[strix_varius]

Are we sharing anecdata now? I also have an XR with about 1k miles on it. For the vast majority of those miles it's been fine. It's had two issues, both of which were terrifying.

The first was just a simple nosedive. For some fraction of a second no power went to the board. I went flying, rolled, used crutches for a few weeks.

The second was when the battery cells became "unbalanced." The closest way to describe its behavior was a bucking horse - lagging, then surging. This wasn't a unique issue for the support guy... He told me exactly how to debug it.

The thing is an injury machine. I'm astounded it took this long.

[moffkalast]

While adding extra things that can fail to an already dangerous method of transport isn't the greatest idea I don't really see how that's too different from a skateboard losing a wheel or hitting the smallest pothole with an inline skate.

Powered or not, going fast on something you just precariously stand on will send people to the hospital constantly regardless.