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as well as hyperx so we're meeting in like a sketchy parking lot in downtown
Las Vegas these guys are like they've got their Booth running out of the back
of a hatchback over here not sketchy guys at all and this is what we're
checking out this is the zboard 2 blue Edition they're going to have a new
Indiegogo campaign up very shortly with a blue Edition and Pearl Edition so the
Pearl is going to have a dark Deck with white wheels and the blue has blue
wheels and a light deck and they've actually got some differences in terms of specs as well they both have 20 mph
top speeds which is more that's more than the San Francisco special that I
reviewed isn't it so the regular zboard is going to be more than their previous
special edition in terms of top speed they also have reductions in weight with
the zboard blue being 40% lighter than the original zboard so that's at 16 lb
whereas the Pearl Edition is going to be 20 lb but come with additional range so
it's actually in 18 mile range 16 mile
range on this one and 24 miles on the Pearl Edition now this does come with a
bit of a price increase but zboard 1es will still be available and I think for
those of you who are interested in electric skateboard the zboard 2 range
is going to have some pretty appealing features so feature number one I'm
holding it my San Francisco special I
can barely lift the damn thing with one hand whereas this one the difference in
weight is astonishing the fact that they've managed to achieve the same or
better range with a weight reduction like this in a couple of years which is
as long as they've been doing business is outstanding and they've done this in
a number of ways number one the deck is thinner and significantly lighter it
also has an upgraded design so you can see right here that the pads are much
much larger they don't rise up as much out of the board and you can't see this
but they are actually significantly more sensitive when you're riding on it
something that I do have a little bit of trouble with especially when I'm fumbling for the brakes on my San
Francisco special the handles are also uh this one's a little bit rough but
they're curved so that you can easily lift the thing around and you can see
the weight distribution doesn't drive the edge of the board into my leg when
I'm holding it so much and that is because the battery itself has also been
significantly reduced in weight and it's also really darn slim too so I I was
joking that the bottom of my San Francisco special is like covered in
marks for me bottoming out on it looks like it'll be much less of an issue with
this bad boy right here so there you go much thinner battery more range faster
all these are good things oh right the urethane wheels so the urethane wheels
that are available as an optional upgrade on the zboard one I actually
haven't gotten my hands on any yet but apparently they give a smoother ride
more speed and more range those are going to be standard on zboard 2 we now
get a brushless motor instead of a brushed DC motor so that added some
additional controller complexity as well as more wiring to the unit rear lights
and front lights are now both standard and controllable so you go ahead and
click this button right here to switch between solid blinking and I think
there's one other mode off yeah those are the three modes for when the thing's
powered on it's got more standard trucks so you actually get a a bit of a weight
savings there as well so they're 8 mm diameter for the axles themselves versus
10 mm which is more of kind of an off-road spec and that's what we saw on
the original ZB boards they are wait am I allowed to talk about that you're
working on spash Splash resistance well I whether I'm allowed to
talk about it or not um there's a connector on the bottom that has been
repositioned and is now a water resistant connector although I can't
speak to the rest of the board I'm sure they still have some work to do on that
and I feel like I must I must be missing
something cuz there is so much that they've changed about this guy I think
that is that pretty much it did we get it fast charging 0ut charge oh and it
charges faster you guys didn't even tell me that 90-minute charge that's
outstanding so now instead of it being kind of suitable for going to work and
then leaving on the charger all day you could actually just go hang out at a
buddies leave it on the charger for an hour and a half and then you're going to have a full charge when you're ready to
go which reminds me yes there's actually a battery life indicator the LED and the
power button changes color now to tell you how much charge you have left so I
am super excited to hopefully get my hands on one of these and try it out for
you guys in a full review but in the meantime well here's our coverage of it
from CES looks absolutely fantastic guys
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