Onewheel GT S-Series Goes Fast — But How Far?

How does the Onewheel GT S-Series perform for commuters? With less range than the original GT, is range anxiety back again? How does it feel going 25 mph on a Onewheel? Are the lowboy footpads worth it?

My new Onewheel GT-S Series is here, and I took it out for a ride while running late for an appointment with my barber. It was a good thing I had the fastest Onewheel, the Onewheel GT-S Series to get me there. I felt 25 mph haptic buzz, and the power of its torque, during the ride.

A review and comparison to the original Onewheel GT is coming soon. Watch this video for my early impressions.

Here I'm riding in Flow as a ~240 lbs rider. The tire's PSI was increased for extra speed to 24 PSI. I'm using the standard lowboy footpads, and the GT S-Series Performance Treaded Tire.

0:00 Catching Up
0:03 Delivering CPSC Letters
0:06 Haptic Buzz & Custom Shaping Update
0:10 Update Killed My Onewheel GT
0:20 Motor Plug Fried on Onewheel GT
0:29 Price for a Fried Motor and Controller
0:35 Onewheel GT-S Series Arrived
0:54 Onewheel GT-S Real World Commute
7:28 Surprising GT-S Range Test Results

[JohnnyMcPro]

Bro. Loved the way you did this review! I just got a GT (upgrade from OG Pint) and I’m loving the crazy range - plus going 20 MPH is fast enough for me. I haven’t hit haptic buzz yet, so it just all around feels like a safe board to ride.

[AndyVNguyen]

You are much calmer here than I expected based off of the fiasco with the GT repair that you shared with us in OW discord haha. Glad at least you have a reliable board in the GT-S!

[kevinl]

Your video was sweet. Video/audio on point. It was sweet to see all those updates you put on the screen. You got a sub. Take care my man

[vafixer]

the best video/journey I seen on the GTS well done man, awesome

[flashinglightsonewheel]

Cool vid man, great to see how much battery you got left when arriving to your barber spot. I have a XR with an upgraded battery, I had a nose dive going 25.6 miles and hour and couldn't run it out so ended up getting a broken clavicle and metacarpal of my hand. not fun at all but still that time I was pushing the board to it's limits and that was the result of that night lol fun riding these beasts, XR to me is everything but there's always a board for everyone .... keep stoking !!!

[MikeBSalazar]

You riding through Home Depot reminds me of the times when I would ride a skateboard through a local grocery store Plaza. I felt like a hoodlum, but watching you with your one wheel makes me think about how classy you are compared to 13 year old me on a skateboard 😂

I’m glad for your safety. Picking up that kind of speed is definitely no joke. You have a helmet, but I would want some elbow and kneepads hahaha

[sylrider]

Definitely liked the format! Would love more range and speed test comparison between boards like XR, GT, GRS, VESC, Floatwheel! Thank you, I just subscribed to your channel!

[dalemartin]

Love the content Don. Got to drive down to the DC Area to do my first group ride in Spring 2024

[fixmypev]

Love the reality of this video (when we’re in a hurry, everything’s a “come on, bro…” moment haha)!

Based on your battery usage on the way to your barber, you’d have gotten about 9.64 miles if you had used a full battery at that pace. Based on how you rode on the way back, you brought your total usage estimate up to about 12.44 miles on a full battery (you must have been more casual or aerodynamic on the way back haha).

At 171 lbs, I’ve been averaging about 11.4 miles per full charge over my first 5 cycles, but that’s been a series of smaller rides rather than one official range test. Hoping to see my number come up a bit when I do a real full ride. If it doesn’t, it might be back to the OG GT for me (I’d rather have range than torque).

Keep it up, Don! 🤙🏼⚡️💯

[FloatyMcFly]

Love seeing the first haptic buzz face 🤙

[winstongreene]

Followdon, love your content... While you're riding at those faster speeds on the GT-S, gotta have those wrist protectors. Ride safe bro. Thanks for the content.

[BrianTheSolarBee]

Bruh, you weigh 237 pounds AND rode it down to 14%?!?!?! That's a great testimony to the board. I'm 135 pounds and on hills am wary with the GT at 50%. Nosedives are terrible, so my NUMBER ONE piece of advice for fellow riders is to keep an eye on their app and battery percentage to know their safety zone for the board nose diving at low power. Thanks for the video. <3

[JeffreyHallford]

It’s so crazy watching you pass up cars

[RufioViq]

Nice video man, fellow DMV OW rider hailing from Poolesville. Where's all the DC onewheel meetups?

[sendysent]

That range is just sad :/ I’ll just keep my GT and wait until next release of performance onewheel w better range or performance float wheel when it comes out. Great video Don!

[jaefrmbkk]

ty bruvz. lookin forward to the head to head 🤙🏾

[SchuylerOrtega]

Seems like your GT issues were tied directly to the firmware update… but not covered by FM which is frustrating. On a positive note, glad to see you ripping the GTS

[Rydizzle]

upgraded from pint to gts over gt got a steal for it and extra only 2100 on marketplace. love it so far gotten over 100 miles in the last 2 weeks. range is amazing compared to the pint so i dont really care but hyper charger is on its way.

[SweetieJuniorTV]

Recommending u put sometime into custom shaping it really helps out in all aspect of the board both GT and GTS.

[dckev]

Hey Don... just stumbled on your videos. Nicely done vid! I'm in DC and just picked up a Pint X. Other than the MBT - what are some of the best places to ride in DC? Are there any rider groups that meet up in DC?