Hammer Sledge Review - Backfire created a MONSTER. 

Can we just applaud his insane horse stance

Damn I was waiting so hard for the new full review and I got 20 minutes of it! Thanks to you I started thinking of getting an e-board and recently bought one. And your videos are pure pleasure.

You guys have such a great reviewing style! Kudos!

I think all the add-ons are pretty cool and some people would like them. We are used to bare-bones longboards so it's nice to see some inventions in the e-skate market

I really wish hobby wing would adopt their remote to something similar to this. Most of their remote display is just too damn tiny for my aging eyes.

Great video! I might just pick this one up!

Glad they added the spoiler or we'll be airborne!

I just ordered this bad ass machine today!!!

Good review bro! Thanks for the sharing🥰

The Hammer Sledge is a great board great power and I like the overall fit and finish.

Hammer Sledge referral discount code ‘DKWAN’ at ridebackfire.com | In case you're wondering, I was in the US with family when Aleks reviewed this board. That's why you see me walking around in an American suburbia. I'm back in Shanghai now doing time in a quarantine hotel, yay...

The appearance of this board and remote just blows me away

The hammer sledge looks like a tricked out sports car with all the accessories. Reminds me of a C8. I'm diggin' it fr. 🔥🔥

I almost face planted on the X2…I totally feel you on the speed wobbles

I got the 2wd and all accessories, wish I got the 4wd . But the range is probably better with 2wd. Those cloudrovers are rough and they shake. Riptide Heavy/Ultra Heavy bushing kit is a must. The pneumatics actually help the stability and braking. The cloudRovers braking power/distance is lowered significantly

Very Nice 🤙

I like the hole for the finger on the remote.i use that to spin the remote to get to the forward n back switch

nice video! when I see your video come up I always click on it instantly!

Hey, awesome review! Are the little red lights IN the stock board brake lights? Or are there only brakes lights on the spoiler add on?

That fingerprint 5 second lockout is a deal breaker.

They prevented 0.001% of the chance that the board may get stolen but blocked 100% of the times that you need to board to get moving from traffic lights with this fingerprint thing. Luckily, you can turn if off to get your 100% times back...

I bought my ranger x2 cause of ur trip to China ride. Best investment

Hi buddy, where did u found the “brackets “ to set up the lights? Thank you

Hey @daniel Kwan , Do you have plans to review the cloudwheel rovers? I bought as an early buyer and they have changed everything about how I ride now (for the good). Considering they are coming stock with certain boards now, I would love to hear what your take on them is.

⚡ *Hopefully the "Sledge Hammer" ESC becomes the standard / norm for all future Backfire boards* ⚡ Ooo enclosed belt-drive, didn't noticr it before. I dunno who that is carvin with the "hawai" style shirt but love the carvin/thrashin pumpin style 🤙🏼🤙🏼 Nice flex to it but interestin to hear that it's more a negative considerin the trucks issue etc. Nice summary at the end 👌🏼

Lol I'm 47 and want the spoiler!

I was so excited to have a fingerprint reader, but I only notice it when it’s being annoying and blocking me from moving. For example, I’m at cross walk and a nice lady is waving me to go, but I’m standing there like a dumb ass because the fingerprint reader didn’t recognize me. I would love to disable the fingerprint reader, but keep it around for initial boot up lock.

Is there a way to fix the sloppy pivot cup issue?

I need help installing the pull handle on the hammer sledge $WD standard

Woah!!!!

I seen someone selling a hammer sledge for 500. Plan use to change them tires to 120 clouds or 105s mads granted adding whatever for ground clearance. I asked him to show me the odometer and the battery cell report on the remote. Ive have yet to hear back from the guy.

What are the knee guards shown at 0:02 ?

Here I am still trying to convince Backfire to let me buy the Extension Wings separately so I can mod my original Hammer

In my opinion,Diy boards are good stuffs for creative users. But what I concern most about is the safety of those wings which could be the biggest problem when we fall down from boards.

My concern/question is with the move to LiPo will the charger/ECU/ESC be smart and be able to discharge/charge/balance the battery cells properly to the correct voltages after each use in case you aren't riding for few days/weeks? LiPo batteries are powerful - but their downside is that many do not understand the battery maintenance that comes with LiPos. I've flown RC cars/planes/drones for a long time and I do agree with the power output of LiPos BUT they are not user friendly for the regular eSkate riders that don't understand nor have time to monitor battery maintenance after every ride. And failure to do so will result in puffy LiPo cells which in turn equals a bad about to explode pack - unless Backfire has somehow programmed the ECU to do all that which they have not mentioned...

Can the board/remote receive software updates?

Would anyone recommend the zeus pro, hurricane, or this sledge? The sledge worries me with lipos battery fires. I know alot of lipo fires happen more so than regular batteries. Especially flexible lipos worry me

when compared to the other 2 most popular 4wd in the market like the acedeck ares x1 and the exway atlas pro you can see a lot of flaws in the design, hope backfire can improve in the future since they're a great company

The remote needs additional tweaks. They should have longer battery indicators ========== Instead of using small bars with vague measurements. The forward/reverse button is still easy to hit if you let go, and it touches your clothes. Fallen a few times because of this. I've had tiny rocks/grit get stuck in there when riding after the rain. It's sad that the USBC still doesn't have a cover.

better than the Barrel, it would seem.

Review the voyager

please finish the review on the exway atas prooooooo

hot damn, max fell twice in the vid and both times it seems as if the Rovers lost traction at the slightest turn and it didtn seem wet. Is this normal???

It charges super fast too.(2hr from 15%) the board turns on while its charging too which is weird but rest assured its part of the design. Doesn't even come with a manual and the box is the same from the previous Hammer.

While I do like the teeth on the edge of tires, I'm not sure I'd be happy stepping down from 175 to 160 mm - Specially with this rather long board. If anything, I want MORE ground-clearance if I'm gonna pay for 4WD drive 😎

I haven’t been able to find a video comparison ANYWHERE, so how would you compare the Hammer Sledge to the Zeus Pro? I’m looking to get a longboard purely for off-road, I have my zealot for street riding.

The mud guards are a great idea, but the different batt cells and the silly spoiler is well, not so great.

So there is no point to take the 4WD one becuase the range is terrible right?

I hold off on getting one simply because I worry it's going to break I'm 4 months after it has no warranty

This is basically Griff's hoverboard from Back To The Future 2

what does the cell voltages tell us? I'm new to lipo batteries. Do we have to keep them at a certain voltage? How do we do that?

This is a 2 in 1 Board? I would really like to see you putting also some PU wheels on these kind of Boards. The battery case looks so thick I can not imagine riding it with some 90 mm wheels.

How many kilos is it?

Backfire has nice remotes. And lightning. But I think 4wd is not an useful option for boards right now.

good review man. thanks for sharing. question , I'm 260 pounds now... target 200 pounds. any board that could hold me and don't break apart?...or I just have to wait until I drop 60 pounds ? I am looking for the Exway Atlas

15:24 Why not swap the trucks out for better ones? Those Gull Wing Sidewinder II trucks aren't even that popular with longboarders or the Surfskate riders they were designed for, so I do not see why e-boarders would like them either. After looking at the webpage, I can see that the front trucks can easily be replaced with better RKP trucks like Paris V3s or Caliber 3s for even more stability at higher speeds because of the Caliber plug-barrel bushing design and the rear looks like they MIGHT...be able to be swapped, if the drive system is transferable.

I think Sledgehammer is a COD developer. May be patented name

How would you rate this against the eski mountain board I'm looking into a more alterrain board the road where I live destroyed my backfire g3s motors

Hammer sledge or nomad n1

Hey friend can I porches a board from your collection?

I feel that price is holding this board back. This is the only belt driven AT board that I see they offer for a price at this time of $1900 for the most basic option. Why do we not have a cheaper option?

Pneumatics make me afraid of punctures :,c

Backfire zealot vs Lycaon Swift

WHOS IDEA WAS IS TO CALL IT HAMMER SLEDGE? I can't stay calm when thinking about how braindead this idea was, sledgehammer would've been the coolest name ever. From a consumer, no one likes this ridiculous naming choice. Please learn from this because the name choice lost you a sale, let me explain. When a board is marketed and sold with ridiculous choices made like this, it sets the bar. You now expect other stupid decisions to be made such as the fingerprint scanner. Yes it seems cool, but in practice it is going to be a pain 99% of the time. If someone is going to steal or use your board, they need the remote anyway, and the fact that it by default locks itself after 5 seconds is ridiculous. I am sounding harsh but it's important to say what I think. Everything about this board seems so amazing until you use it in real world situations and then.. I don't know. It just doesn't quite hit the mark at all? All the features you have picked pale in comparison to other addons people have been screaming for for years. If the board had integrated lights that ran off the battery, if it was sold in either a 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive, if it had the exact same remote without the fingerprint scanner, if it was named Sledgehammer, it would sell like hot cakes. Watching founders who ride eskate and skateboards, who supposedly understand the market make something like this, I don't know. It's like watching blizzard entertainment continually choose the worst option and run with it and then act surprised when people get annoyed that what they want isn't added. To Randy and Jerry (the co founders of Backfire), sorry for being so harsh boys, but holy shit, learn your market. I have only been into Eskate for 2 years but these things seem like no brainers to me. No one is going to want to be swapping those fins all the time. The spoiler looks horrendous and adds nothing to the design or function. If you wanted to make a board look cooler, you failed spectacularly. One last thing, I really hope you didn't choose hammer-sledge for the name just because DKwan suggested sledgehammer and you wanted to have the name but still be able to say you named it. Missed a massive opportunity. If you read this far thank you for your time, I sound like an unreasonable crazy fan boy probably, but I am passionate about where eskate can go and this is not the direction it should be going. Let me know if you agree with anything I said, as I welcome opinions, as this is just mine.

That spoiler is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.

It looks like Batman board

make a meepo voyayer video

Is Alex a student from Zhejiang University?

@12:41 I legit thought that was an actual car running him over 🤣🤣

I remember a video where in china if mans name is John smith it turns into smith ,john.... not sure if its true but maybe that has something to do with Hammer sledge? IDK

I think calling it the sledgehammer makes more sense LOL

The spoiler looks ridiculous

I miss Daniel doing reviews...

If anyone is looking to buy this board, I am selling one brand new unopened box!

Ubranded Chinese cells and 1600W motors is not a beast. All 4WD boards will have a lot of power but unusable in terms of portability, for me. The wing/spoiler look super silly, unless intended customers are 11 years old.

The spoiler is cringey af

Huh

do I have to look elsewhere to find the top speed? fuck

300lumens front lights are soooo weak. Gotta be at least 500lumens these days; especially to compete with SL-1000's from ShredLights.

I just bought a G3. Please don't give me buyers remorse.

I feel like I have a completely different set of expectations from the typical commenters on this video. This thing is boring looking as stock and completely Frankenstein-hideous when you start adding things to it. It's tasteless and seems built around just hitting specs. "Design" (and I definitely put that in quotes) like this drives people to the boutique boards to get the hell away from it. God I hope this isn't where esk8 is going. Raw numbers may be awesome to most of you, but at a certain point the specs are "good enough" and other things start becoming way more important.

specs are sooooooo 2021.

My opinion rubbish compared to other boards available.

The range is terrible.

Hopefully a bit more km range than the hammer. Cause it sucks 🤮

I dont know, but this board is so ugly, with this fenders, wing and light, somehow like a tuned Toyota with aftermarket stuff, au man 😐

What a hideous looking board. Backfires boards are so damm ugly

🔥 Thanks for the review, Daniel! I submitted it to Backfire Hammer specs page here: esk8db.com/detail/backfire-hammer-sledge-(4-wd)-349

15:24 Why not swap the trucks out for better ones? Those Gull Wing Sidewinder II trucks aren't even that popular with longboarders or the Surfskate riders they were designed for, so I do not see why e-boarders would like them either. After looking at the webpage, I can see that the front trucks can easily be replaced with better RKP trucks like Paris V3s or Caliber 3s for even more stability at higher speeds because of the Caliber plug-barrel bushing design and the rear looks like they MIGHT...be able to be swapped, if the drive system is transferable.