You shouldn´t have any problems with customs, just be prepared to pay about 19% VAT.
About your choice. It depends on how heavy you are and where you wanna drive in our nice country
If you´re on flat streets and gravel paths and weigth up to 80kg you should be fine.
If you ride some hills up and down or are over 90kg, you should search for something else.
Note this is a budget board and works fine if you buy it as complete, but prepare to want more quality/power in the near future and have to buy in an other (more expensive) sector.
I had serious overheating issues, I’m on 110mm wheels without changing the gearing but cutting out the ‘vents’ section in the enc. really helps also my wires look the same, I assumed it was my fault positioning them next to the esc (in the same section) since I spotted this I cut away part of the sections at the side and made sure they are as far from the esc as possible seems they cannot touch the esc. heat sink or they melt!
that said, now I have a large hole cut in the enc that a def. giving me some real airflow things are MUCH better, my board initially felt like battery was dying at ~38v now I can get it down to ~35 without the dying feeling
this is what I’ve cut out to get real airflow
BTW my hub kit with same esc/battery(10s5p) has no overheating problems at all!
The battery sag and performance will kill that board fast on our german trails and paths with your weight.
You have the option of going a regular longboard deck, like this diyeboard one, with big all terrain wheels (about double the price of this one, but still cheaper than buying twice). Something like a complete from @fottaz eskating.eu or @okpunikboards.com
Also if you need a custom battery, just PM me, I build you a suiting one
I’m the UK too have not had too much trouble , the location of the hole is far enough away from my ‘splash zones’ - really like the look of those vent things!
With kill you mean it won’t go very far? Or do you mean it will damage the board? It should hold someone my weight IMO, I’m overweight but not morbidly obese
The board won´t get damaged, only the battery.
It is only a 50A battery, that means it stays healthy at half of that or a bit more. So about 30A is fine.
Problem here is the voltage sag.
If you accelerate with your weight on a small hill, the Voltage sags really hard with this pack, which results in drifting cells - dead pack soon. This also means that you won´t reach the full range with the pack, because it triggers the undervoltage shutdown much quicker with the huge sag, so your board gets shut down earlier.
If you need a second opinion. He’s right. At 50a, this pack will not do if you want decent performance out of your board. You can expect 3v voltage sag on moderate hills when you use 25a per motor, meaning range and power is severely limited.
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The best Streetboard for a cheap budged is a selfmade one. Other than that, you´ll be ok with Diyeboard or Meepo or some other cheap things. But they are all pretty weak, won´t bring you up hills without sagging and have problems with people over 100 kg.
If you´re on flat streets and gravel paths and weigth up to 80kg you should be fine.
If you ride some hills up and down or are over 90kg, you should search for something else.
this is what I’ve cut out to get real airflow
