I Bought $300 Skateboard BEARINGS (so you don't have to)

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[XUMN]

Shout out to Bones for helping me run from the police as a teenager, I don’t know where I’d be without those good ass bearings.

[michaelrossi]

Those bearings are meant for speed like longboarding\ Street Luge. High impact skating will destroy them just as quick as $17 bearings

[atmosphericraven]

As soon as I feel my regular bearings start to slow down, I do a complete tear down cleaning the shields, each ball bearing, the retainers, inner, and outer races. Then I put them back together and add bones speed cream. It takes time for the breakdown, cleaning, and reassembly, but it's fun to do when you're bored. I've took some old rusted bearings apart, soaked them in acetone or vinegar overnight to remove the rust, cleaned, refurbished them, and they work great. Regular bearings can last a long time if you do the maintainance.

[jasonharris]

I’ve found with cheap bearings, that they feel like they stop right when you remove pressure from the board. I.E popping. With expensive bearings there is no resistance during popping. Also durability, is a big deal to me. I’m an old skate nerd and always doing a tune up to my board.

[azazelreficulmefistofelicu]

The washers need the spacers. An engineer and a mechanic explained to me the function. I am not an expert but will do my best explaining.
Long story short, help in case the axle slips and improves the wheels spinning, prolong the bearings life and a few more benefits. You must keep the wheels tight not loose like some people prefer.
Without washers and spacers the bearings suffer every time you turn or receive an impact.

[chrislaymon]

From my experiences, I bought Bones Super Swiss 6 bearings with my first skateboard setup and, with an annual cleaning and lubrication after the first 2 or 3 years, they lasted me about 7 and a half years of street skating, park skating, and transportation. I purchased a second pair of the Bones Super Swiss 6 and they have been going strong ever since with no problems or cleaning whatsoever in the last 2 or 3 years. Both sets have rolled faster, longer, and lasted far longer than any bearings any of my friends have ever skated. I recommend the Super Swiss 6 without any reservation!

However, last week I found a set of BRAND NEW Bones Swiss Ceramic bearings (the 8 pack, the ones marketed for skateboarding and not the ones marketed for roller skating/blading as the ones in the video) at a Goodwill in Florida only 5 minutes away from Plus Skateshop for only $6.00! I'm looking forward to throwing these in a second skateboard and seeing how they compare!

[jbernardo]

I do regular cleaning and once a year or so complete tear down de-rust and put back together my bearings. I find it enjoyable. It probably costs me the 20$ in cleaning supplies and labor that new bearings would cost me but like I said I enjoy it. My theory on ABEC is that it’s all about the tolerances of the balls fitting in between the races. I’ve noticed bearings with higher ABEC for example are harder to take apart and put back together. But the gap on a lower ABEC is more than wiped out by the weight of a skater. So what’s the point? My opinion (full disclosure I’m an ME/AE but welcome other perspectives) is that a lower ABEC should actually be way more forgiving of both dirt and rust. In both cases the extra room in between the balls and the races means stuff can pass through and some rust build up won’t totally seize up your bearings. I guess it doesn’t matter now that we’re like 5-10 years into skaters being smart enough to know ABEC doesn’t matter. But I’m curious if anyone else has ever actually experienced what I’m talking about. I have but my sample size is two sets of bearings that I repeatedly clean and de-rust, so not exactly representative.

[TheReal_DeanD]

Thanks for taking one for the team. I wish I could've done this test with you to do it blind. I'd keep all the wheel duros and shapes the same. Keep the deck and trucks the same. Install them and have John skate to see which one performed better. This way limited bias potentially.

[burger]

the wind also woulda effected the roll test, as well as having different trajectory back and forth. And yeah I think the most significant difference in the expensive bearings is the material that last longer and have less friction, but the issue is the amount of gunk and grime they have to deal with in skateboarding, and the parts other than the ball bearings probably won't outlast the bearings. So yeah, I'm gonna stick with my bronson G2s or maybe G3s if I'm feeling up to them.

[seandunbar]

I've had 3 sets of 70$ fully shielded ceramic ball bearings (ABEC #1) for over 4 years. 0 maintenance, go through puddles without a worry, they are as fast as they were new. I'm still faster than friends with new boards. I've only started to replace a few bearings that got crunchy. It's so worth it to me to spend x2 as much and have bearings that last years instead of months.

[ItsKrispyKev]

Ive had my bone swiss's for 15 years. They spin for a solid minute easily. Never had any issues with them.

[RealRyanMcLeod]

You had so much more speed coming out of your tricks, setting you up better for a second trick or with better speed for a full line. Solid if you're looking to build a line for a part or something. It's like Aaron Kyro always says, you need speed and commitment for tricks. Better, more consistent speed along with better recovery speed out of a trick makes for smoother landings.

[sethusk]

Watching all your videos falls right into my plan of watching all your videos. Keep killing it!

[matthewwalker]

"the accumulation on $17 bearings needed to compensate for $300 is literally years..." except wasn't one of the 1st things you pointed out upon opening those bearings was that you in fact receive 2 sets of bearings, meaning 1 set "only" really costs $150? In that case you would need them to last about 10x longer (which would actually mean you would be saving $20). If your $17 bearings last 2 months then 10x longer is still 20 months, which is still "literally years", but it's less than 2 years and, from what I've heard, you can make Swiss ceramics last that long for sure. I would say they're probably particularly beneficial if you skate in wetter conditions too.

[brucebruno]

Silicon Nitride Ceramic is around 30% stronger than steel. They won't wear, chip, or warp nearly as quick as steel ball bearings. If you clean them every month or so they could last you over a year easily. I go with the Reds Ceramic. You only get 1 set ($65) that's less than half the price of 1 set ($150) of these, but are made of the same materials. You actually save a lot of cash in the long-term and they stay consistently smooth.

[beergood]

How are the bearings doing it’s been a year

[VhaidraSaga]

I love Zealous Bearings because I'm lazy. No need for speedrings or spacers, and if the ball gets damaged, the special grease reforms the broken or damaged ball!

[landonkane]

John haven’t watched u in awhile and now I’m getting a wave of nostalgia

[MJBOGAN]

When I was a kid my mates dad ran a printing press that used the same bearings as skateboards. Needless to say we had endless naachis second hand, and I have to say, for the price of 8 new naachis, you cant go wrong. I did, when I got older try a lot of bearings, the best being bones swiss, and I think there was a noticeable difference in speed. The park I was a local at had an asphalt surface and widely spaced ramps, lots of pushing, and was slightly uphill one way, so you really appreciated slightly larger wheels and better bearings.

[williammadray]

I have three different types of built-in bearings one premium 6 ball type( with larger balls for longer roll distance and easier pushing), ceramics (from the same manufacturer), and a standard built-in 7 ball bearing and I can definitely feel the difference between the different types of bearings for my applications: which are probably definitely less stressful than core skateboard standards. Surfskating and longboarding(should I say skate everything cruiser).