Gadgetory

you know it feels like every year I come to CES and ride Electric skateboards and I've made it my mission to find the perfect design the first year I rode the board of Awesomeness it was awesome last year I experienced unparalleled speeds and easy boards and this year the boards are back so this is the ego electric skateboard I'm cruising I got this little controller here you just slide up to go and you're off so the board's really light and the coolest thing about this type thing is the fact that it feels way more like an actual skateboard than the previous boards I've written it's literally a longboard with a motor attached to it and it's super lightweight and you cruise so this is the underside of the board and obviously there's a nice big battery attached to the bottom here we're told that this thing has a range of 18 miles on a single charge and as a top speed of 12 miles an hour so you can take this thing pretty damn far the ego is hundreds of dollars cheaper than most other Electric skateboards at 700 bucks I might just pick one up let's see what happens when I crank it up I've written plenty of Electric skateboards here at CES over the years but this next one I tested it tested me so this is the one wheel can't really call it an electric skateboard but it is very much a personal transportation electronic device it's pretty simple the way it works actually you sort of just put your foot down on the back here and then you lean in and make sure your other foot is on the on the switch and once you hit the middle the board's accelerometer and gyroscope kick in and will maintain your balance and if you just leave the accelerometer and gyroscope both kick into action you really just have to really feel it out you know rut once you lose your balance you'll fly right off so range on the one wheels four to six miles on a single charge and it has a top speed of 12 miles an hour but for something this wonky I think that's fast enough the one wheel is an awesome concept brought to light the self balancing technology inside made me feel like I'm riding something out of the future but at thirteen hundred dollars you're getting a 25 pound contraption that has a pretty limited range as interesting as it is it's not something I see myself fine so I guess my search for the perfect electric skateboard continues see you next year you