Which hand to hold the remote

My own experience in case it's of any value - I am goofy-footed and started out by holding the remote in my right hand. This means I was holding the remote in my front/leading hand.

I experienced cutout issues, and was very worried that any crash - even small - could destroy the remote because the leading hand hits first. I was also concerned about my ability to avoid a crash or rescue from it because of the remote getting in the way.

So I changed to my left (rear) hand and in my opinion it's much better. This has COMPLETELY eliminated any cutout issues, I've heard various peeps say that interference from your body doesn't make sense given that Bluetooth is supposed to have a much larger range but my experience tells me that body interference is at least partly to blame for cutout issues.

The rear hand also feels much better in relation to control because the front hand tends to wave around more for stability in uneven (AT) terrain.

If I fall it feels like the remote will be safer and my ability to manage a crash will be better - hoping not to test that one.

It's also a bit more stealthy - when I see cops I can start pushing and tuck the remote down - "electric, this? No officer, impossible- look how thin it is".

Let us know your experience.

 

For me it's more about dominant hand, I need to hold in my right hand or I can't control the board!!!!

 

I thought that might be the case for me as well but I was surprised to find that I adapted to my left hand very quickly

 

If this works 100% with preventing drop outs due to holding the remote with your back hand, which I'm curious if its still continues to work well, then this is very much hinting at the fact of a poor RF signal coming from the BT antenna mounted at the rear of the board under the CF deck lid. Carbon Fiber is a filter for RF, so that's one major no in an RF design. Secondly if the BT antenna was never tuned then tested for its signal strength and then tested with each new batch of controllers to ensure nothing has dropped in terms of strength, that can be a problem. By moving your remote back further you just made it much easier for the remote to talk to the controller, its way closer proximity from the BT transmitter to the receiver and as you mentioned, you don't have a human body absorbing some of the radio transmissions.

Note that the human body reflects and absorbs RF energy, especially in the 2.4 Ghz range which is where our remotes are running.

"The human body is both a reflector and an absorber of RF energy. This is likely to be even more apparent at higher frequencies, e.g. 2.4 GHz. Try this experiment. If you have a portable FM radio, tune in a station and do a 360 degree spin. Note how the station fades as you turn your body."

Does the human body block or absorb RF energy? | Shure Technical FAQ

 

I use my dominant hand and my other when I have to hold a selfie pole

 

Exactly same for me, goofy rider right hand issues switched hands all good.

 

Agree with these comments, I am a right-handed goofy rider, I have found that on the GT I can remove cut-outs by having no metal in my pockets such as money.so I often pop into pubs just before riding

 

Going to try my left, being able to avoid breaking the remote in a fall is a £100 positive.

 

If you're having remote issues, try contacting Evolve and let them know. Also request to have them turn up the gain/power in the remote.

 

Goofy foot - started with right hand, switched to left hand to keep forward hand free. Took a few miles to really get used to it, but am comfortable now.

I ride listening with wireless BT headphones, with my iphone7 in my front pocket (hammering away at wifi, BT and multiple others), with a pocket full off metal tools - drivers, mini skate tool, hex wrenches, near electric and network towers and by cars in parking lots and city roads locking and unlocking... no problems.

 

been practicing on track today switching hand to hand for different corners.

 

I'm goofy right handed too. I've been holding the remote in my right hand (front) but I'll try in my left hand if my coordination (or lack there of) allows it.

I wear wrist gaurds and have just got used to that minor change.

Will report back once the board recharges

 

@Spanyardo it is much better now that I use my left hand while riding as goofy.

I would also like to ask everyone else, how often do you charge your remotes - how long do the batteries in remote last?

 

@Andy tnx, same here.

 

I'm glad i found this thread, i ve been thinking about switching the remote to my left hand because casually 2 days ago i almost fell and my first instinct was to make a fist with my right hand just in case i fell i dont hurt my wrists that much, ( i was wearing helmet, knee, elbows pads and padded gloves but still the instinct ) and obviously the remote was in the way, the good part is that i managed to stay on the board and barely scratched a wall on the left side of the bike path / highway divider. as soon as i get home im gonna practice with the left hand , i think all of us can switch hands with minimal practice , since we do crazy stuff with the skateboard anyway. i was even thinking that in the future a " glove remote " with 5 buttons ( one for each finger ), and a lcd screen on top will do the trick . ( if this ever gets produced, put an alarm on the board and let us use the middle finger button to activate the alarm in the event of a skateboard roberry attempt ).

 

So, today i was ready to do the left hand test, and i just noticed my left foot is always in the front side of the skateboard, so my right hand is already on the back. so no reason for me to try using it on the left hand, lol

 

I’m a regular user (left foot in front side) and remote control on right hand, but when my leg hurts, I use it goofy to take a rest, and kind of practicing to switch base in snowboard waiting for the winter! tried to use left hand with no problems, neve fall but I believe that the best to do is use the wrist lace and trie to leave the remote when falling, to let the hands clear! And I always use wrist guards!