Hoverboard danger

[Cleoriff]

Anyone thinking of buying one of these for Christmas may want to think again.

Trading standards officers are warning Christmas shoppers to be cautious before buying a hoverboard tipped to be one of this year’s most popular gifts – after thousands were impounded at UK ports after testing revealed they were at risk of exploding or bursting into flames.

Appparently of those tested 88% were found to be faulty

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/03/hoverboards-explosion-risk-product-recalls-trading...

[Cleoriff]

This was on the news this morning....Not the danger of the replica models but even worse...:smileysad:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12047164/Teenager-killed-on-hoverboard-while-sh...

[Curr946]

oh shes no going near the roads with it, shes got pads etc too.

[viridis]

Don't let her on it with her ipads!!!!

[Curr946]