10 reasons why a GT is better than a VESC

None of this explains the MC Hammer pants. 😳

I have one board that I VESC'd a few months back. Out of principle, I don't buy anything from FM because they don't care about their consumers, and have proven time and time again that they own the product, not you. The community's end goal with VESC is to establish an independent source of boards for everyone to ride. While this is still a dream in the making, I believe we have already reached the point where VESCs are far superior to any FM board. FM really does not try very hard to make their boards nice. Have you wondered how is it that an XR with the stock motor, stock battery, and just a VESC slid in as the controller, can have more torque than a GT? and no motor crunch anymore? How can that be? the GT's battery certainly can provide more power to the larger motor, so what's the big idea? On an FM board, if you lean just a bit too hard, or expect a bump to be just a bit smaller, you may be saying happy birthday to the ground. On a VESC, the amount of torque you have at all speeds is almost unbelievable, I feel WAAYYY safer on my VESC compared to any FM board. At this point, I couldn't daily drive an FM board, they just feel so sluggish and weak. Some people stand on my VESC and say they don't like how it feels. NO PROBLEM, you could tune your VESC to feel exactly like mission or highline, somewhere in between, whatever you want. My VESC never randomly stops working for any reason. There are a lot of smart people who have put in a lot of work to make the VESC's behavior extremely predictable. This did not use to be the case, but in recent months they have done a fantastic job improving the user experience. If you are encountering issues with your VESC, you should ask for help on the discord or take a look at your wiring job. --- The only point you made that I concede to is headlights. While there are efforts to make simple, CAN integrated headlights (myself included), this is one thing that has not been flushed out for VESCs. Auto shut off: Some VESCs do have auto shutoff, iirc surfdado said it was one of the Trampa boards, probably in the near future more VESCs will get this feature. But leaving your board on overnight would really not be bad at all. The app: The VESC Tool app is really pretty good, it's super comprehensive and has a wonderful RT Data page. The Float Control app adds a lot of QoL features and safety features as well. Other apps are in development too. Charging to 90%: I can easily do this on my board. You say this is not possible with a charge-only BMS, but that's the opposite of the truth, a charge-only BMS is in the perfect position to control the... charge of your board. I can just program my BMS to stop at 90%, 80% 84.56%, whatever I want. Preset shaping: There are lots of community-made tune cards available online. While tuning a VESC can seem daunting at first, every firmware update it just gets easier and easier, and once you start playing with it, you can learn a lot about how your board works and really dial it in to exactly how you want it to feel. Does the GT have custom shaping yet? --- I implore people to VESC their boards, it will only get easier as time goes on. And the reward is absolutely worth it.

Excited about the floatwheel

Great video, rode my GT stock for a year and loved it, just finished upgrading pretty much every part of the board and it’s insanely sick now. Even die-hard XR riders are loving my GT now when they try it on group rides.

Do you have the sure start at all? Saw you hope on with ease a couple times and I feel like my GT is harder to activate then my pint was

What are you using to record video? Does every Onewheel rider have the selfie stick for videos? Ty!

Great content, nail all those points home. enjoyed the vid. Did u talked about Enduro? I run the stock treaded right now I want to change the tire so much but is it really worth it? I have the Kush wide, I like your comment on them. I hope they really helps with going faster, it's more comfortable though not sure how much. Although I weighted the Kush Wide they're definitely lot heavier. Any effect on the ride/range for enduro/kushwide combo.

Cool riding and cool board. How have you modded it (rails, bumpers etc)? - love the colour combo.

I'm going to be moving to Boston, MA, and want to combine my commuting through the transit line system and a one-wheel. But man these are some tough decisions. I am really unsure wether to buy a XR used and slowly invest into it, or grab a pintX.

This video hammers home a ton of points I've been trying to make. Can't stand when I see a potentially new rider prospect asking questions/recommendations about Onewheel to the community, and then seeing some VESC techie just dismissedly tell them "FM boards are trash, just get VESC instead, they're better in every way" There are so many reasons NOT to go that route (definitely NOT saying nobody should) and to just get the simple, ready to use out of box, fun stoke machine experience we all love & enjoy

You ride so well pls consider making tutorials on that

Ok, so after years of wanting a OW I finally gave in and bought a new GT less than two weeks ago and it’s been an absolute blast since I got it. If I ever got a second board (I wasn’t planning on it at all tbh, at least not anytime soon) I’d certainly get a VESC but would you recommend SELLING my GT now or sometime soon so I can get the most amount of money back and then buying a VESC? Yall certainly know more than me when it comes to the sport and the products so I’d like to know what yall think. —————— I definitely fall into the casual rider category for now and I don’t think I’ll ever be doing crazy tricks so that’s something to take into consideration as well. As of know I just like to ride and cruise around. I live in central texas so the terrain is a decent mix of paved and unpaved country roads and street side walk riding when I’m in College station. Some off roading too. Can be super sandy out where I live

I love it man.. you know what's up 🎷✌🏽

How about the new Floatwheel?

I ride my XR in the custom shaping 99% of the time. Change them up depending on terrain and what feels best that day.

What tutorial did you follow for the Posi-ed footpad

Hows the shaping on the gt compared to the xr?

So, do we have to wait for the part 2 video for the actual GT vs VESC comparisons?

I'm so sorry for that guy's car

do you still feel this way? great video.