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sbu so that's all there is to it I guess

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um should you buy one it's certainly cool it samples data at an impressive

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1,000 times per second from its accelerometer and Gyro and uses its

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torque tastic electric motor the same

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one that tackled the local Hills as if they were nothing and not that I could

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find one can apparently drive up a 30% grade to automatically correct forward

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and backward balance relying on the user to balance side to side it draws

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attention like few things I've ever seen before and I was the kid in high school

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bearing in mind this was 15 years ago before everyone in their Grandma was

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doing it with the fluorescent pink spiky hairo so when you're rocking it and

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looking cool on the S spu people are definitely noticing that

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and when you're still learning or you wipe out accidentally people notice that

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too so it's one heck of a double-edged sword of a conversation starter but back

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to that question should you should you buy one the answer unfortunately is in

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my opinion not unless you really want to

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spend this kind of money on something that in my mind is effectively a toy

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wait a second lonus you said earlier that it's not a toy and aren't you the

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very person who argued that the zboard electric skateboard a similar Gadget in

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many respects was actually justifiable yes I did say those things

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so let me clarify it's not a toy in the

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sense that its power Innovative design and build quality vastly exceed that of

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any toy I've ever seen but it is a toy

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in the sense that it's just not very practical I'll give Focus designs this

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the fact that it can be operated in the rain makes it usable more days out of

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the year than my zboard and for the type of vehicle it is the S spu's speed and

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range are astounding an average male could travel quickly about 15 km One Way

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charge it for a mere hour and then get home 15 km again but the main thing

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stopping me from recommending the S spu is that I can't think of any reason that

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I would want to ride it that far and for

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that long it's just not comfortable nor

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is it easy enough to use for me to consider it a relaxing mode of

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transportation I've got a few hours of riding under my belt and I am able to

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use it but I can tell you it would require a lot more work to trust myself

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anywhere near other people and much worse than that even once you master it

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the sbu has no shocks or suspension

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system whatsoever so every bump on the ground is basically like being punched

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between the hands so while the people riding these things backward solving

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Rubik's cu Cubes at the same time is proof that with more practice they are

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easier to ride the comfort factor is the big reason why if given the choice I'll

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take a standing electric vehicle for my daily commute versus the

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you again next time it's going to be my new

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catchphrase it's probably never been done before

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