Customer Ratings & Reviews

Best Buy for 5 yrs old. Not heavy to carry for that age which is important

The look on my granddaughters face was priceless!! It was as the perfect gift for her!! And I got it for an excellent price!

My nephew love it. Gonna but another one for my niece and maybe my self lol

My son enjoys this. This also helps him with balancing. The battery last long as well. We use it indoor and outdoor (side walk)

This is not good quality at all. Spend the extra money. The thing doesn't even stay charged for 5 minutes and in the short periods of time that my daughter has gotten to write it, it has already split apart. My daughter is way under the weight limit.

My both the kids absolutely loved it. It is great to ride

This thing is awesome my 5 year old nephew loves it! Im now his favorite.

My nephew just love it, and my other nephew wants one

Hoverboards have been very intimidating given the bad rap by the countless internet videos showing folks in very unflattering and compromising situations. So the natural hesitation of bringing one home for myself and my children is warranted, but the reality is if you take your time and get the mechanics down, it's one heck of a fun time! The Hover1 Blast has taught me and my family that hoverboards can be fun and safe. Please wear your helmet and don't look down! The Blast is one of Hover1's more entry level hoverboards offered. It is very much catered for the younger community; we're talking teenagers and the like due to its 160# weight limit. It's very lightweight to carry around at 15# and has pretty good construction all around. The Blast is outfitted with LED front lights as well as wheel lights. With dual 160W motors, the Blast feels very quick once you get the hang of it. With a claimed range of 3 miles, that is plenty for anyone to get from point A to point B. We personally have not gone the distance, but we have enjoyed strolls around our neighborhood and have not had any issues with battery life. I would say that battery life will probably vary due to your weight, so the lighter you are the better battery life you'll get. Max speed quoted is 7mph, and when you're this close off the ground, it certainly feels like it. Operating the Blast is quite intimidating at first, but you'll begin to learn that the hoverboard doesn't really have a mind of its own. Finding your own center of gravity is the name of the game, and if you achieve this, riding the Blast almost becomes second-nature, like an extension to your own body. I feel like the Blast actually does more to help keep you upright as it reads your inputs. Operation is simple: lean a little forward and the Blast will move forward; lean back and it will move backward. If you bias your weight to one side, the hoverboard will begin to turn in the opposite direction. That's really all there is to it. As you get more comfortable, you'll be able to lean farther in either direction for more speed and turn more sharply. As I mentioned above, the Blast is a more entry-level offering at its price point and features. The aspect of the board that points this out clearly is the size of its tire. The Blast is made for smooth pavement, so strolls around the lawn or even practicing on carpet will give the Blast some trouble. Even simply clearing a threshold requires a bit of speed to make it over. The tires are not pneumatic so they don't give as much cushion or flex. An outdoor ride with some uneven pavement can be a bit unnerving, and we learned this pretty quickly riding around the neighborhood. Again, the Blast is more of a stepping stone into Hover1's more robust offerings if you're ready to go to the next level. For those of us who are getting started like my kids (and even myself!), the Blast is simply a blast to use.

Our grandkids LOVE these! Ages 5 & 6. Also my daughter-in-law loves them too.

One of the worst Hover purchase as it say it will hold enough weight and my 9 years old using it and all the screws and plastic came out one by one and not it got separated to 2 parts . Purchase in Amazon is much worth

The Hoover board just stop working want do anything and the return policies are confusing

Within a month of using it, the center piece started physically separating. Hover-1 took 1+ month to get back after opening a support ticket that this is not covered. This is a highly defective product. My kids are < 70 lbs and its worthless now. BUYER BEWARE!

Product broke down in 2 weeks not made to last the paddles and motor starting sticking making it impossible and dangerous to ride

This is a quality-built, great beginner electric scooter for ages eight and over and for individuals under 160 lbs. It has a range of three miles and operates up to 7 MPH. It is quick, fast, and a little jumpy for the novice user, but it appears that the way it is built, with more confidence of the user, more smoothness will come to the ride. It still appears to have a little trouble transitioning different pavements or types of surfaces. The literature on safety and the Hoover-1’s use is written very well and needs to be read in its entirety before you turn your children loose with this product. A helmet is exceptionally good to require, it really is a necessary idea. The Hoover-1 is not a toy it is a fun mobility device if used properly. It comes with a wall-charger and the instructional booklet states that it can take up to 5 hours to charge. To be fully charged, I charged this one about 90 minutes. There is a convenient green light on the top of the left pad that shows the charge left in the battery. The book also cautions use in damp areas, rain, and warns not to let moisture get around the battery. I was concerned that the rubber cap that covers the area on the Hoover-1 where the charger connects was missing, but I did find it in the box. It is just not connected to the product anymore. This Hover-1 Blast is lighter that another Hover product that I had purchased an older grandchild. The Blast only weighs 13.23 lbs. Designed like most, there is an on-off button. The sensors rest under the mats where each of one of two feet ride. These foot mats each have four sensors. Shifting one’s body weight and mentally visualizing by focusing on a distance ahead is how the Hover-1 is controlled. Leaning forward, moves up and forward, leaning side to side turns in the opposite direction, leaning back goes backwards, and the wheels light up with LED colors the whole time. Pretty fun, even if I did not personally get to ride it. I was extremely disappointed that it did not come in August, but the end of September and late the day before all three grandchildren went with their parents on Fall Break to another state. I had gotten this for the two younger ones. One is eight and the other is twelve and I really wanted to go to a large park and try it out with them. But they do not return until late tomorrow and I have to write my review today, so I borrowed a neighborhood elementary student. She loved it, but her mom restricted her desire to take off across a field, but I think she would have done great! We will get to the park someday soon and I know they will love it. Yes, I do recommend it for the younger child, around 100-155 lbs. in weight. It has headlights but no taillights which concerned me, because children often sneak out at dusk when their parents are not paying attention and they could get really hurt. Lights on all sides would have been better. It also doesn’t seem to stop very easily, or have a breaking system.

Within three months of buying this item it started shorting out and over heating. We followed all instructions on charging and maintenance. Very annoyed.

Solid “hoverboard” for the kids. It’s about the size of a regular size board, but has a max weight of 160lbs and a manageable max speed of 7mph. The black is a bit plain looking, but it’s ripe for sticker personalization and I love how the wheels light up. My nephew is still getting the hang of it, but it seems to steer, balance, and track well. My favorite part of the Hover-1 though is the UL rated sticker on the bottom. I had a few of these boards in the early days, but got rid of all of them because the batteries weren’t safe. Thankfully, these are, which is prominently advertised and for good reason. However, while the battery is safe now, I do wish it lasted longer. It’s rated for a 3 mile range, but it seems much less than that. It hasn’t left our carpeted “training area” yet though, so it could just be how we’re using it. The body is fairly well built and should be able to take some bumps. The tires are solid, but have a nice rubber grip tread, and the foot pads are rubber with good grip as well. Outside of wanting longer battery life, my nephew absolutely loves this board and is happy to join the cool kids in the neighborhood.

After a quick charge, you're up and ready to go out of the box. I have two kids and within minutes they were up and going. I already have a full size adult one for myself, but my one smaller child wanted her own. Battery seems fairly comparable but they never drive it long enough to get a full time to run it out. They'll be on it at least 45 min and they're still good to go. There's lights on the wheels and they're fun, but there's no app control like the higher end hover-1 if you like to customize colours. The speed is kind of slow, but if you've got small kids that are nervous it'd be a good confidence booster. Mine tend to be more adventurous so she finds herself wanting to go even faster. She may get over this quickly and want a faster one. Downside is I also can't use this if I want because of the weight limit. I have no issues on a regular hoverboard Its quite lighter than expected, I imagine due to smaller battery and motors. Makes it easier for little ones to lug. I plan to get a carry case back pack so we can bring it out and about. Aside from the light up wheels, visually it's quite plain. All black, not even accent colours on various plastic trim bits. Little bland, but she plans on sticker bombing it. Overall it's a great simple starter hoverboard but if your kid is likely to really take to it and is more outgoing, it would be worth paying a bit more and getting one that can go twice as fast, more further and support more weight.

Daughters Christmas present and she weighs a whopping 55 lbs. Screws broke right out of the board while riding on the sidewalk. Not impressed

Our 11 year-old daughter has an older/larger hoverboard that most people would probably recognize from the earlier days of the hoverboard craze. She mastered it in about 10 minutes and now manages handstands, prone trick riding, and all sorts of death-defying maneuvers that make me feel silly for continuing to fall off the darned thing every time I try to get it going more than a few feet at a time. But when her friends come over, we only have the one, so we thought we'd give the Blast a try. In every way, the Blast delivers on its promise--it's a fun, easy-to-use, more kid-friendly hoverboard that only presented us with a few minor issues in use that first-time riders/purchasers should at least be aware of. On the surface, it's got all the standard farkles including bright multi-RGB-lit wheels and bright LED headlamps. A top speed of 7 mph might not sound very fast, but for a 95 pound kiddo, it gets her going PLENTY fast both up and down the rather large hill our house sits atop. Range is about 3 miles which is okay-ish for a small neighborhood, but it also means you can run down the battery kind of quickly at a park or walking path or just buzzing back and forth around the house for a few hours straight. Still, with just a 3-hour round trip under its belt, you've got a limited range of worry because your kid is simply not going to be riding the Blast down to the coast and back. The scoot is VERY responsive and quiet in operation, the large solid rubber wheels make it almost stealthy...even indoors! And as a favor to the parents out there, it's smaller and lighter than most standard hoverboards so my daughter was FINALLY okay with carrying this one around for herself. The only issues in use we found were minor, but still important to note. First, there are no LED tail lights which reduces the safety quotient of this hoverboard at night. Maybe the designers figured kids wouldn't be out at, or after, dark on a hoveboard, but we all know better, don't we? Second, because the board is a bit lighter than some of its larger and more potent cousins, my daughter had a lot of trouble getting it to smoothly muscle past the choppy transition between the end of our cement driveway and the rough lip of the asphalt that paves our street--a more powerful hoverboard would make this transition reassuringly and with ease. Overall, however, we are very pleased with the Hover-1 Blast--it proved every bit as fun for my daughter as the larger, more powerful, and pricier model we have sitting next to it by the door. Definitely recommended as a gateway hoverboard to something larger and faster as your kid ages and his/her/their skills improve.