I have had this board for around 2 months now and I have enjoyed every ride, Smooth acceleration, but you can still feel it in 4th gear full throttle, smooth braking that's strong when you need it to be, so at full brake it will come to skidding stop which I appreciate. The trucks are awesome, the way they put them together feels great, it has a reliable return to center when carving, and I've been able to comfortably cruise up to 40-45kph before more than a casual stance was required to prevent a speed wobble. The board itself has the perfect amount of flex and concave for my feet, and has made a real difference riding on the rougher roads, I'm 5'11, 167lbs, size 11-12 shoes. So if you're close to that you'll have a great time with the board, haven't had a chance to do a full range test, but living in a small town it has ample range, more than I need. My one and only "con" if you could call it that is how heavy the board is for carrying it around, I know that comes with the territory but I do find myself wishing I had ordered a handle with the board, more so a personal gripe with myself for not grabbing one. I do appreciate that there is no grip tape in the center though, as it saves your clothing a bit when you are carrying it up against your side. So all in all I have no real complaints about this board, 2 months in and I havent yet had to reapply any loctite to any of the screws, habit has me checking between rides so when tightening I have noticed next to no movement. Everything about it has been a positive experience, right up to the very first questions I had for customer service when I was getting ready to buy the board, They were extremely responsive never taking any longer than 12 hours to reply despite being on the other side of the planet from Canada. So if you are looking for a reliable Direct Drive board with great customer service behind it, These guys have my vote. 5 Stars %100
Well, I’m waiting very patiently for the board! I ordered it by the end of January and due to the Chinese new year it was delayed further a month - then the Red Sea incident happened and now I’m still waiting after 3 months and probably gonna wait another 1 month…..
I really enjoy the torque of this beast. The board is super stable and fast. Really like the forged carbon deck design. Things I would like to be improved: postprocessing of the deck (better polishing and removal of the pinholes), grip tape adhesive, controlled discharging when not in use (like Exway boards).
I just unboxed the balrog-x and the board will not enter pairing mode with the ESC. The manual suggests pushing a button on the board for about five seconds. It's been an hour or so now of me to pushing that button for every possible interpretation of five seconds and I'm getting nothing. I figured, maybe it needs to charge, so I plug it into the charger and the charger's indicator lights say that it isn't charging anything.
I gave it two stars because it looks pretty cool, and the deck itself feels nice to stand on. The concave is readily apparent, but not aggressively so.
Really I'm just heartbroken right now. Customer support is working with me though.