Riding Meepo's Cheapest Board - V5 First Impressions

In today's First Ride, we take a look at the cheapest longboard I've ever featured on this channel, at time of recording, the Meepo V5 comes in at just $429 (before shipping). This budget hub board is a great beginner option, and while I don't have a lot of miles on it yet, it has the potential to be a good introductory longboard.

Meepo has a number of boards that are popular nowadays, with the Hurricane and Voyager being most common in my local region, but they've also got the V5, their budget hub motor powered board, as well as their mini.

The first ride with this board went about how I expected, with some highs and lows in places I didn't expect. The deck ended up being better than I expected, and the hub motors weren't all that bad. However, the range was disappointingly low, ending up at only one bar left after 5 miles. I think if you really pushed it on flat ground you might get 8 miles, but with a 10s2p built out of 18650 cells, it isn't all that surprising.

Check out the Meepo V5 here on their website (aff): https://www.meepoboard.com/products/m...


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Timestamps:
00:00 Meepo V5
00:24 First Hub Board Recently
01:29 Throwback Board
02:01 ESC
03:25 Tightening Bushings
04:03 Who is the Target Buyer?
05:44 Shredder Trucks
06:04 Deck
07:16 Budget Board
07:38 Remote
08:31 Ride Feel
09:56 Battery Sag
10:24 Trying Speed Mode 4
11:32 Truck Experience
12:41 Range Concerns
15:12 Trip Update
16:44 First Impressions


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