Rumour: New Evolve skateboard remote to be released October 21st 2016

...I hope one of the differences/fixes is that it remembers your settings and distance traveled after it falls asleep / remote goes idle. I'm still awaiting my board, who knows if I'm getting the old or new remote, but what I can say is that behavior would get old and annoying after a while.

 

Ok, thanks. What if the remote goes dead, will it still remember the settings? Also its not good on the battery to run them dead all the time, such as for the Lithium Ion. If you can keep some charge in there before it cuts out that's the best. There's typically a BMS that manages and cuts power out when it goes critical.

 

I ordered my Bamboo GT.. will arrive mid November... how can I check If I have a new or old remote??

 

youtube review of the new remote if anyone is interested. Posted today.

 

So I have had a little chat to Evolve about the new remotes, which allow you to change speed up and down, turns out the only difference is software, but unfortunately they are not planning to create an upgrade pathway for the old remotes I wonder is they cant or just don't want to.
This video which was shared on reddit shows the new remote

 

So I just received my new Bamboo GT and it has the old remote (already launched myself of the board by accidently pressing the rev button). Would I be able to claim to receive the updated remote as of the release date or otherwise get the new one with a huge discount to allow me to use my current one as a spare?

 

I ended up sticking a small square of velcro over the eject button! You can still press it but you have to try!

 

I have raised this request with Evolve and the distributor, let's see what they give us as a response. Will put some velcro on the button indeed!

 

I placed an order for a Carbon GT that is going to be delivered by december in the USA, will it come with the newest version of the remote?

 

I would expect so - mine shipped in the early Nov batch and it came with one - and I think all the service replacement remotes are the new style too.

 

Nice. I ordered a Carbon GT on the last pre order due to arrive here in December as well. I find it strange that they don't have a way for users to upgrade firmware via usb. This needs to be changed as it is a little ridiculous that you have to purchase a new remote just to get an updated firmware.

 

Yea the whole path down the road of electric skateboards has been pretty eye opening - way more performance than what I was expecting (and sheer fun in all honesty) but also less "out of the box" initial reliability and robustness from a high tech standpoint. I have $50 cheap ass drones that seem to have better signal separation and positive control - that's what I don't get we have had this in RC for years - yea the occasional problem but nothing like what I've seen on a whole bunch of forums including reddit from all the big names. What about just not using Bluetooth and going with one of the many RC radio standards from Spektrum or Futaba or Jeti etc. (like I said you still get issues with RC drones, planes, helis and all the rest) but the ranges are alot greater than "from hand to board".

I think Boosted does firmware upgrades from their app - not sure about the others and I don't think Evolve does. (Cool little remote though - great screen, neat hidden menus, no smartphone required) and lets face it the performance is stellar if not a bit unwieldy - still enjoying it - still want to ride it - still makes me smile, just stay ready to "bail out" while having a bunch of fun.