Jetson Capsule Bluetooth Hoverboard

I wanted to love this. I have seen all the various kinks of hoverboards around, and I decided to wait to try one until after the hullabaloo about the fire hazard risk with some poorly made hoverboards went down. This looked like one that was going to be fun. It has an app that allows you to customize the color and even allow you to use it as a bluetooth speaker. I was picturing myself whizzing around to and fro and playing music with ease. While I still believe this board can be fun, it is not nearly as great as I wanted it to be. It seems well made. It is on the heavy side, and it has a good charger that comes with it. The app is easy to use and works as advertised. The wheels are made of good rubber, and the foot pads offer a generous amount of space to place your feet. The manufacture of the board is fine. The issue is riding the thing. The board has built-in balancing technology that is supposed to keep it balanced. The tech is fine for staying on the board, but makes it very hard to get on and off easily. I am still working on properly mounting and dismounting from the board due to this. When you step on the board it registers you are trying to move it, and it automatically tries to adjust itself, which makes it wobble unpredictably. All of these issues are minor in comparison to the main issue with this thing: the battery life. I don't mind the learning curve, but it is a reall buzz-killer when the board lasts about 15 minutes. To be fair, they do say that the way you use this board greatly influences the duration of the charge on the battery, but only getting a small fraction of time to get up to the point where you can use this thing efficiently is not fun. I wish they had just made the battery larger, so that I can have more time to practice on it. By the time I get my feet planted on this thing and try to use it, it is almost ready to die. This is the main reason why I am disappointed with this board. Yes, there are other issues but with use those can be overcome. The poor battery life cannot. I will try to keep getting better at riding, but with the batter life so low, it will be awhile before I can enjoy this hoverboard.