The Best Skateboard Bearings (NOT sponsored)

Marketing hype and lots of advertising does not make bearings faster, durable, or increase performance. Believe it or not, the best products are not always from top brands.

This video is about why Rat Vision chooses Oust Bearings above all other brands.
We chose Oust for many reasons, but to know why you must watch our other videos about ABEC, Swiss, and Ceramic bearings you'll discover what ABEC means, how tolerances are important, how "Swiss" is meaningless, and how ceramic is not good for skateboards.

We also discuss how bearing loads effect performance in our video about Bearing Spacers.
Axial Loads are forces applied from the side, or parallel to the axis of the bearing shaft and axis of rotation. In other simpler words, along the truck axle.
Torsional Loads are forces applied from angles that cause a twisting motion, which are against the axis of rotation. These forces come from any direction other than along the axis of rotation, or radially, which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation (axle).

Knowing how loads effect bearings, it educates us about how bearings will function while skating.
Just because a brands a lot of money on advertising and sponsoring (paying) big name pro skaters, it does not mean that their products are the best. What they may be the best at is branding, and not supplying the best products.

Branding is the ability to place a business, product, or service in the forefront of a consumer's mind.
When a brand name is at the top of your mind, you are more likely to make purchases from that brand.

Mercedes Benz is a very popular luxury car brand that is sold all over the world. However, Mercedes ranked #21 by Consumer Reports for 2015. This is a great example of how a popular brand can be perceived as being a top quality brand, when in reality it is not even close to the top.

Marketing hype, advertising, and branding have zero effect on how a product performs. What is printed in advertisements, or written on packaging, or said among friends, pros, and shop employees has NO effect on bearing speed, durability, and performance.

Slalom skating is most likely the genre of skateboarding that demands the most bearing performance.
To skaters outside of Slalom skating it may seem simple, or even stupid, to go down a hill a weave in and out of cones. How can slalom be the most demanding for bearing performance?

Simple. Slalom skaters need speed to reach the finish line first. Certain factors must apply to achieve high speeds. While skating in and out of cones the rider is constantly turning. Each turn applies axial and torsional loads that basically want the balls to roll out of the bearing raceways. During these loads high friction can occur that slow the bearings down and decrease the skaters overall speed.
In other words, the skater is constantly accelerating, slowing down, accelerating, slowing down, over and over.
To maintain high speed, by reducing friction, higher than standard materials must be used, tolerances must be adjusted, and load handling must be a factor.

Oust Bearings is the ONLY brand to actually maintain high speed, reduce friction, have tighter tolerances, better materials, and reduce axial and torsional loads.

Sure, Oust Bearings are not the top brand, sponsor the most popular pros, or have tons of advertisements.
BUT none of those things matter when you're skating.

Ads, popularity, branding, ABEC, Swiss, ceramic, skate ratings, 1 shield (or no shields), or popular pros have NOTHING to do with how well a product works.

If you think Bones bearing are better than all others because they are "skate rated", have you ever thought abut what skate rated actually means? Why is there no "rating" on Bones Bearings? It's probably because there is no Skate Rated thing does not exist!

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[ruprrrt]

You fit in perfectly in a 90's teen movie.

[omarg]

Remember watching this guy in middle school when I was consistently skating. Wonder where he went, always made great videos that I watched several times over.

[FewlzAreKewlz]

Don't fall for brand hype!
*Goes on to hype a product for 5 minutes straight.*

[yallhearsumn]

It’s 2019 and we should bring this channel back no cap

[ducivids]

dude hes probably sponserd by oust oust bearings are shit

[crackedaim]

Why I don’t skate with Oust;

1. I’m broke

[zawisl]

There is a missing part about proof why the OUST bearings are best.
What features makes them design for axial and torsional loads?
Can you please cut or disassembly one bearing and show differences to machine bearings?

[jgrayskating]

we all know you own or know someone who owns oust, you've been advertising them in all your videos since the very beginning.

[YUNGKMII]

We know that the person who runs this account hasn’t passed away (luckily) and is still active, kind of cool to be honest even after 5 years you’re checking on ur channel and replying to people :D

[osiritis]

My local board shop just told me when I asked then if they had oust bearings "you watch that rat vision video huh? bunch of bs" But I bought oust moc 9's and they're much better than my bones reds. After awhile my reds split sideways but my ousts are taking all the hits. Thanks for this video!

[OcelotPwns]

i needed to decide which bearing to buy, but i forgot to research. i bought rush bearings because i like the band RUSH.

[profosist]

Seriously sounds like an add and very much reading from a skit with a ton of hard cuts to get it just right. Basically feels like an infomercial and thus will be treated like one.

[keewinter]

The only thing I got from this paid advertisement is that I will probably never purchase oust 😂

[joshkatz]

Fascinating stuff. Might have to try some Oust bearings.

[Hanstra]

Heard this guy got his time machine fixed and returned to the 90's to change the world for the better with his knowledge of future events. We miss you, king.

[greasenob]

I just buy fidget spinners,




They come with bearings...

[ryanwoodruff]

I still have my first bearings Bones Reds and Speed Metal Wrecking Balls, both are still rolling after years of street shredding (note that I bought them second-hand from friends too). In my opinion, Rat Vision should post more videos about skateboard technology with depth. Bi-weekly reviews on individual bearings performance and other skateboard goods would be superb! Thanks for sharing the info, I appreciate your input greatly.

[hifiveguyy]

Finally a YouTube channel that uses and states the facts!!!! You guys are doing an awesome job! Please keep up the good work! And if your are being sponsored by a certain brand please say so and give an honest and unbiased review on there products!!! We appreciate honesty and good work more than biased reviews!!! Please keep this amazing channel up!!!!

[ronthunders]

I love these bearings. I actually watched this video in hope of exactly what it taught me! A bearing actually made to withstand the twist and tension skating puts on bearings! So I got a pair and living in California, I called the actual warehouse where they came from, and I met the owners son and his buddy/coworker and they had a tremendous warehouse setup where they made a lot of awesome stuff skate related there. And so far, the blue pack bearings I got, have been the absolute best bearings I’ve ever had in my whole skate life! I’ve used reds most of my life because they’re cheap and basically just disposable bearings that work long enough for what they cost. I used to break and pop soooo many godamn bearings and even got a pack of bones Swiss for my b-day when I was like 12 or 13 when I was all skinny and weighed probably 145 only and still busted the bones Swiss so I lost faith in all bearings until I watched this video. I’m glad I saw this and got myself a pair. I’ll ride these for life even though they’re not what all the pros recommend. I will say this though. My buddy let me ride his cruiser and he had Bronson’s on them, and they were fast as fuck! But, I guarantee they would break on me if I actually skated them as every other bearing brands have done on me. THESE BEARINGS ARE MADE TO TAKE THE TORQUE WE PUT ON BEARINGS PEOPLE!! GET A PAIR!! They’re rad! THEY WORK!! I use the blue moc 5 street bearings. Theywill last longer than Swiss bones! I bet a zillion bucks! If you’re a long boarder I would still recommend the oust street bearings because I feel they’re actually the strongest bearings you can get and they’re still fast AF.

[michaelsMWmovies]

Why do youtubers never say goodbye? Is it because they don't want to commit to leaving the platform?