Are hoverboards safe now?

Oz em on 05/05/2020 - 18:51

Are hoverboards still catching fire and breaking limbs? Or have they improved in terms of safety?
Are there any brands I should be looking at? Or brands I should avoid?

Toys & Kids

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  • Switchblade88 on 05/05/2020 - 19:39
    +4

    All the ones that were going to catch fire now already have, so all the ones left are perfectly safe.

    • avidd on 05/05/2020 - 19:51

      That doesn’t stop people losing control and falling off. Falling and hitting your head can be pretty devastating even from standing height.

      • Switchblade88 on 05/05/2020 - 20:24
        +2

        I mean, you can't vaccinate against stupid or clumsy. If you don't have the ability or the willingness to learn, then anything can hurt you.

        Drunks can't blame the gutter when they trip outside the pub.

        • AdosHouse on 05/05/2020 - 20:44
          +1

          No, drunk don't blame the gutter because the gutter can't pay money. Instead they go and blame the bar/bottleshop and try to sue them.

        • iforgotmysocks on 05/05/2020 - 21:51
          +1

          And all those stupid and clumsy people have fallen off and died so hoverboarding is totally safe now too.

  • salmon123 on 05/05/2020 - 19:43

    Are they even legal in your state?

    and breaking limbs

    Probably same category as skateboards/rollerskates.

    • pao2x on 05/05/2020 - 20:29

      No probably in motor vehicle category

    • Oz em on 05/05/2020 - 21:14

      No idea. I was going to have the kids use them inside at home.
      But it is tiled and granite bench tops so maybe not, I hadn’t really thought of the falling off part.

      • salmon123 on 05/05/2020 - 21:21

        I was going to have the kids use them inside at home.

        What could possibly go wrong, using powered toys inside?

        • pegaxs on 05/05/2020 - 21:46
          +2

          OP’s next thread… “kids put roller toy/head/arm through wall. How to repair gyprock?”

          • Oz em on 05/05/2020 - 22:17
            +1

            @pegaxs: Haha no that won’t happen.

            I already know how to fix that from previous incidents.

  • Davo1111 on 05/05/2020 - 21:43

    bad idea.

  • ego22 on 05/05/2020 - 21:44
    +4

    They are worse than unsafe now..
    …They are, "uncool"

    • pegaxs on 05/05/2020 - 21:48

      Neighbours got one last week. Their 10yo daughter came off it and landed on the back of her skull and KO’d her for a few mins. Ambulance and a stay in hospital. Toy went in the bin that afternoon…

      • Oz em on 05/05/2020 - 22:17

        Omg ok. Sounds so dangerous.

        I think I’ll stick to the razor crazy carts.

        • [Deactivated] on 06/05/2020 - 08:41

          That is really dangerous. Putting electronic equipment in the bin, waiting for the garbage compactor to crush the battery.
          more hoverboards catching fire.

          • pegaxs on 06/05/2020 - 09:54

            @[Deactivated]: Yep, that's what I told them. And then it just ends up as landfill if it doesnt burn the garbage truck to the ground before it gets there.

      • AdosHouse on 06/05/2020 - 13:37

        Should have volunteered to "dispose" of it for them and then sold it. Use the money to pay for bikies and eneloops.

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