Today we are going to buy Chinese analog of onewheel at Aliexpress make serious test,
and find out what it really is.
Hi guys as usually its me just a voice over and you are watching Review Machines.
Onewheel it is quite popular kind of electric transport, there are numerous reviews of it
in the Internet.
But what if we buy a cheaper analog?
What if it is eve better than original?
Lets find out together and now we dive into Aliexpress to find that stuff.
And you know to my surprise there is not a very big choice, but I managed to find a decent
variant.
Here it is.
It seems its one of the most interesting devices with decent specs available at Aliexpress
it is called Trotter.
There are some variants with different colors and batteries I choose the most powerful 7.8
AH.
And the total sum is on your screen.
Well I think it’s a good deal, lets buy it!
Wow what an insane delivery, here it is Trotter itself, and its time to begin lets go
Make some tea and get comfortable my friends its going to be an interesting day and we
begin it with an unpacking of course.
The box is rather humble, nothing special, there is an inscription – surfing electric
scooter.
Lets look what we have here.
And we see here only necessary stuff like charger, manual and the trotter itself that’s
all.
By the way the manual is in English with a good quality – its definitely a good sign.
Well it is time to take it out from a box.
Actually Trotter is almost full copy of Onewheel, the design and construction is the same, so
I think you know how it works.
If not – its self balancing electric device like a gyro scooter but with one wheel.
It proved to be quite useful electric transport and there are numerous people who prefer it
to other kind of devices.
There is a motor wheel 750 watts power and wide pneumatic tire.
By the way the tire is also under Trotter brand.
The frame is made of aluminum, the parts are thick and solid they seem durable.
Welding seams look good.
There are two sensors on the each side of the platform they control all the process.
Then at the both sides we see lights in a metal cover.
The power button and charging socket.
Generally there is nothing more to say but weighing the device.
And the result is almost 15 kilos.
And it is high time to do some practice lets go!
Guys by the way I have never ridden this thing before that is why I am wearing some defensive
stuff, that is a must for such transport.
When the device is switched off nothing is happening its just a regular board on a wheel.
But when we switch it on the magic begins.
And we are approaching the curious theme – how to ride on it?
Now you will see my very first time with this device.
As I said I’d never tried it before but look some educational videos.
And you know I thought it would be harder.
I managed to stand on it just on the second try.
There is nothing difficult, but you should know one important thing.
This is a common mistake of all the beginners.
They just afraid of it and try to stand on it with caution.
But the proper way is to quickly move you gravity center to the middle of the board
without any hesitation.
In this case trotter will keep the balance and you will stay stable.
It’s the most tricky moment, other things are much easier riding on it.
To get it off you should jump off simultaneously with both legs not to lose the balance.
Well It seems I slightly learned how to ride on it, and now I’d lake to share with you
my first impressions.
If you have ridden on Onewheel you know how it is.
I may say it is absolutely not alike any other kind of small electric transport.
It is felt so special.
There is a feeling of freedom so to speak, so exciting feeling.
It is hard for me to choose proper words for me, the best way to feel it its to try it
yourself.
Well there is a similar kind of transport – its an unicycle.
But to my mind it is much harder to ride on unicycle for the beginners.
On the other hand it is more serious and fast transport and more dangerous at the same time.
Then you may stand still on a onewheel and it is much harder on an unicycle.
Then I think onewheel is more maneuverable, though I may mistake.
Finally Onewheel looks better.
It’s a matter of taste of course, but to my mind when you are riding on a unicycle
you look a little bit ridiculous.
Just like this guy from an old Disney cartoon.
But when you are riding on a onewheel it looks as if you rode on snowboard for example, I
personally like it more.
The other feature I like in this kind of transport – your arms are absolutely free.
You may do whatever you want make a call by cell phone or make a video.
Even read a book or have a cup of tea for example…
Well that were the jokes of course, don’t do that stuff while moving.
To be serious these devices are very appreciated by a camera men.
It is very useful transport for shootings awesome videos.
You are very maeuverable and you hands are free to handle your video equipment.
Now lets check the maximum speed.
And actually it is not very impressive.
I could accelerate only to 18 km/h, may be a lighter rider would reach more cause my
weight is about 90 kilos.
When you are trying to move faster, the device automatically lean backward, letting you know
that you’ve already reach its maximum.
Anyway it is said in the manual the maximum speed is 20 km/h.
I liked how the lights work.
They’re very powerful protected by metal cover and they change front and rear light
depending where you go.
But if it really can go offroading?
That is the question!
Before trying all the experienced offoaders lessen the tire pressure…so do I.
Seriously speaking I am not going to get over a swamp, just a slight cross country.
First off all I should say it is much harder to ride on trotter out of an asphalt.
But as usually its just a matter of practice.
After some time I got the hang of it and rode quite confidently.
There is another thing.
Riding on a trotter in cross country is quite a tough exercising for your body especially
for legs.
I think it’s a perfect workout for all the legs muscles, cause you use all of them to
keep the balance moving cross country.
Speaking about the price.
As you’ve seen at the beginning its about 800 dollars.
And that is much cheaper than original One wheel.
Is it worth buying this cheap version instead of original?
Frankly speaking I’ve never tried One wheel, so I can’t make a final conclusion.
But we know that One wheel is significantly faster it can do 30 km/h as opposed to 20
at this device.
So if you have enough money definitely One wheel is better, faster and so on.
On the other hand trotter also is decent device it works pretty well, but most important its
much cheaper.
But we have one thing more to do!
There is one of the most important test for any electric transport – the range!
Lets do it!
After three hours of charging the battery is full again.
So I turn on the tracker app and we start.
We have the battery 7.8 AH, I am riding with a maximum speed al the time.
Meantime it is getting dark outside and the lights are so useful at this time.
It is hard to convey by video but the lights are really effective.
That is why I felt comfortable while riding at night.
I was riding without a break about 90 minutes, when the throttle started to show me that
the battery was almost empty.
And Finally that’s all.
Its hard to see anything here, that is why I take a screenshot with the final result.
So its 22 kilometers.
But according to the manual, when the device starts to indicate low energy in fact it still
has 25% of the battery.
So the maximum range is about 25 kms.
Well guys I am very curious to hera your opinions about the trotter.
Does it have any chances be better than Onewheel?
Taking into account that it two times cheaper of course.
Please post your comments!
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