Review for IPS121

[rayna903]

This is a review from my friend who is a newbie in EUC world. Below is what he wrote about ips121.

Wow. I'm impressed, and I haven't even gone for a ride. I'm new to the electronic unicycle (EU). Been interested since I saw the Solowheel introduced here in town a few years back. Spent a couple of weeks researching, and my conclusion was the IPS 121. Well built. Reliability. Power. Size. Range. Hill climber. Ride quality. Speed was decent (they all pretty much have speed limit 9-11 mph). Reviews where all pretty much top notch. There are a number of ways to purchase them, but Amazon seemed easiest for me...if they had the one I wanted. Sure enough, there it was at a decent price. Wasn't happy with the stated delivery dates of a month+ out or so, but it was coming from China after all. So I went ahead and purchased it on a Saturday, and settled in for the long wait. Monday morn I got an email from the seller, Offical IPS Store. They said that they wanted to make this the best delivery every. They had inspected and packaged the EU, and are sending it out to their delivery center. Sweet, it's not going to take 2 months after all. The Offical IPS Store then proceeded to keep me up to date as to the EU's where-abouts. Then got a text from DHL ,"will be delivered Friday" So when it was all said and done, I was gonna get the EU in less than a week from ordering...from China. Wow. However, DHL could not make delivery by end of day Friday, and I had to wait until Monday. But I was impressed!

A week or so later I finally get a chance to try it. Not sure what to expect. I've done, or do many of the balancing activities, skiing, inline skate, long-boarding (sidewalk surfin), learned to ride a unicycle in about 5 hours, etc. however, I'm 61. Funny side note: the instruction that came with my EU says "over 60 years old forbidden". Anywho, what a blast. I had read about others experiences riding so maybe that helped. But it took me about a half hour to get going. Got pretty comfortable in about an hour. Then proceeded to buzz around a high school parking lot with lots of levels and turns and hills. Your lower body does get a little work out like a cruise'in day on the slopes. Big fun! Then branched out and around the neighborhood. This EU is all they said it would be. Since I have not ridin others I can't compare. But it's solid. Rides smooth. Great hill climber. Good acceleration, but a bit of a push back on the pedals at speed, (to keep you from going too fast) seems a bit soon (needs a touch more speed?). I may get another IPS EU of a different size and will for sure only buy from the Official IPS Store via Amazon.
I'm hooked. It's so much fun. Looking forward to many miles of cruising, and all the places you can go (until they kick you out). It truly is "Travel'in without moving.

[rayna903]

Another review for IPS121 from another customer.

I ride a Mocycl (14") wheel daily to pay dues to my equilibrium. Asphalt surfing and hanging-ten every evening, to end the day on a balanced-note. 

The IPS®*121 is Shanghai ltd.'s most powerful 16" wheel. I agree with everyone about the "bad road" training wheels can take one down, and reading about learning to solo ride "between parked cars" and "along fences" are parallel to my first experiences of "easing into solo wheeling". The training wheels are slightly lower in height than the solo wheel, with the objective being, to ride on the solo wheel until one begins to "tilt" to one-side where the training wheel is meant to support your travel, but instead makes you turn right or left, depending on which training wheel makes contact.
We found that using the frame-structure of a west coast mirror, provided the vertical support for a rider to mount both foot boards, turn the motor ON, and with the aid of an assistant's foot, or as shown in this video, a tapered wooden starting block with a rip-cord attached will suffice.

[Kevin]

If you don't mind, what seller was the original one purchased from? Was it off AliExpress seller "Official IPS Store"?

[MaxLinux]

I love my IPS 121! Here are a few reasons. It's built like a tank. It can take hard crashes with only minor scratches. The styling is very cool. I know it's not styled like a Ninebot or IPS Zero, but I prefer it! The ride is super smooth. The battery is big, enabling long rides. Possibly my favorite feature is POWER. IPS 121 is a very capable hill climber!