Marbel Electric Skateboard
The biggest engineering obstacle that the guys at Marbel have managed to overcome is designing an electric skateboard that doesn’t actually look like an electric skateboard. As far as that goes, it’s got a leg up on the competition for sure. You can use the handheld controller or use an iPhone app. You can also use the app to “tune” the board’s acceleration curve and set the max speed below the 20mph it can comfortably reach. A full charge will take you at least 10mph in real world surroundings. If ever an electric skateboard could go mainstream, this might be it. It’s already reached it’s funding goal on Kickstarter, so expect to start seeing these in the wild at some point.
[Source: BGR] – Thanks to Heath for the tip.
Considering that all the major electronic components are encased within the deck it means that if you break the deck you’re out $1k… My concern was about doing damage to the nose and tail of the board but it looks like they planned ahead and made the ends of urethane rubber in case the board gets away from you.
I looked at the marbel reviews and original kickstarter page. They are not fulfilling orders, the products are shipped defective, they are ignoring their clients issues and complaints, holding back refunds and they have at least 9 BBB complaints against them in Tampa Florida alone.
All the other Social media they control and they have been deleting the negative comments.
I think people should be warned when reading your reviews to dig a little deeper like i did before committing $1,000++
I’m sure happy I did!
looks like the Marbel customers are left hanging and out $$$.
http://www.bbb.org/west-florida/business-reviews/skateboards-and-equipment/marbel-skateboards-in-tampa-fl-90271499
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1664522105/marbel-the-lightest-electric-skateboard-in-the-wor/comments
thanks.
Dan, this is hardly a review. More of an “This thing Exists.” Notice there’s a whole section dedicated to actual reviews.
That being said, thanks for the update/research on this.