$200 MICRO BOOSTED BOARD

all right so despite the increase in the cloud cover over the past couple of hours temperatures have remained on the warm side still in the lower 70s we had a few more than that up to 76 October 23rd 2017 and it's 76 degrees outside average weather for this the average temperature for October 23rd is 50 degrees it is 26 degrees above normal today I need an excuse to be outside for today's video [Music] all these packages right here these are mail time packages no I I genuinely thought when I announced I should be selling my extra mail time stuff that people would stop sending me mail time stuff but more just keeps coming if you don't know what I'm talking about a few months ago I said I was gonna take all the mail time stuff that I don't personally use and sell it on eBay so far we've been able to sell almost 35 thousand dollars worth of stuff and all that money is gonna go help the people affected by the hurricane who live in Puerto Rico we're distributing it with a couple of different nonprofits down there but good work folks one thing that came in that really stood out that I've wanted to make a video about is this tiny electronic skateboard called quick wheel I think it's called quick wheel now if you've ever seen this channel before or any of my videos you know that I am the world's biggest boosted board fan I own six of these things I ride it literally every day of my entire life and this electric skateboard the boosted board has literally changed the way I interact with this entire city I don't ride a bike I don't take the subway the only way I really get around is on this thing I love the boosted board it's the greatest thing ever but I have one gigantic persistent complained about the boosted board and that is the price it is cost prohibitive for most people so there's gonna like me how tiny this thing is it's also only 200 bucks which matter of disclosure I wasn't hired I'm not being paid by quick wheel to review this thing initial sort of build quality on this it feels like like a regular proper skateboard see this is like it's what a regular board decks made out of wheels feel nice and gummy bearings I don't know they seem fine it looks like the motor is housed inside of the wheel here and I think there's just one motor just in this wheel all right now for the real world test I recruited my friend Sam helmet runner kids and riding electric skateboard of any kind safety matters so we're gonna go to the west side where it's like a safe place to test these things what is interesting though is my abilities to carry this skateboard while riding my big skateboard [Music] so just to show off the sides before we actually test this this is your regular penny board here look it it's smaller than a regular sized penny board this is your regular sized backpack almost sort of fits right in the back it spins ready silent [Music] [Music] it's much harder to balance on the Naboo support you look so goofy right it's like a toy I mean I have to say the responsiveness is pretty good like the speed top that do not have the confidence on this that you do on a boost at work already this is the breakdown 3 2 1 break there's not much for breaks alright dude do I have to [Music] [Music] you look crazy [Music] so I guess the question is is this a toy or is this like an actual means of transportation it's it's a toy I think this is a toy but airports airports travel what else does this useful for if you have a huge house a good way to get around your home yeah I mean at 200 bucks it's not a bad Toyota play with like I don't have many bad things to say about this it's really small and as someone who's been skateboarding for a while there's really not much room to put your feet so one thing that is interesting it's both the size and the Flex of the boosted board that lets you come over bumps and if you hit little potholes or cracks it can handle it so this board hasn't either size nor flex so when you hit a bump you really feel it mostly take off that much all right so epic conclusion here it's a cool device I think they're only 200 bucks which is a great price but I don't think they feel safe the way that a boosted board does I think boosted's the only electric skateboard I've ever ridden that actually feels safe to ride if you're a parent that you get it for your kids then you live on a cul-de-sac and it's a flat ground yeah maybe maybe a fun toy if you're thinking about this for any form of viable transportation even if you live on a college campus I give it a no the same it's it's dangerous it's dangerous but it is fun and 200 bucks is an insane price [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the only electric skateboard that weighs less than three kilograms you know one day I do have a quick question about when it comes to this skateboard on their IndieGoGo page it looks like like a crowdsource thing the company quick wheel it says in San Francisco but the voiceovers like this weird the board is made of computerized voice and then there's like two very American looking bros who star in the video but it's filmed in China I have nothing against products made in China just if it's a Chinese company own that it's a Chinese company and don't front like it's a San Francisco startup this is a robot word why does it seem like they're posing as a Bay Area so look that's China yeah yeah that's bizarre weird [Music] [Laughter] [Music] you

Channel: CaseyNeistat

Views: 4,457,105

Rating: 4.9050035 out of 5

Keywords: boosted board, electric skateboard, $200 micro boosted board, cheap electric skateboard

Id: N024vtWsyhM

Length: 8min 11sec (491 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 24 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/MichaelRahmani]

lol they should have done a "beef or bust" at the end

[u/A113-09]

Casey: "What else is this useful for?"

Me: "Maybe if you have a smaller hou-...

Sam: "If you have a huge house it could be a way to get around your home"

[u/zuesk134]

looks like a fun christmas gift for a tween

[u/Rdubya44]

Seems like you could just take the components off this board and attach it to a cheap long board

[u/inervoice]

The $200 board is $100 on Alibaba.

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Deo-NEW-Portable-Backpack-Electric-Skateboard_60670129346.html

[u/lazyflowingriver]

Kinda funny he says the Boosted board is the ONLY electric skateboard he's felt safe on when he'd probably feel just as safe on Sam's Inboard... don't wanna lose out on those free Boosteds haha.

[u/randomroguer]

That transition from him holding the camera to passing it off and continuing to talk was a nice touch.