TurboAnt V8 - Unboxing & Impressions

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[@aprilroseanticamara6772]

if you hold the menu button and power at the same time , you can go into the settings , then go to p4 , from there you can increase the speed by setting the p4 into a ff ( not all ant scooters allow this but most do )also in setting you can adjust p2 to change from 1 kick start to a 0 no kick to start :)

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. -Vosk

[@lilanjel1992]

Omg you are a savor that kick start was the worst

[@lilanjel1992]

Oh wait the new model has no menu button, the power button is the menu button

[@alemseged]

@@lilanjel1992 did you get this to work?

[@Jakewfx]

New model doesn’t have function button

[@yazmillah]

I'm really loving mine...got it as a present in December 2022...gets me to central park and back to 14th street.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Awesome! Thanks for stopping by. -Vosk

[@budwhite9781]

Very cool design, with some interesting innovations. Thank you for this review.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thanks for watching! -Vosk

[@gatesroyale]

Highly recommend the splach Titan. Great price that can't be beat. 47 miles 37 miles per hour. Dual motors plus off roading and much more all for $1,200 got mines a few weeks ago and love it

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thanks for the tip! -Vosk

[@Forthreee]

Any issues so far?

[@gatesroyale]

@@Forthreee none at all. I enjoy the scooter. The only thing I don't like is the p setting which isn't in there manual on how to use it. Lastly, for another cord for charging to cut the charging time in half in my opinion sounds over priced but than anything I've never bought a scooter charger before but $70 seems like way to much. Scooter lasts a very long time and the speed is enjoyable.

[@hyrulemasterchef9573]

My wolf king gt today started making knocking noises in the front motor and i could like feel it jumping and knocking under my feet; it rained last night. I rode in it; maybe it’ll go away once it completely dries up? Then at one point when I hit the throttle it de-cellerated.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

When you brake or when you accelerate ?

[@hiccupt3399]

Hey I have this scooter, and I am about 270 lbs, definitely a decent choice, good range. Get up to full speed on flat ground. I will caution people on the tires though, they are fragile, I had a flat on my second day of riding. Luckily turbo ant has easily available compatible honeycomb tires that they make themselves that I am putting on.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Very Cool! Thanks for sharing. -Vosk

[@Simcore999]

The iron-Air mk93( Iron-Lithium-Air) also has dual batteries( Tenth prototype of of the series) but, you still have to manually swap between the deck battery( twice the range) and the stem( Prototype nine just got an" Ark" ring upgrade untill spring testing)

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. -Vosk

[@georgebowman1060]

There is a battery that cost $500 for an eBike so yeah their price is good ; and as heavy as he weighs and he still got 20 MPH -awesome! Weight also affects distance.

[@60SecondLego]

Are the tires tubeless or no?

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Tubes!

[@alemseged]

This thing has character!

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

For sure it does! -Vosk

[@ratchfordgeorge]

Paul you're an animal on that scooter

[@Ghost-sz7uo]

damn, i just discovered your channel at the beginning of this year and realized i missed your 75k subscriber giveaway by a week!

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

You didn't miss a thing! We didn't hit 75k :-( So we're working on another one! Stay tuned! -Paul

[@randomator6378]

Are you ever going to do a full video on the TURBOANT X7 MAX

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Possibly!

[@gorgeousj206]

Cool scooter.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thank you! I love checking out scooter with some really original design details. Glad we got to do an unboxing on this one! -Paul

[@billgangsta539]

haha love how Paul showing off his riding skills on the wet road! :D This scooter looks interesting and also kinda unusual cuz of the 2 batteries and the tire size! good thing the good air in them cuz i am not a big fan of the solid tires. Also i like the cute sounds it makes when you change modes and stuff! The price is also pretty good. We dont have that brand where i am from.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

No TurboAnts for you? Where do you live? -Paul

[@billgangsta539]

@@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide europe - greece

[@billgangsta539]

@@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide well only if you order it online.

[@zztop7000]

Hello do you guys know if Turboant will make a dual motor? Thank you for your review!

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Not sure currently!

[@zztop7000]

@@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide thanks

[@joelkuznetsov2826]

PAUL Question: this good looking scooter or the solar E1??

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Great question! I think they're both really good looking scooters. Unfortunately, we've only had a chance to unbox and ride up and down the block on both of these scooters so far. So, I don't have full test data to make a really informed recommendation. Things I like about the V8: two batteries, two air-filled tires and two brakes. Things I like about the E1: light weight, larger battery easier to read display. I think either would be good scooters to start out with, and both should have decent range and similar top speeds. -Paul

[@joelkuznetsov2826]

@@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide thank you! Keep up the good work 👏

[@melchris6070]

Looks like you guys changed your test surroundings a little?

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We did! Thanks for noticing! Our lease was up, so we moved from Berkeley to Oakland. We'll probably do a video about our new studio/workspace soon. -Paul

[@teddy_123.]

NICE

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Paul

[@gluemaster5415]

can you guys do a review about the OBARTER X3 or X1

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We will take a look thank you! -Vosk

[@gauravthulla561]

Hello team, i want to buy a new Electric Scooter around 2000 Cad, is there any suggestion from your team that i should go for, also my motive is use it for Uber deliveries in downtown Toronto so mostly just city.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

riderguide.com/best-rated/best-electric-scooters/

[@g00fysmiley]

I get their thing is super lightweight and such but come on, give us 28 mph. still looking for my unicorn to go alongside my ebike. 30+ mph, enough range for my 24 mile roundtrip commute, light enough to carry up 5 stories worth of stairs at said work, and solid or tubeless tires little tro no worries on flats. Emove cruiser is the closest, but a bit heavy for daily 5 story climbs

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thanks for stopping by! -Vosk

[@coastdaze748]

Shucks! I was really interested in this one because I am looking for removable batteries. But Paul mentioned that the battery in the foot bed is not removable. That means I'd have to schlep the whole scooter upstairs. 😞 I want removable batteries so that as with my ebike, the bike stays in the garage and the battery comes home with me to charge. 🙂

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Many other options for sure!

[@dakotawolf5155]

Good little beginner scooter. I got my wife the Hover 1 Journey. Goes 16mph and 16 miles. Looking to buy the wolf warrior GT pro for myself. 3k is alot though!

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Good choice! Have fun & stay safe. -Vosk

[@Arob1999]

Hey Paul, nice review. I am really looking for a review on the Apollo Phantom 60v Ludicrous. I found it shocking that nearly 0 of the 7 billion people we have on this planet have not put it on KZbin yet. I checked ESG website and it says it can go nearly 47MPH! Is there anyway you can please ask Apollo to do a review on it?

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We will try our best! Thank You. -Vosk

[@yoelmoralescondori5776]

GOOD, I HAVE A V8, MY QUESTION WAS HOW TO CHANGE THE INFORMATION THAT IS GIVED ON THE SCREEN FROM MILES TO KILOMETERS...?

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Should be in the manual! If they did not provide you one please email CS and they will send you one! -Vosk

[@fiverareblanks]

full review?

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We never ended up doing a full review, but did just review the M10 Pro

[@mongi4435]

By the way I had my vsett 72 up to 64mph gps 67 on display. Took 1 mile to top out.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Great to hear. Did you do a 2-direction run? Our top speed run is 3/4 mile long. Can you tell me the location so I can look at elevation on the topo map? -Paul

[@mongi4435]

@@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide On my way to work this morning, no wind at all. Perfectly flat at sea level. I live in Florida. I will try again tomorrow. If it’s not windy I’ll take a picture of my GPS. I don’t have any video equipment to record.

[@lagunamusic7686]

Would be great to get a video showing us the most reliable scooters that will last a long time with minimal maintenance. I know G30P will probably be on that list. I’m looking for a scooter that goes max speed 40-50 mph and hast around 60 miles or more of range. I don’t want it to be over 100 lbs but preferably around 70 lbs. At this point I find lots of scooters but I find bad reviews on product quality, or customer service from the company. I almost got a used Wolf King for $1500 but the bad reviews make me hesitant. I don’t want to invest that much and have the scooter stop working within a year or two. Only reason I don’t want to sell my G30P is they’re known to last a very long time, I don’t know if anything else compares long term.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Excellent idea! Thanks for the tip. -Vosk

[@jake9854]

i alway thought paul put eyeliner on, which make him looks like Egyptian pharaoh, but i realized he naturally looks like that lol

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Lol thanks for stopping by. -Vosk

[@dakotawolf5155]

😄 Paul does great with these videos!

[@mongi4435]

Finally, you guys were the first one that I ever was able to be the first thumbs up! Yay

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Nice! Thank you for helping launch the video. -Paul

[@duck-tape]

I bought mine today through TurboAnt for $599 (Father's day sale)

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Awesome! Enjoy your new scooter. -Vosk

[@zombie_sl4yman]

Best money I ever spent

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Awesome! Enjoy your new scooter. -Vosk

[@IMADG]

Good job with all your thorough reviews - helped me make my first scooter purchase! My suggestion to you is to get a gimball to stabilize the camera - would made the content easier to watch.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Great suggestion!

[@Hordak81]

24 days after I started using my V8 the front inner tube got a leak. I replaced it with the provided spare inner tube. Two days later that one leaked. I then ordered the Honeycomb tires to replace them. However, 22 days after I starting using my V8 I began having issues with the floorboard battery. It isn't working at all. Currently in talks with TurboAnt customer service trying to resolve this. This scooter isn't cheap in cost. Also, in about 20 days of riding, the front tire ONLY, went bald. Now, I commute an average of 15 miles / 24 km a day, six days a week. This is a commuter scooter, isn't it? Tire shouldn't have gone bald. Otherwise, when both batteries are operating properly I have no issue with having enough charge to make my daily commute. I also have the X7 Pro and it seems simpler may be better. I had less issues with the X7 Pro, but "upgraded" to the V8 for dual batteries. This is just my situation and it may just be my luck.

[@zombie_sl4yman]

Didn't know it came with a extra battery now i have three

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Very cool!

[@TheKevinP]

looks decent for a budget/commuter scooter. Seems about the same price to performance as others in the $650-700 range.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Decent for sure! -Vosk

[@muzammilshaikh3558]

How can we get this in India

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Hopefully they will find a distributor soon!

[@oliverayton2526]

new scooter to have a look at is the inokim ox super

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We will take a look Thank You! -Vosk

[@lilanjel1992]

I just got mine and I’m not impressed it’s the upgrade. I experienced a slow start, where it took much longer to get from 0-5mph and then never made it past 17mph on a flat terrain. Up hill speeds were just as bad as with the older model. The new tires make you feel every bump and divet harder then the older model. Overall was deeply disappointed.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Insightful! Thanks for your feedback.

[@Sunny8888]

You covered all the important features on this review and I think the TurboAnt V8 is a great value for the price . . .. Especially the sale price! The new V8 moves you at a respectable speed with respectable range. Nice to have the extra battery, good load limit, and more lights too when compared to the X7 Pro. If there is a lot of competition for space on roadways with bicycles and joggers etc. the 20 MPH speed is just enough to feel like you are getting along well but not so fast that it would be a hassle to slow down in a hurry. I think it comes down to a choice by the riding consumer between practicality/price vs performance/wow factor. Having the battery in the stem on the X7 Pro does cause the deck to swing around under certain conditions if the scooter is lifted while holding onto the handlebar only. Since the V8 has a battery in the deck as well I would suspect that characteristic may be different . . . hopefully in a good way. The display screen is simple and I agree that brightness is not on par with more sophisticated ones. Again, you get what you pay for . . . enough to do the job. I had good customer support with my X7 Pro and I suspect that TurboAnt would be there for the new V8 customers with the same enthusiasm. They do make it easy to buy replacement parts. If I were going to be buying my first electric scooter at this time and needed the extra range I would seriously consider the V8. But for now my X7 Pro is "enough" for my needs. It's nice to have a choice between two able scooters from TurboAnt that offer so much and cost well under $1K.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Super insightful! Thanks for sharing. -Vosk

[@pacochawa2746]

lol 50 miles going 5mph so not gonna happen. Glad you guys think so too.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

That's pretty typical for scooter companies to spec out a range test at around 10mph. We almost always get 40 - 60% of spec on our test course. -Paul

[@lyubomiryordanov9246]

nice,but for this price i would buy WideWheel Pro,it has dual suspension and better top speed

[@TheKevinP]

ww pro is nearly TWICE as much, so i should hope it would be better ...

[@lyubomiryordanov9246]

@@TheKevinP twice? its currently around 830$

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

It’s decent but a dated scooter! -Vosk

[@supermikeb]

I bought a "reconditioned" Turbo Ant V8 electric scooter from the company. I came a week and a half ago. This unit never powered on, and had parts broken lying loose in the box. I emailed them right away. They first asked for a video of the broken parts, and a few days later asked for a video of the screen. I provided them with both right away, but have not heard back. I called their phone and got a voicemail. So far I would not recommend this product. The electrical connections are in the handlebars, and did not line up when I put them on. I've been doing appliance and machinery repairs for a living for 35 years. I watched all the videos before starting to assemble. I have 4 scooters, 3 Ebikes, and 4 hoverboards. This is a bad as I gets so far. I'll update if they respond or anything.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Keep us updated! -Vosk

[@supermikeb]

@@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide I'll update if they respond or anything.

[@supermikeb]

After more than two months, and having to repackage and return the scooter the first time, the scooter arrived today, and I can say unequivocally that this scooter is a complete and utter waste of money, and can only work on completely flat or downhill surfaces. My other scooter is a Glion Dolly, and has a 350 watt motor. This scooter weighs twice as much, and has about 1/2 the power even though it's supposed to be a 450 watt motor. I'm done with this company.

[@ghrocker99661]

I don't understand. Why haven't you tested any of solar scooters on your website. Solar scooters have accrued hundreds of thousands of views, they're much more popular than some other scooters you have tested

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We are in the process of doing full review videos for solar! -Vosk

[@alaahassan5664]

Eveons, pls assist to rate this company its available in Dubai, UAE and looks perfect but i know nothing about it

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

We have not heard of that brand! -Vosk

[@batmangsxr300]

This looks good but turboant left a bad taste in my mouth when I tried to use my warranty for a spare battery I purchased. It stopped working and wouldn't fully charge and they would not honor the warranty and the battery was hardly used

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thanks for sharing. Noted

[@robertshep9857]

Where on the website does it say this scooter has regen. Braking? You claim this scooter has the tech.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Regen braking meaning it slightly charges your battery while braking

[@P4FElton]

you can clearly see that shit struggles with the bigguer dude and is on a plain terrain... any small hill and you will be walking... dual batterie like that does sound cool but probably in a 60V system or even 72, where you do have the power you just dont have that much range... (actual realistic with speed range)

[@strangetimes5993]

we experienced dudes will never buy this crap this is for people who are new to escooters and don't know nothing about electronics

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Hopefully we'll get a chance to do a full review on the V8 where we can test hill climb ability. -Paul

[@cubitaid2454]

handle bar was experienced poor design

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Thanks for your suggestion!

[@supermikeb]

After more than two months, and having to repackage and return the scooter the first time, the scooter arrived today, and I can say unequivocally that this scooter is a complete and utter waste of money, and can only work on completely flat or downhill surfaces. My other scooter is a Glion Dolly, and has a 350 watt motor. This scooter weighs twice as much, and has about 1/2 the power even though it's supposed to be a 450 watt motor. I'm done with this company.

[@ESG-ElectricScooterGuide]

Sorry you had a bad experience! Hopefully you can look for a better one.