Miami, Nashville, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Birmingham…all in the last year, no issues.
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Believe the Boosted remotes are Bluetooth.
I am in Birmingham, al. Not a small city by any means, but not massive. @Jc06505n I will have to check that out. Thanks for the heads up. This Benchwheel feels really smooth. Ugh, gotta pull the enclosure back off and set it up. Maybe tomorrow.
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Nope, it’s 2.4ghz RF.
Then I’m confused by the Boosted support website and their reference to a Bluetooth radio…
https://support.boostedboards.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000910008-Remote-Compatibility
Are we talking about a boosted or benchwheel remote?
Problem still fucking persist with me and the gt2b… Every day right at the top of grand central/park and 41st going south and a full block on 28th and 6th north or eats… Even tried re-pairing the remote but may tinker it again this week and see… A few other spots here and there…
Have you tried repositioning the antenna, or with relation to other wires? Maybe feed the antenna to the topside somehow?
If anyone is having good fortune with receivers in busy city areas with interference such as NYC, could you post pictures of how you have the receiver in your enclosure along with any antenna/shielding?
this seems to be a USA specific issue? i ride in central London daily with the maytech mini with 0 issues, also have not had any negative feedback from Europeans
Move the receiver away from phase wires and power leads. At least 4 inches and you should be good. I usually mount the RX on the side of the battery about 6 inches away from the ESC’s.
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for me ive tried a variety of positions with the receiver closer to the battery…one side of the case vs the other… with the receiver antenna inside the case… drilled a tiny hole and fed it outside the case and taped it to the side… nothing as solid as it once was when i first plugged it in… =/
Hm. One thing I noticed, the minis might wear out. An older one I had started to have glitches. It had been through a lot though… Swapped it out for another one and zero dropouts. Might be worth trying. They’re as cheap as $17 if you catch it.
So I have been testing out the Benchwheel remote all over the city this afternoon. NO DROPOUTS!
I went to all the spots I could think of that I have had previous dropouts with other remotes, and it was solid all the time. Hell, I was trying to make it drop.
@mmaner is right, this thing is solid. At least in my city. No clue for you NYC boys, ut maybe something to try if you want a solid connection simple thumb remote.
I still can’t wait to try out the Hoyt remote!
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I’ve heard very fee complaints about the Benchwheel remote. I’ve got one I’ve been using for almost 3 years.
Sounds promising; any caveats with this remote? Maybe I’ll order one to try out and report back.
This is really small… But it doesn’t come with a lanyard or a place to attach one. Dumb easy fix. Drill small hole and lanyard. I am just so used to being able to drop my remote and have a lanyard, I had to add one.
But that is literally nothing to fix…
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The case is kind if small but the thumb trigger has more travel than any other thumb remote so it’s all good.
Also, the case is bugger than the nano-x, which is too small for my hand.
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I always felt sorry for people having problems with dropouts but I never had such.
Well on my second board I have the deadly Maytech 1712 remote which has ridiculously often dropouts and large areas where I have to hold the remote between knee and ankle to keep it connected, looks like a monkey.
My steez remote has no interference problems at all.
I think I have to change the remote because I love life not death. Shame on maytech!
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I ordered a mini off BKB the other day since it was fairly cheap with his sale… Will see if theres any change when it arrives.