@Kerig3@norman8 “I continue to see young teens with head and wrist injuries in the E.R., often the result of being distracted by using a smartphone and listening to music while riding a hoverboard,” — from that article. Sounds like hoverboard + smartphone app to distract you is a dangerous combo.
@norman8@Serafyna It really is just a matter of physics; you’re moving your center of gravity higher and allowing the wheels, software & Chinese-made gyros control your balance. What could possibly go wrong? Statistically speaking, for an old fart like me (I’m 56) I run a high enough risk of a slip in the shower sending me to the hospital!
@norman8 I don’t mind being on a blooper video but I didn’t donate to the firemen with the boot at the intersection last week… Had no money on me. I know I’ll be one of the people whose house this burns down and the fire department will come slowly and let it burn because I didn’t put money in their boot.
@norman8 I bought one a couple of years ago. My sons took to it right away, but my daughter was on it for five minutes and ended up at the Urgent Care for a fractured bone at the elbow.
Personally I am plenty satisfied with the $99 Hovertrax ripoff that I bought here back in November, even though the holding screws were torn through the plastic shell inside. I only use it for giggles around the office and it works great for that.
If this one goes below $100 in another few months maybe I’ll pick it up, just to compare with the cheap Chinese one.
@The_Tim I too am plenty satisfied with my $99 job. Who needs a crappy speaker and goofy lights when a 190# 62 y/o can chase his 7 & 8 y/o sons around the living room for giggles at a mere Benjamin! BTW, they’re all cheap Chinese ones - they’ve owned Segway for several years.
@aristan
I like how the app needs access to your GPS, contacts, email, and uses facebook to login so your phone can send realtime on-demand livestreams to your followers, anywhere in the world, including your NSA and FSB “friends”. 100% FISA no-knock friendly, too.
@aristan@mike808 Well at least if there is an accident it will be easier to tell who was at fault and what happened. LOL. The youtube videos would be right up there with Russian video cams LOL
@Tadlem43 Getting on and off the board is when most injuries happen on traditional boards. This board is much easier to get on and off of with the auto-stabilization / auto-lock feature, so unless you’re really ballsy with tricks and stuff you should be able to avoid the ICU
Fakespot:F
reviews were so obviously fake, I didn’t even need to check it, but did for kicks. Have a hard time buying something when the company tries so hard to load on the fake reviews.
@DaveKnowsAll Agreed. I wish Amazon would allow you to view reviews only by verified purchasers. The amount of shills has risen to rediculous levels and they only made it harder to report the shills.
@RedOak Thank you for that. I buy from Amazon all the time. Perhaps it doesn’t show in mobile format? I generally order from my phone. But i will look into sorting preferences and see how i missed it.
The lock feature when getting on or off the thing is nice. We have the one that was sold a few months ago for 99 bucks. It does not have that feature and as such, that is the point at which almost all of our falls have happened.
I bought one in Jan and was actually very pleased with it. The price drop suckered me into another. Not sure how to hide this one from the wife. Their customer service is actually pretty responsive.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Mozzie Hoverboard
1x Charger
Pictures
Hoverboards
Black
Blue
Top
Lights
Cruisin’
Walkin’
Huggin’
Chris Pontius has fallen on hard times since his Jackass days
Price Comparison
$399 at Amazon
Warranty
90 Days Mozzie
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
I’ll hover over this deal
No way! I’m not ending up in one of those hoverboard blooper videos - As funny as they are!
@norman8 Just a few weeks ago this news article was shared by many outlets.
I too won’t be adding myself to YouTube’s fail compilations!
@Kerig3 @norman8 “thousands of kids injured” – Meh wants us to add adults to that count?
@Kerig3 @norman8 “I continue to see young teens with head and wrist injuries in the E.R., often the result of being distracted by using a smartphone and listening to music while riding a hoverboard,” — from that article. Sounds like hoverboard + smartphone app to distract you is a dangerous combo.
@norman8 @Serafyna It really is just a matter of physics; you’re moving your center of gravity higher and allowing the wheels, software & Chinese-made gyros control your balance. What could possibly go wrong? Statistically speaking, for an old fart like me (I’m 56) I run a high enough risk of a slip in the shower sending me to the hospital!
@phendrick What makes you think the collective is adult?
That said… Hell No I am not getting this. I’d break something.
@norman8 I don’t mind being on a blooper video but I didn’t donate to the firemen with the boot at the intersection last week… Had no money on me. I know I’ll be one of the people whose house this burns down and the fire department will come slowly and let it burn because I didn’t put money in their boot.
@norman8 I bought one a couple of years ago. My sons took to it right away, but my daughter was on it for five minutes and ended up at the Urgent Care for a fractured bone at the elbow.
@norman8 Are these really any more dangerous than skateboards or basically any other wheeled outdoor toy? This hole thread reeks of “In my day…”
@grovberg If you had read the article that I linked to in the first reply you would have seen this:
“Head injuries accounted for 14 percent of hospital admissions related to hoverboards and 35 percent of admissions for skateboard injuries.”
They compare the rate rise to other outdoor wheeled toys. The answer to your question is right there in the article.
@Kerig3 You seem fun.
SEGTHING NOT HOVERBOARD
Does that app allow you to set the maximum speed to 60mph? I’d love to see somebody on this thing just floating around on the highway
@MrMikenIkes can you imagine the road rash when they had a fail?
Thanks for the naked cowboy.
I want to buy this, and put a cardboard box over me like one of those motorized-ball cat toys.
The price of this thing is falling like a rock.
Personally I am plenty satisfied with the $99 Hovertrax ripoff that I bought here back in November, even though the holding screws were torn through the plastic shell inside. I only use it for giggles around the office and it works great for that.
If this one goes below $100 in another few months maybe I’ll pick it up, just to compare with the cheap Chinese one.
@The_Tim I too am plenty satisfied with my $99 job. Who needs a crappy speaker and goofy lights when a 190# 62 y/o can chase his 7 & 8 y/o sons around the living room for giggles at a mere Benjamin! BTW, they’re all cheap Chinese ones - they’ve owned Segway for several years.
Tempted to get this, throw in the ol’ Bluetooth and glide into the robot @sshole future
Pass. I’m waiting on hoverbikes.
I can spend $150 on a neck breaker, or get 3 hours of neck message. It’s a no brainer.
Are they $49.99 yet? No?
/giphy pass
If this thing shat edible arrangements of candy corn, it’d be concentrated Meh.
@aristan
I like how the app needs access to your GPS, contacts, email, and uses facebook to login so your phone can send realtime on-demand livestreams to your followers, anywhere in the world, including your NSA and FSB “friends”. 100% FISA no-knock friendly, too.
@aristan @mike808 Well at least if there is an accident it will be easier to tell who was at fault and what happened. LOL. The youtube videos would be right up there with Russian video cams LOL
@aristan @Kidsandliz
We all know exactly who is at fault.
@shahnm
@Kidsandliz Dash cams are prevalent because of insurance fraud.
And no, it’s not just Russia.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/jalopnik.com/watch-a-dashcam-foil-an-insurance-scam-1591517812/amp
Also:
@Kidsandliz @narfcake Well, yeah, of course Asians.
@aristan @Kidsandliz @mike808
/giphy goat cam
Self igniting batteries?
@BigMarty45s Not since UL added a new standard that decent manufacturers are wise to abide by.
The older ones, though …
@narfcake I need a Plane Lazer!
Get on that Meh.
@Kerig3
/image What would MacGyver do?
No thanks. I’d rather work in ICU than BE in ICU.
@Tadlem43 porque no los dos?
@Tadlem43 Getting on and off the board is when most injuries happen on traditional boards. This board is much easier to get on and off of with the auto-stabilization / auto-lock feature, so unless you’re really ballsy with tricks and stuff you should be able to avoid the ICU
@troy Never underestimate the ways humans can injure themselves with wheeled devices.
@troy I know me. I’m not going to risk it. lol
Fakespot:F
reviews were so obviously fake, I didn’t even need to check it, but did for kicks. Have a hard time buying something when the company tries so hard to load on the fake reviews.
@DaveKnowsAll Agreed. I wish Amazon would allow you to view reviews only by verified purchasers. The amount of shills has risen to rediculous levels and they only made it harder to report the shills.
@Serafyna
They do. However, fake reviews can and do come from shill verfied purchasers.
@RedOak @Serafyna
There are programs which Amazon knows about where purchasers buy the items, and then after leaving reviews get PayPal refunds.
These reviews naturally show up as verified purchases, so filtering to show them would not help.
@PlacidPenguin like I said, “shill verfied purchasers.”
@RedOak
Ah. Ok.
@RedOak Thank you for that. I buy from Amazon all the time. Perhaps it doesn’t show in mobile format? I generally order from my phone. But i will look into sorting preferences and see how i missed it.
@Serafyna the mobile view does neuter Amazon. So many compromises that the most I use it for is for a quick first pass check.
Really?
Hard to have faith in engineering when the engineers don’t know what radius is.
@embedit google translate?
@embedit @Kidsandliz
More likely Google transrate.
The lock feature when getting on or off the thing is nice. We have the one that was sold a few months ago for 99 bucks. It does not have that feature and as such, that is the point at which almost all of our falls have happened.
Waiting for the model that supports us fat f*cks
@SoftAsFur Someone figured it out.
I am also one of those “fluffy” guys. LOL
I bought one in Jan and was actually very pleased with it. The price drop suckered me into another. Not sure how to hide this one from the wife. Their customer service is actually pretty responsive.