@ItalianScallion@ThinkerT according to some random website 120kg rounds to 265lbs (264.55 or something that I’m not willing to go back and verify, especially since I’ll never find that site again)
@ItalianScallion
Had to do that in the ER for my docs all the time. It’s a very simple calculation once you figure out it’s actually doubled plus 10%. Going in the other direction (halve minus 10%) gives you a number that’s pretty damn close as well
@ItalianScallion@ThinkerT "The pound is defined as 0.45359237 kilograms following the International Yard and Pound Agreement of 1959. " https://m.measurementconversions.org/weights/kilogramstopounds.htm
Which, naturally, leads one to wonder about the definition of a yard, and why a “Yard and Pound Agreement” rather than a “Foot and Pound”, which gets you here: “The foot has been used since ancient times as a unit of measurement, with both the Greeks and the Romans using a foot. The Greek foot was known as a pous and the Roman foot as a pes. Originally both these feet were divided into 16 subdivisions, but the Romans eventually changed to 12 subdivisions known as unciae. Unciae eventually became inches in the Imperial system, with the foot being defined in ‘The Composition of Yards and Perches’ an English statute from around 1300.” But, if you want to know the conversion to Perches, or Ells, you’re on your own. BTW, as long as we’re in absurd units, 120kg is approximately 19 stones.
@ItalianScallion@PooltoyWolf@ThinkerT Scary! Mobile devices fail to correctly convert 120kg to lbs - something very simple - but we trust them for news, shopping and current affairs which is much more challenging. Skepticism is needed now more than ever but seems to be in ever shorter supply.
@ergomeh I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I would think that if an app didn’t convert correctly, it would be a priority for the developer to fix it or the app stores might pull it from distribution.
@ItalianScallion@PooltoyWolf@ThinkerT The correct conversion, rounded to the nearest lb is 265. Seems no one questions the correctness of the answer - which is why I despair for critical evaluation of social media posts.
@ergomeh you’re correct, of course. The app on my phone says it’s 264.554715 pounds, so when I wrote 120 kg, I was assuming that’s what the manufacturer/seller was basing it on even though it appears whoever wrote the pounds equivalent rounded down as ThinkerT guessed. It would be odd, indeed, if the manufacturer/seller was indeed thinking 264 pounds or 119.748386 kg.
@ItalianScallion@PooltoyWolf@ThinkerT In high school I learned not to blindly trust electronics - an increasingly useful life skill. (In high school it was about calculators in particular but the generalization serves me well)
Q: First, thank you for offering it Georgia Red, but… does its batteries spontaneously burst into flames and burn down the house it’s stored in?
A: <looks sideways, looks up, starts to whistle a tune, slips out the side door>
The batteries in both my hoverboard and hoverskates have died and will no longer charge…no idea how to take them apart to replace them, but this could certainly hold me over til then!
@dahobbs9@pyroguy7 They’re easy to get to and replace the surprisingly generic battery pack. Rebuilding the battery pack yourself is more work, but I’ve done it to hoverboards and a bunch of other things. A 36v 4ah battery like what this is will be 20 2,000mah 18650 batteries.
@ColeSloth@dahobbs9@pyroguy7 Yup, plenty of parts for these on ebay- I replaced my clamshell many moons ago, and have been debating replacing my battery in my 8 yr old board from meh.
You sent me a go kart accessory in an irk with no hoverboard. So I had to buy one. It was fun briefly, hopefully some goodwill customer is enjoying it now.
@OnionSoup@soxnabox I live in suburbs but the many thousands I pay in taxes never make it to filling up the mine field of pot holes and broken sidewalks.
@haydesigner Those $80 ones were NEW (AKA “yet to combust”) so that was a good deal. Battery cells are probably also a lot fresher than the ones in these refurbs since these are only selling for $50.
Hopefully, a shot of whiskey will comfort you til the dentist gives you your bill.
@cbreeden24@haydesigner But still not as great a scam business model as bookstores’ selling used textbooks. [Buy back at 1/3 new price, sell again for 2/3 of new, have very short inventory term cost.]
@andymand I had mine at work and had to go visit security while they figured out if their 30 yr old regs even permitted it… They of course were mainly worried about Bluetooth, which my old school riveriera didn’t have.
I’ve had my Riviera hoverboard since Meh offered it in 2017. I still use it almost daily to escort my kiddos to school. I’m known as the hoverboard dad.
It’s range has been reduced to about 1.5-2mi (it’s a half mile to the school), so I can usually make it there and back on a charge. That said, in the cold, I’ll throw the dreaded beep-beep-beep hazard warning that it might throw you on your ass at any moment.
The ones Meh sent back then had a load of issues (mainly poor shipping and broken plastic, non-operational ones, etc). It’s as if they just ended up with semis full of recalled ones that someone just slapped UL2272 batteries in without testing. I ended up buying a new obnoxious silver clamshell on ebay and moving my parts over (certain aspects were also backwards from the norm, with the buzzer being on the wrong side of the speaker hole)
A few years ago I picked up a nearly identical one used/locally that still seems to work pretty well, but was waiting for my silver one to die before discarding it (or replacing the battery for about $35)
Today’s offering is compelling.
@quattrose years ago (About 20 years ago) asked Doctor if roller-blades would be good for going out and getting exercise. Answer was definite “no” unless you want to come back here a lot or maybe spend some time in a hospital.
These are probably as bad but you don’t even get the exercise benefit?
@Thicc50 Mine Was otherwise new looking. It worked a few feet, then threw a red low battery alert. Put it on the charger, and it miraculously charged in about 5 minutes. Suspect the battery might be a problem.
@caffeineguy I ordered a red one and got a fluorescent color changing one, which is pretty neat. At least yours came with a charger! Based on the condition mine was in “refurbished” is a standin for “returned”. Happy scootin out there bud
Similar issue here, the Hoverboard I received does not work. I tried all the available troubleshooting and it looks to be fully charged per the green light on the charger, but it just does not balance when feet are placed on it and does not move backward or forward when the pedals are pressed.
Furthermore, the condition looks heavily used with scratches and blemishes everywhere. I wouldn’t really mind that if it worked though. This definitely looks more like a previous returned product that didn’t get much of any proper “refurbishing” done.
@mqadri7356 I’ve fixed a few of these and replacement batteries (of sketchy quality) are available on eBay. Probably best to simply return yours. It sounds like maybe the battery is shot, or that something else inside is disconnected or loose.
@rcisneros Based on the posts here, Meh is knowingly selling non-functional hoverboards and advertising them as fully functional “refurbished” products. When I requested a return, Meh’s response to me was to reach out to the manufacturer.
@mqadri7356@rcisneros Pretty common practice. Refurbished items are hit or miss. Meh is usually pretty good about just eating losses, but when the original vendor is involved, things get ugly. Mine seemed brand new. Send back anything that’s destroyed or doesn’t last anywhere near as long as it should. There’s a difference between refurbished and a beat-to-hell return.
For that, it’s time to get the CC company involved. Yes the warranty says that hover mfg, but they aren’t selling broken goods, so they have to deal with them. I technically haven’t completed my sale.
I got the reply, did you try another outlet after explaining it charges fine, it just doesn’t turn on. I wonder if they are just trying to kill the clock.
If they don’t fix this, please report them to sites like DealNews. Have their listings pulled. DN in the past has reached out to me to get the details and actually got things done.
Warranty on these is supposed to be covered by the manufacturer. We know they’ve been less than helpful to several of you but we have been working with them behind the scenes to get this sorted. Send CS a ticket if you are still having trouble and we’ll get these sorted out for you.
Specs
Product: Hover-1 Ultra Electric Hoverboard (Refurbished)
Model: RFB-H1-IRD, RFB-H1-BLK
Condition: Refurbished
What’s Included?
Warranty
90-Day Hover-1
Support@Hover-1.com
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Sep 29 - Wednesday, Oct 1
Hovering implies it is off the ground and not rolling over the surface of the world.
@yakkoTDI Yeah, I mean it should at least come with a foot cloud
@andymand That’s so good I will allow the bot to get some action.
Awesome!
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
Buy one, See the pretty colors, Ride it, Charge it overnight, burn down your home.
@JohnQ118
@JohnQ118 @yakkoTDI
/showme talking head riding hoverboard
@mediocrebot /showme same talking head but with “
burning down the house
” in the background
@mediocrebot /showme her on a hoverboard https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.hXTN9HxZ9UI6F1gsE3fQyAAAAA%3Fpid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=d91d006ee39bf66086c147c56b1df33ca48991c16fb3ae02b38e48cbaa13ebe2&ipo=images
@TaiFood The showme command must be at the start of a line.
/showme same talking head but with “burning down the house” in the background
“Max Supported Weight 264 Pounds”
That’s…oddly specific, and makes me feel like 265 pounds would make it instantly crack down the middle.
@ThinkerT have to draw the line somewhere
@ThinkerT It’s 120 kg which is more of a round number… and it’s highly unlikely it’s not made in the USA.
@ItalianScallion @ThinkerT according to some random website 120kg rounds to 265lbs (264.55 or something that I’m not willing to go back and verify, especially since I’ll never find that site again)
@ItalianScallion That makes a ton of sense, thanks.
@ergomeh @ItalianScallion Maybe for legal reasons they’d round down instead of up?
@ergomeh @ThinkerT I use the Unit Pro app on my android phone if I don’t feel like doing a mental calculation (1 kg = 2.2 lbs).
@ItalianScallion
Had to do that in the ER for my docs all the time. It’s a very simple calculation once you figure out it’s actually doubled plus 10%. Going in the other direction (halve minus 10%) gives you a number that’s pretty damn close as well
@ItalianScallion @ThinkerT "The pound is defined as 0.45359237 kilograms following the International Yard and Pound Agreement of 1959. " https://m.measurementconversions.org/weights/kilogramstopounds.htm
Which, naturally, leads one to wonder about the definition of a yard, and why a “Yard and Pound Agreement” rather than a “Foot and Pound”, which gets you here: “The foot has been used since ancient times as a unit of measurement, with both the Greeks and the Romans using a foot. The Greek foot was known as a pous and the Roman foot as a pes. Originally both these feet were divided into 16 subdivisions, but the Romans eventually changed to 12 subdivisions known as unciae. Unciae eventually became inches in the Imperial system, with the foot being defined in ‘The Composition of Yards and Perches’ an English statute from around 1300.” But, if you want to know the conversion to Perches, or Ells, you’re on your own. BTW, as long as we’re in absurd units, 120kg is approximately 19 stones.
@ergomeh @ItalianScallion @ThinkerT And an inch is longer in China.
@ItalianScallion @ThinkerT @werehatrack Foreigners! Give them 2.54cm and they’ll take 1.6km
@ergomeh @ItalianScallion @ThinkerT I just use the unit converter in the stock Android calulator app.
@ItalianScallion @PooltoyWolf @ThinkerT Scary! Mobile devices fail to correctly convert 120kg to lbs - something very simple - but we trust them for news, shopping and current affairs which is much more challenging. Skepticism is needed now more than ever but seems to be in ever shorter supply.
@PooltoyWolf @ThinkerT
@ergomeh I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I would think that if an app didn’t convert correctly, it would be a priority for the developer to fix it or the app stores might pull it from distribution.
@ItalianScallion @PooltoyWolf @ThinkerT The correct conversion, rounded to the nearest lb is 265. Seems no one questions the correctness of the answer - which is why I despair for critical evaluation of social media posts.
@PooltoyWolf @ThinkerT
@ergomeh you’re correct, of course. The app on my phone says it’s 264.554715 pounds, so when I wrote 120 kg, I was assuming that’s what the manufacturer/seller was basing it on even though it appears whoever wrote the pounds equivalent rounded down as ThinkerT guessed. It would be odd, indeed, if the manufacturer/seller was indeed thinking 264 pounds or 119.748386 kg.
@ItalianScallion @PooltoyWolf @ThinkerT In high school I learned not to blindly trust electronics - an increasingly useful life skill. (In high school it was about calculators in particular but the generalization serves me well)
Q: First, thank you for offering it Georgia Red, but… does its batteries spontaneously burst into flames and burn down the house it’s stored in?
A: <looks sideways, looks up, starts to whistle a tune, slips out the side door>
@ItalianScallion they only burst into flames on certain occasions
@dahobbs9 Like National Scooter and Hoverboard Batteries Burst Into Flames Day? I can’t seem to figure out when that is. I guess I’ll be surprised.
I think I just heard “hold my beer”.
@hchavers That’s dangerous words!
The reviews mostly say Run Away from the cheesy thing, that’s from the listing on the Academy website.
Doesn’t last very long then becomes a door prop.
The batteries in both my hoverboard and hoverskates have died and will no longer charge…no idea how to take them apart to replace them, but this could certainly hold me over til then!
@pyroguy7 I really wouldn’t be surprised if they were plastic welded together as to insure Nothing is user servicible by the owner.
Most likely using some seriously low quality/capacity cells too
@dahobbs9 @pyroguy7 They’re easy to get to and replace the surprisingly generic battery pack. Rebuilding the battery pack yourself is more work, but I’ve done it to hoverboards and a bunch of other things. A 36v 4ah battery like what this is will be 20 2,000mah 18650 batteries.
@ColeSloth @dahobbs9 @pyroguy7 Yup, plenty of parts for these on ebay- I replaced my clamshell many moons ago, and have been debating replacing my battery in my 8 yr old board from meh.
You sent me a go kart accessory in an irk with no hoverboard. So I had to buy one. It was fun briefly, hopefully some goodwill customer is enjoying it now.
@sammydog01 could always Mod it with two ski poles, a small platform with a swivel wheel at the rear.
I think Not, I don’t want to Break many things I need!
/showme many real looking cats using Hoverboard while listening to their favorite tunes
@mediocrebot I wondering what they are listening to!
@mediocrebot @mycya4me the Phish cat-a-log of course
@mediocrebot @mycya4me No idea, but probably playing Exploding Kittens.
@mycya4me @soxnabox
And this:
@ciabelle @mediocrebot Yep a great game, I have it on my iPad & play often!
@ciabelle @mediocrebot It’s a great game! I have it on my iPad & the card game too!
@Kyeh @soxnabox I remember that Song! Yes that is of course one of the Tunes they are listening to0!
I want one…
… But I’d never use one. Not practical when you live in a wooded hilly area.
@OnionSoup Where’s your sense of adventure?
@OnionSoup @soxnabox I live in suburbs but the many thousands I pay in taxes never make it to filling up the mine field of pot holes and broken sidewalks.
@OnionSoup I question its practicality in any setting…
Man, I just bought one from here not even 3 months ago for my kid’s birthday for $80. Kinds feels like I got scammed a bit, to be honest.
/showme feeling like I got scammed a bit, to be honest
The hand is fairly appropriate, @mediocrebot, as I had a massive toothache this afternoon that I had to go to the ER for…
@haydesigner @mediocrebot
Hope you feel better and remember… Most dentist offices are closed on Friday!
@haydesigner Those $80 ones were NEW (AKA “yet to combust”) so that was a good deal. Battery cells are probably also a lot fresher than the ones in these refurbs since these are only selling for $50.
Hopefully, a shot of whiskey will comfort you til the dentist gives you your bill.
@haydesigner and these are the refurbished ones from those purchases. The price just goes down everytime it gets shipped back and forth lol
@cbreeden24 @haydesigner But still not as great a
scambusiness model as bookstores’ selling used textbooks. [Buy back at 1/3 new price, sell again for 2/3 of new, have very short inventory term cost.]This is the cheapest offer I have received yet to break my hip.
@El_Oel
🩼 
That was my first thought and I’m kinda surprised that it hasn’t been mentioned until this far down in the comments!
Thirty five years ago I would have gotten one in a heartbeat but today, I’m either too smart or too old, either way NO THANKS!
@Lynnerizer
Sorry, I slept in today.
@El_Oel I think many locations offer a range of icy sidewalks for no charge (but their availability is seasonal).
Whoa! Bluetooth speaker?! Why didn’t you lead with that feature?!
@andymand I had mine at work and had to go visit security while they figured out if their 30 yr old regs even permitted it… They of course were mainly worried about Bluetooth, which my old school riveriera didn’t have.
Anyone know the movie? (I hadn’t seen it.)
Hulk Hogan was 302 lbs in his prime so probably not ideal for him to be the “spokesrider”. Maybe Andy Kauffman instead?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan
@hugacrv “It’s hot down here, brother!!!”
I’ve had my Riviera hoverboard since Meh offered it in 2017. I still use it almost daily to escort my kiddos to school. I’m known as the hoverboard dad.
It’s range has been reduced to about 1.5-2mi (it’s a half mile to the school), so I can usually make it there and back on a charge. That said, in the cold, I’ll throw the dreaded beep-beep-beep hazard warning that it might throw you on your ass at any moment.
The ones Meh sent back then had a load of issues (mainly poor shipping and broken plastic, non-operational ones, etc). It’s as if they just ended up with semis full of recalled ones that someone just slapped UL2272 batteries in without testing. I ended up buying a new obnoxious silver clamshell on ebay and moving my parts over (certain aspects were also backwards from the norm, with the buzzer being on the wrong side of the speaker hole)
A few years ago I picked up a nearly identical one used/locally that still seems to work pretty well, but was waiting for my silver one to die before discarding it (or replacing the battery for about $35)
Today’s offering is compelling.
@caffeineguy
Maybe you should get one for the kiddo, how cool would that be hoverboarding together!
Ah, yes. The electric banana peel.
@Wollyhop RECHARGABLE electric banana peel
@Pufferfishy
Potassium
Sadly, the purchase button appears broken. I guess my coccyx will remain UNbroken
@mykelalvis What a shame. The campfire story wouldn’t have been entertaining.
I’m 6’3" / 240 pounds - will this thing actually carry me more than 100 feet?
@Pufferfishy It can be you’ll have broken your wrists / ankles long before then
These have been “refurbished” by washing the off blood of many middle aged and up people.
@quattrose years ago (About 20 years ago) asked Doctor if roller-blades would be good for going out and getting exercise. Answer was definite “no” unless you want to come back here a lot or maybe spend some time in a hospital.
These are probably as bad but you don’t even get the exercise benefit?
@PoolToyWolf You made the write up AND the email! Woohoo
!
@Kyeh Birthday present, I suppose
@PooltoyWolf Is today your birthday?!
Happy birthday dear sir,
Tips hat
Hope this year and your rest be HELLA AWESOME
@PooltoyWolf
DIPLOMAT! RAT-A-TAT! FAT CAT! AWESOME!
Crap I forgot that A*some is Midbots trigger word. Eh.
@Wollyhop Thank you! Fenris sends a hug
@Wollyhop
@PooltoyWolf–So it IS your birthday?
@Kyeh @Wollyhop 17th, yep!
@PooltoyWolf @Wollyhop Well, I hope you had a great day!
Don’t mean to bring the mood down, but local news has story “local man dies after hitting road bump on e-scooter”
Related note, fire sale on batteries
https://www.ankersolix.com/fanfest-2025-pps
I just received mine. Dead and naked in a large empty box with about 15 packing peanuts. Anyone else get theirs without a charger and charging cable?
@Thicc50 Mine Was otherwise new looking. It worked a few feet, then threw a red low battery alert. Put it on the charger, and it miraculously charged in about 5 minutes. Suspect the battery might be a problem.
@caffeineguy I ordered a red one and got a fluorescent color changing one, which is pretty neat. At least yours came with a charger! Based on the condition mine was in “refurbished” is a standin for “returned”. Happy scootin out there bud
Similar issue here, the Hoverboard I received does not work. I tried all the available troubleshooting and it looks to be fully charged per the green light on the charger, but it just does not balance when feet are placed on it and does not move backward or forward when the pedals are pressed.
Furthermore, the condition looks heavily used with scratches and blemishes everywhere. I wouldn’t really mind that if it worked though. This definitely looks more like a previous returned product that didn’t get much of any proper “refurbishing” done.
@mqadri7356 @Thicc50
If you haven’t already, send an email to support, but you probably won’t hear back until next week. https://meh.com/support
@mqadri7356 I’ve fixed a few of these and replacement batteries (of sketchy quality) are available on eBay. Probably best to simply return yours. It sounds like maybe the battery is shot, or that something else inside is disconnected or loose.
@mqadri7356
I sent an email and haven’t heard back. Mine looks fine. Charged up. Lights came on while charging. Will not power on. Well that was a fun adventure.
@rcisneros Based on the posts here, Meh is knowingly selling non-functional hoverboards and advertising them as fully functional “refurbished” products. When I requested a return, Meh’s response to me was to reach out to the manufacturer.
@mqadri7356 @rcisneros Pretty common practice. Refurbished items are hit or miss. Meh is usually pretty good about just eating losses, but when the original vendor is involved, things get ugly. Mine seemed brand new. Send back anything that’s destroyed or doesn’t last anywhere near as long as it should. There’s a difference between refurbished and a beat-to-hell return.
For that, it’s time to get the CC company involved.
For that, it’s time to get the CC company involved. Yes the warranty says that hover mfg, but they aren’t selling broken goods, so they have to deal with them. I technically haven’t completed my sale.
I got the reply, did you try another outlet after explaining it charges fine, it just doesn’t turn on. I wonder if they are just trying to kill the clock.
If they don’t fix this, please report them to sites like DealNews. Have their listings pulled. DN in the past has reached out to me to get the details and actually got things done.
Warranty on these is supposed to be covered by the manufacturer. We know they’ve been less than helpful to several of you but we have been working with them behind the scenes to get this sorted. Send CS a ticket if you are still having trouble and we’ll get these sorted out for you.
I bought two and neither work. I submitted my request for a return. I sure hope to hear from someone.