Evolve GTR Real Honest Review W/ Teardown
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2021
- I've had this GTR less than a year and after having a few problems I decided to take the board apart and was horrified to find a completely unacceptable hack job of an electric skateboard disguised as a top quality work of art. Thanks Jeff.
This is brutally on point! I say with a bamboo that's motor controller died not 6 weeks after purchase and when it died it slammed the brakes on. Got to love evolve for a good laugh. At least they're pricing what loyal customers they have left away now.
What a fucking legend rant and fair enough too! Mines water damaged hard and I'm trying to find info on repairs, nothing. Think I will take your advice and build one.
The best Honest review !
Damn. Just got my gtr bamboo. Watching this at the start of 2024 and really hoping mines gonna be alright. I want it to last at least a year as then it will have paid for itself in bus Fair
This video needs more views… I’m sharing it!
I cooked a bamboo GT after about 2000 miles, put about 3500 on it before a full gut & rebuild. It had 1500 miles of the weirdest and most dangerous failures, a friend bought the GTR and it was doing bad stuff from day one. Odd drops, throttle stuck open, lock up & release for no reason, drops at full throttle - not to mention that heinous remote.
Couldn't hammer on the GTR like I'd done with the GT, because it was not built for riders like me. It was built for hype and marketing. It was built for influencers to tear up protected lands at national parks.
With the new ESC and remote on the GT, it simply shuts off and rolls if I tank the battery. No launching if I bail, no running away because it lost connection. Weird, right?
Evolve claims to be above everyone around them in the eSk8 community and evolve boards are truly built to break. Remotes too.
I have ridden motocross most of my life and I have only had to go to the er once for a head injury, and that was while going maybe 4 or 5 mph and the board stopped like it hit a wall. No reason (except for the exceptional horrible craftsmanship. I paid over $2,000 for a board that I rode less than a week.
I later researched myself, bought a board from China as much as I try avoiding that. The most expensive piece that may have to be replaced (except the battery, which is great, hot swappable, and cost $300) is the esc. It cost $150. I’ve ridden this Chinese board for almost 1,000 miles, rode it in pouring rain once, and it is still going.
Evolve. What’s the average cost of a fairly common piece that may/will absolutely 100% have to be changed? How much is a new battery?
The good thing is everyone knows this about evolve, and I am happy to say I literally see ZERO EVOLVE BOARDS when riding with friends now. They got a board with more power, more range, better built, and cheaper than evolve, but a lot is because we all start the answer to “what kind of board should I get?” With Anything except evolve!!!
You guys suck so bad evolve.
Hey! Can you tell me where you bought that Chinese board from? Website or Link please? I have my carbon fiber GT and was riding to my truck after work & it was drizzling and my board took me to my truck but never turned on after that. I had it for 8 months, and nothing at evolve is cheap if you want to order a replacement battery or motherboard. Matters as well just buy another one, but would like to get one where you purchased yours at? Sounds like quality craftsmanship & at an affordable price.
completely accurate.
Definitely a piece of shit. bought the bamboo GT and that was the biggest waste of money..glad I learned my lesson on one of their not so expensive boards
Really frustrating cuz I normally don't buy top of the line stuff. I'm kind of a poor man. Then this is what I get in return! Ugh!
PREECH !!!! THAT ISH IS GARBAGE !!!!!
You sir, are absolutely on point. I've always said these boards, as they exit the factory in China, are pieces of crap. Assembled in Australia my a$$! They are made to break just after their warranty runs out.
Planned obsolescence.
Mine died in exactly a year right after the warranty
@@thomasbarlow4223 yup! Exactly as planned 🤷
Do you have a recommendation for better quality eboards? I have a feeling my exway x1 max was also specifically designed to be a piece of junk. Much like apple they're hard to maintain without the manufacturers help so if they're trash and purposely malfunctioning then ill need to get a new one
Not disagreeing with this review or the quality concerns but as a point of data, i have had 2 of the GT Bamboo boards for 7 years. Only had a one issue when i drained the battary to zero and it supermaned me. Still bullshit but i never had a problem again because i dont ride it to absolute zero charge after that. Both of them were purchased used and ive put about 300 miles on them each year. I still think they are too expensive and other options are much better but all in all mine have done me well and i ride them hard and fast.
@@thecrsbrwn consider yourself lucky my mans
Take it easy, my GT board still runs perfectly.
Well I hope it stays solid for you brother but I would sell that dangerous thing before someone gets hurt. Years of riding motorcycles in these boards are very sketchy as they age
Nice shop there! How many miles did you ride that board? Judging by tires that looks like a lot! Did you use other sets of tires too? off road?
I have ridden my GT Bamboo for 5 years.. I bought it 2nd hand, low hours, I am 6'4" 230 lbs, battery just started giving out last year.. I used it for light duty filming.. traveling around.. Vacations,
but not for daily Transportation or heavy use.. You can buy these on ebay in decent condition.. for fairly reasonable... I could not really expect that I could use a as commuter or high milage & in the rain for that price? I suppose someone could upgrade or DYI for a better product.. A lot of work & research to do it though..
1000000% agree with your video. Hadean also has to re-calibrate its remote and practically same shit from GTRs.
Been saying this for the longest time. $2000+ cost for JUNK!
are you able to get the bearing out of the motor i have on and im trying to replace the bearings but completely agree with you on everything here
I have not tried. I just replaced the whole motor and spray coated the chipset.
@@thomasbarlow4223 i have like 4 motors man i really dont wanna buy a brand new motor just becuase the bearings a tad fucked
So which is a better safer reliable EBoard to buy??
Boosted i guess, i like mine and it seems pretty high quality and it wont diconnect at 25mph. Just get it while its still in stock on boosted usa.
That's easy, DIY. And before you say, if DIY isn't for everyone, that's no worries, got you covered! Take the yen you would be spending on evolve and you evolve towards a reputable custom builder. You and they can pick quality parts, you could do the QC but they'd be on that if you weren't doing anything, at least get tried and tested parts. That's the least you can do and there's some amazing designers out there. Why risk evolves lethal motor controllers when you could that or do it yourself cheaper. But if you want to spend the money there's people out there that don't r*** their clients like the media mop head Mr China Boards, (what a waste of hair Matty Rogers is) and his buddy Jeff at evolve.
DUDEEE, are you still alive? My fcking GTR motors blow out every few weeks... literally.. is there something im missing? Im sick of going back and fourth with the customer service and a new one is 150euros.. is there actually just a tiny rock inside that needs to be blown out by opening it up??
There has to be more to this..
Nope they are just real pieces of trash..... The boards themselves are great but its just that the electronics are 100% made to break which really makes HATE Evolve. They absolutely did this on purpose considering most of the boards have tons of problems just like you are experiencing right now. For years they have put on an illusion of doing a bunch of R&D to give us a real high quality machine but then backstabbed everyone with a serious POS from Chyna! Screw them. You probably need to just retro fit new Focbox Tenka and a better battery
@@thomasbarlow4223 Id be long gone back to some custom build but I cannot ditch the remote.. theres nothing better then their GTR remote.. havent tried the new one. But the motor thing is the fucking worst... Ive also snapped two Bamboo decks already and they never have GTR decks in stock.. so now I had to mount my GTR to GT deck.. but the motor problems still haunt me..
Sadly, I have to agree. I absolutely LOVED my gtx bamboo and paid a premium price.
First, there were remote connectivity issues...so I upgraded to the R2 (more $$) and then
the regular drop out of one motor not working. To diagnose the issue, I had to open up the
board and what a nightmare...what stupid, sloppy, cheap electrical assembly I found.
Shame on you Evolve!! It was clear these guys are not interested in QUALITY. The whole
aim was profit and maximizing buck$. The specs on this board are awesome and when it
runs, life is sweet. But the crap design and crap quality control ensure the good times don't
last long. I feel like I've been made a sucker and I resent it deeply. These boards are TOO expensive!!!
We are being manipulated by greedy, dollar hungry extortionists. If they really put out high quality
products we wouldn't care too much about price but the garbage they sold me!!!...your name is
everything in business and as far as I'm concerned Evolve has put their reputation in the crapper.
I'm no engineer or electrical genius but I could have told you to make take off acceleration smoother in the
first controllers you put out...and now you have. Who are the morons in your design department or was it
a deliberate marketing ploy to encourage upgrade and spend more $$$$. SHAME on you Evolve...SHAME!!