OWArmor Review - Electric skateboard reflective automotive visibility sticker

Electric skateboarding can be dangerous at the best of times. But when you throw traffic, pedestrians and low light into the mix it gets even more dangerous.

Visibility is key in staying safe when out and about on your board. Most of the bad accidents you see reported arise when a vehicle hits a rider and the driver of the vehicle claims they didn't see the person hit.

Lights are great, but they also require you to remember to charge them and turn them on. Reflective automotive stickers can compliment them nicely as they're always passively protecting you by reflecting light at all times, day or night.

Currently OWarmor.com - Onewheel, Onewheel Accessories has two custom design sets available for purchase.

Marketed as using the automotive grade stickers, here's what Jeremy has to say about them:

One Wheel Reflective Stickers

The owReflect Series is for the One Wheel from Future Motion.

The owReflect Core stickers are curved, to fit the circumference of the wheel on the OneWheel.
They come in 9 different colours.

At the time of writing the MSRP for the core stickers is $25.99 USD and are currently on sale at $21.99 USD.





The owReflect Skinny Rails stickers are straight and are intended to line the edge the the standing platform of the OneWheel.

At the time of writing the MSRP for the rails stickers is $25.99 USD and are currently on sale at $21.99 USD.





Evolve Skateboards All Terrain Hub Reflective Stickers

The evReflect (Electric Vehicle Reflect) Series are for all terrain mountain board hubs, as found on the All Terrain Carbon GT and All Terrain Bamboo GT from Evolve Skateboards.

At the time of writing the MSRP for the evReflect stickers is $25.99 USD and are currently on sale at $21.99 USD.





Review

Jeremy from OW Armor was sent me a set of the stickers for the all terrain evolve hubs for testing, which I applied to my Gen 2 Carbon Evolve Skateboard (the version before the carbon GT)

They arrived in 9 days after being shipped from the East Coast of the USA to the UK, pretty good for an international order.

Opening the envelope you get a single sheet of stickers, as pictured below, all custom cut to the perfect size for your device.

The all terrain hub version comes with three types of sticker.

One shaped to fit in the well of the hub; another one to fit in the well of the hub, but with an additional cutout so there's room to wrap around the air valve; and a final one to place on the outer side of each hub in a circular fashion.




Be sure to clean the hubs well before applying them to get any dirt or grime off and ensure a quality seal for the sticker so they don't fall off, after all, they will be getting a beating and moving fast as you nip around on your board.

I did this with soapy water, then dried them. But you could also use a bit of rubbing alcohol to remove all the grease and grime from the hub if you want to be particularly thorough.

Generally the stickers were pretty easy to remove, I had a bit of a tough time with some of them and made it to the fourth corner before finally getting them to peel off, but no major issues.

They feel pretty thick and very sticky.

They entire project took me about 1 hour, from cleaning to having all the stickers applied.

The sticker for the inside of the wheel hub were the trickiest to apply, but once I had a technique figured out, it was pretty easy.

As a left hander I found it easiest to grip the sticker from the left side of the wider end, position it in the wheel well, then use my right hand to set the right side of the sticker in position, then smooth it out from right to left. Reverse this if you're left handed.







Specially shaped ones for around the tyre valve:




Once they were applied to all four wheels, I was left with a few spare. So if you do mess any up, it's not a big deal.

If you manage to get them all installed first time though, it means you can use the spares to add reflective hints to other parts of your board, I positioned on the front, rear and sides.

Here's some finished photos:


















Verdict

I have yet to see how they wear over time, to see how they deal with the dust, puddles and moisture of the grim UK weather along with wipe downs of the board to keep it clean over time. If I have any issues in the coming months that I feel need raising, I'll update this review. They felt solid and sticky going on though, so I have confidence in them.

At $26 shipped MRSP, they're not cheap for a set of stickers. However they're not just any stickers, they are highly reflective and cut to the precise shapes you need to be positioned in the most effective spots of your board to make you visible.

They're surprisingly effective and once applied you can just forget about them.

If you're spending $1k - $2k on an electric skateboard, you don't want to be skimping on staying safe. I've seen far too many threads from riders, new and veteran, who have been hit by cars who just didn't see them.

With the amount of increased visibility you get from these, they're a great idea for anyone that regularly rides on any roads with vehicles, or at night.

I would be interested to see additional sets that could be applied to your helmet. Perhaps we'll see some helmet designs in the future.

These stickers a quick, easy and effective mod, and well worth the price for the potential injury saving benefit.

Plus they look pretty sick and come in a great selection of colours.

Would I recommend these?

Absolutely, they're a great addition to your personal electric vehicle.

They get a thumbs up from me




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Giveaway

We've teamed up with Jeremy to give away two more sets of stickers to a couple of forum members.

To be in with a chance:

1. Comment below and let us know what you think, if you already have a set then some then lets see some pics.
2. For a second entry then upload up to 4 photos to our May photo competition.

The winners will be chosen in June and can choose from any of the sticker sets available on OWarmor.com - Onewheel, Onewheel Accessories


OWArmor Discount Code
If you don't want to wait then the first 10 people to use discount code evolveforums can get 25% off their order, after that the discount will drop to 10%

Thanks to Jeremy @owarmor for supplying me with a free set for review.

 

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