The Co-Wheel Board: A Fun and Elegant Mode of Transportation
As I began testing the Co-Wheel board, it was clear that it's a ton of fun to ride. However, it can also accelerate and brake very quickly, which makes it a bit dangerous if you're careless or just getting used to it. But overall, my experience with the board was mostly positive.
After around 30 minutes on the board, I realized that it's definitely a great way to get some exercise while having fun. The remote controllers worked well at first, but after a few rides, they started to act up and didn't want to work properly anymore. I discovered that the reason for this was that the remotes were only charging with a current limit of 1.5 amps, which means it would require around three hours to fully charge one complete charge.
I decided to short the batteries again and give it another ride. This time, I consistently tried to use full speeds while not trying to use too much brake at all. After around 45 minutes, however, the board became noticeably slower and almost useless because jogging alongside it would have been faster. Nevertheless, I drained the battery completely down to one LED light and reached a total distance of 14 kilometers and a maximum speed of 25 km/h.
It's worth noting that the ambient temperature was below 0 degrees Celsius, which might affect the maximum battery range. However, based on my experience, I would say that the maximum battery range is around 22 Ah meters. The utilized batteries are ICR 1865 o-22 p with a capacity of 2,000 mAh each, and there were two of them in parallel and ten of those packs in series.
The battery management system also looks suitable, with balanced connectors and features like over-temperature protection. When measuring the output current with my oscilloscope while straining the motors, I found that the current never exceeded the rated current output limit of the batteries, and even charges them up through regenerative braking which is awesome.
One negative aspect of the charger is that it uses constant current methods set to a current limit of 1.5 amps, which means charging the peg requires around three hours and not too soon after I remove the mounting nuts for the aluminum closure and had a quick glance at the main electronics.
The utilized brushless DC motors contain Hall effect positioning sensors, which explains why they work so well even at low speeds. The rest of the PCB also has a positive impression. Before I do something stupid here and destroyed the electronics accidentally, let's close the laps and come to a verdict.
Do I like the Co-Wheel board? Definitely for $600 you get an elegant-looking, fast, and fun-to-ride means of transportation that doesn't need to hide behind unrealistic boost values in its manual. They are definitely good enough for this price segment and if you want a longer battery range, you simply get a square one since they are easily portable.
And with that being said, you know all the important facts about the Co-Wheel. I hope you enjoy it here in my opinion. If so, don't forget to Like, share, and subscribe. Stay creative and I will see you next time.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ena couple of weeks ago I received this rather big package which contained a $600 electric skateboard this so-called Co wheel and despite its low price in comparison to other more popular Electric skateboards its manual promises surprisingly good values concerning the battery range and the speeds so in this video let's take this board for spin collect GPS data have a closer look at its insights and finally evaluate whether it is worth the money let's get started first off I have to say that the board itself the remote control the battery charger and the battery pack itself we're all well packaged and even though I'm not an expert when it comes to skateboards I would say that the board's quality is pretty decent as well what I really appreciate though is the aluminum made battery holder in combination with elastic board mode material and two cushions inside of it that is definitely a safe place for the already rugged looking 150 for water or battery pack next we got another a nice looking aluminum enclosure with an elastic board mount close to the wheels which houses the main electronics since there's not much to say about its power button and charging port we can go ahead and push the battery in its compartment and then afterwards lock it in place now the power button blinks after pushing it and we can never look at the remote which is in my opinion the biggest weak point of the system for one it looks and feels unimpressive in comparison to the rests also the speed potentiometer wears out quickly and the charging takes forever but more about that later for now we can use it to let the hot drives of the board rotate clockwise and anti-clockwise which as you can see it works just fine and using hard drives instead of a more classical gear system really makes the board's look very which I definitely prefer the last noticeable feature of the boards are the four indicator LEDs on top which tell you how far the battery's discharged but enough talk for now let's charge up the battery pegs and the remote control and let's give it a test drive after around 30 minutes on the board's it was clear that is a ton of fun to ride but it can also accelerate and brake very quickly which makes it a bit dangerous if you're careless or just getting used to it but still the mostly positive experience continued up to one and a half hour after the beginning of the test rides because the remote controllers started to act up and didn't wanted to work properly anymore the reason for that can be found by opening the remotes unsoldering one battery wire and placing a multimeter in between to measure the charging current which is apparently only around 50 milliamps that means instead of the 30 minutes of charging it would require around 6 hours for one complete charge which is but other than that the PCB of the remote looks decent and does a job just fine now because of the remotes we could not ran the battery completely and thus only route 12 kilometers with the top speed of 26 kilometers power that is not quite the promised 40 km/h even though I unlocked the fast mode before hands by pressing the power button six times so let's short the two batteries up once again and let's go for another ride this time I consistently try to use full speeds while not trying to use to break at all after around 45 minutes though while reaching the last two indicator LEDs the board became noticeably slower and almost useless because jogging alongside it would have been faster but nevertheless I drained the battery completely it down to one LED lights and thus reached a total distance of 14 kilometers and a maximum speed of 25 km/h not quite what the manual says but since the ambient temperature was below 0 degree Celsius I would say a maximum battery range of 22 ah meters is possible last but not least let's have a look inside battery pack and diamond electronics compartments after removing the screws of the battery pack some more easily than others the batteries along with the electronics slid right out of the case after removing the protective tape of the batteries and the electronics I realized that the utilized batteries are ICR 1865 o- 22 p with a capacity of 2,000 150-million bowel each we got two of them in parallel and ten of those packs in series so a total voltage of twenty six point two volts and capacity of four thousand three hundred million powers the utilized battery management system also looks suitable with its balanced connectors and even features in over temperature protection all in all I was pleasantly surprised how well the battery pack was made even while measuring its output current with my oscilloscope while straining the motors the current never exceeded the rated current output limit of the batteries and even charges them up through regenerative braking which is awesome the only negative aspect is that the charger uses the constant current methods set to a current limit of 1.5 amps which means charging the peg requires around three hours and not too at the end I remove the mounting nuts for the aluminum closure and had a quick glance at the main electronics apparently the utilized brushless DC motors contain Hall effect positioning sensors which explains why they work so well even at low speeds the rest of the PCB year also has the positive impression and before I do something stupid here and destroyed the electronics accidentally let's close the laps and come to a verdict do I like the board definitely for $600 you get an elegant looking fast and fun to ride means of transportation that does not need to hide behind the far from reality of boost values of its manual they are definitely good enough for this price segment and if you want a longer battery range you simply get a square one since they are easily is portable and with that being said you know all the important facts about the Co wheel I hope you enjoy it here in my opinion if so don't forget to Like share and subscribe stay creative and I will see you next timea couple of weeks ago I received this rather big package which contained a $600 electric skateboard this so-called Co wheel and despite its low price in comparison to other more popular Electric skateboards its manual promises surprisingly good values concerning the battery range and the speeds so in this video let's take this board for spin collect GPS data have a closer look at its insights and finally evaluate whether it is worth the money let's get started first off I have to say that the board itself the remote control the battery charger and the battery pack itself we're all well packaged and even though I'm not an expert when it comes to skateboards I would say that the board's quality is pretty decent as well what I really appreciate though is the aluminum made battery holder in combination with elastic board mode material and two cushions inside of it that is definitely a safe place for the already rugged looking 150 for water or battery pack next we got another a nice looking aluminum enclosure with an elastic board mount close to the wheels which houses the main electronics since there's not much to say about its power button and charging port we can go ahead and push the battery in its compartment and then afterwards lock it in place now the power button blinks after pushing it and we can never look at the remote which is in my opinion the biggest weak point of the system for one it looks and feels unimpressive in comparison to the rests also the speed potentiometer wears out quickly and the charging takes forever but more about that later for now we can use it to let the hot drives of the board rotate clockwise and anti-clockwise which as you can see it works just fine and using hard drives instead of a more classical gear system really makes the board's look very which I definitely prefer the last noticeable feature of the boards are the four indicator LEDs on top which tell you how far the battery's discharged but enough talk for now let's charge up the battery pegs and the remote control and let's give it a test drive after around 30 minutes on the board's it was clear that is a ton of fun to ride but it can also accelerate and brake very quickly which makes it a bit dangerous if you're careless or just getting used to it but still the mostly positive experience continued up to one and a half hour after the beginning of the test rides because the remote controllers started to act up and didn't wanted to work properly anymore the reason for that can be found by opening the remotes unsoldering one battery wire and placing a multimeter in between to measure the charging current which is apparently only around 50 milliamps that means instead of the 30 minutes of charging it would require around 6 hours for one complete charge which is but other than that the PCB of the remote looks decent and does a job just fine now because of the remotes we could not ran the battery completely and thus only route 12 kilometers with the top speed of 26 kilometers power that is not quite the promised 40 km/h even though I unlocked the fast mode before hands by pressing the power button six times so let's short the two batteries up once again and let's go for another ride this time I consistently try to use full speeds while not trying to use to break at all after around 45 minutes though while reaching the last two indicator LEDs the board became noticeably slower and almost useless because jogging alongside it would have been faster but nevertheless I drained the battery completely it down to one LED lights and thus reached a total distance of 14 kilometers and a maximum speed of 25 km/h not quite what the manual says but since the ambient temperature was below 0 degree Celsius I would say a maximum battery range of 22 ah meters is possible last but not least let's have a look inside battery pack and diamond electronics compartments after removing the screws of the battery pack some more easily than others the batteries along with the electronics slid right out of the case after removing the protective tape of the batteries and the electronics I realized that the utilized batteries are ICR 1865 o- 22 p with a capacity of 2,000 150-million bowel each we got two of them in parallel and ten of those packs in series so a total voltage of twenty six point two volts and capacity of four thousand three hundred million powers the utilized battery management system also looks suitable with its balanced connectors and even features in over temperature protection all in all I was pleasantly surprised how well the battery pack was made even while measuring its output current with my oscilloscope while straining the motors the current never exceeded the rated current output limit of the batteries and even charges them up through regenerative braking which is awesome the only negative aspect is that the charger uses the constant current methods set to a current limit of 1.5 amps which means charging the peg requires around three hours and not too at the end I remove the mounting nuts for the aluminum closure and had a quick glance at the main electronics apparently the utilized brushless DC motors contain Hall effect positioning sensors which explains why they work so well even at low speeds the rest of the PCB year also has the positive impression and before I do something stupid here and destroyed the electronics accidentally let's close the laps and come to a verdict do I like the board definitely for $600 you get an elegant looking fast and fun to ride means of transportation that does not need to hide behind the far from reality of boost values of its manual they are definitely good enough for this price segment and if you want a longer battery range you simply get a square one since they are easily is portable and with that being said you know all the important facts about the Co wheel I hope you enjoy it here in my opinion if so don't forget to Like share and subscribe stay creative and I will see you next time
