This is why you buy a Onewheel instead of cheap a Hoverboard.
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A Louisiana family says their home was destroyed after a new hoverboard — one of the year’s hottest holiday gifts — suddenly exploded and set their house on fire.
http://wgno.com/2015/11/29/exploding-hoverboard-blamed-for-destroying-lafitte-familys-home/![0_1449041801212_enhanced-26672-1448938719-7[1].png](/uploads/files/1449041803508-enhanced-26672-1448938719-7-1.png)
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@dino exploding battery is probably 16th on my list of reasons to get a Onewheel instead of a hoverboard.
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#1 reason you don't buy Chinese, its Chinese.. #2 reason, its Chinese ..
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@njcustom As much as I wish the production time was faster, I do appreciate that the Onewheel is made in San Jose.
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Seems this is a scary trend for the cheap Hoverboard. Tons of them seized in Britain. (15,000) I will stick with my OW thank you!
http://mashable.com/2015/12/03/hoverboards-seized-uk/
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I had an electric skateboard with lead-acid batteries that almost caught fire when it was charging. My daughter came home and smelled something and called the fire department who came and unplugged it. That board was made in California and wasn't cheap. I guess one benefit the new batteries is that they charge fast. It might be wise to not leave the charger plugged in longer than necessary, even with a new OW, just in case you burn your house down.
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@jp you should leave it charging over night atleast once a week if you ride daily.. It balances the batteries voltage. So the manual say
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If one more person tells me to be careful because my onewheel may burn my house down im going to run then over... Twice
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https://www.instagram.com/p/--PyNINjli/?taken-by=genuineguy Lets see how many get returned now lol
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@killerClownShoes your onewheel is going to burn your house down.
Bring your Onewheel, and come to Sweden, so we can run a few before you drive over me.
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@BadWolf on my way. I'll take some air out of the tire so it won't hurt so bad..... But I'm still doing it twice.
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@killerClownShoes said:
@BadWolf on my way. I'll take some air out of the tire so it won't hurt so bad..... But I'm still doing it twice.
Worth it!
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@NsinR8 Oh man, those hoverboard fail videos are hard to watch. The face-forward design is so bad, that when it fails or people lose their balance, the result is usually so much worse than falling on a OneWheel. Falling straight on your back on a OW is pretty tough to do, but super easy on those stupid hoverboards.
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I went riding in a park today near my brother's house that he had warned me not to ride there because skateboarding was against the rules... so as I was testing the waters, I saw an elderly lady on the sidewalk up ahead who stopped in her tracks when she saw me coming and just stared at me. So I rode slowly as I went by, expecting her to yell at me. As I passed, I said hello... and she said "Is that electric?" I said yes. She said, "That looks so fun!"
