Newest Christmas Gift Craze - Hoverboards....just curious...

[kimmar067]

....I was wondering who has one or is giving one this Christmas? And, how much are they?

 

[mombrontrent]

My DD13 said the only gift she wants for x-mas is a hoverboard. Too bad, so sad, she's not getting one. I don't feel they are all that safe and I really don't feel like spending hundreds of dollars on the newest fad. I spent $300 on an electric scooter for her 12th birthday that she just had to have. She used it for a couple months when she first got it but only a handful of times in the past year. So sorry, no hoverboard.

 

[kimmar067]

....are they really $800?

 

[wilkeliza]

It depends on where you get them. They range from 150 on up. Doesn't really matter who you get it from as they are all made on factories in China and every factory is just churning out as many of these as they can while the trend is hot. When this trend is over they will move on to the next thing. I read that some brands are even made in the same exact factory and the company that sells them just boxes them in different boxes and their logo and then charges more than the same one that another company is selling even though they are exactly the same.

 

[Kenny1113]

My kids are not interested. Some of their friends have it/want it. But they don't.

I have seen them for $700 and $500

 

[Gumbo4x4]

My boss had a few put on our last container from China. Look totally unstable to me. I think our cost was $99.

 

[Tiffylv]

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[powellrj]

I just saw a you tube video where a lady falls. No thanks!

 

[MomofKatie]

And why do they call them hoverboards?? There are 2 big honkin' wheels on them!! Nobody in our family is interested.

 

[nene0182]

My 12 year old son wantsone. Not going to happen though. I saw them for around $350 when I was looking since I had no idea what it even was when he asked.

 

[usnuzuloose]

They had one on the news that exploded and caught fire. Not sure which one she bought. Just search it should tell you which brand.

 

[indygirl99]

They have a pretty high learning curve and we have seen an increase in broken arms/legs in my area.

I have a friend that works at Intel and she said there is a pretty large group that use them to get around their rather large campus.

 

[denisem]

They have a pretty high learning curve and we have seen an increase in broken arms/legs in my area.

I have a friend that works at Intel and she said there is a pretty large group that use them to get around their rather large campus.

I foresee a lot of emergency room visits on Christmas Day.

 

[wilkeliza]

I wrote this in another thread but my future sister-in-law got one of these as a gift from a client. She does okay on it but her fiance got on and moved less than 2 feet and fell and slammed his head. He hit so hard the person on the phone in the other room heard his head hit the tile.

I have to imagine if that happened to a child their head would have cracked open.

 

[asta]

My daughters tell me that college athletes at both of the campuses they attend are big users of these things. They look so dangerous that it doesn't make sense that athletic departments would want to risk their athletes.

 

[WorldWacky]

My kids want them as well. Not happening. They said they'd just ask Santa. I reminded them that dad and I have an agreement with Santa that we have to approve the gifts. So the hoverboards, laptops and puppies aren't happening.

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

My daughter wants one. I don't worry too much about falling , she could fall off her bike, penny board or skis and break a limb.
The price is pretty steep and like an other poster stated , she'll use it a month or so and the novelty will wear off.
Our friend went to Bejing on business and he nonchalantly brought it up they had them over there for $25. Shoot for that price I would have bought one.
If he goes back , she'll get one if he doesn't she won't.
I think she wants an IPhone more and she knows she can't have both

 

[aprilchem]

My kids are 6, 8, and 10 and I honestly think they've never heard of these. Nobody in our town has one (at least that I've seen), including the college students I work with. I know what they are, but only because I read about them on the internet and looked them up. Maybe they just haven't come to our area yet?

 

[mombrontrent]

My kids are 6, 8, and 10 and I honestly think they've never heard of these. Nobody in our town has one (at least that I've seen), including the college students I work with. I know what they are, but only because I read about them on the internet and looked them up. Maybe they just haven't come to our area yet?

Maybe but I live in "northern" Ontario and if we have them here they surely must have them in most if not all areas of the States.

 

[aprilchem]

Maybe but I live in "northern" Ontario and if we have them here they surely must have them in most if not all areas of the States.

Huh. I don't know. My kids don't watch TV (meaning most of the "fad" things pass us by) but my students certainly do. Maybe I just haven't been paying attention. I only live an hour from Washington DC so I'm not in the boondocks.