It has been a while since Verreal received many spotlights, and our team almost forgot the brand existed. For those unfamiliar with Verreal, it is an affordable brand that has been around since 2018.
Verreal has had a knack for keeping it simple, only investing in parts that had the most impact on the riding experience, skimping on everything secondary or cosmetic, and passing the end results to the customers at a very low price.
They started with Verreal F1, a fun $400 electric longboard that, despite its simplicity, was unique for using a drop deck and hence gave a fun low-to-the-ground ride feel.
We wrote about Verreal F1 many years ago here.
That being said, we haven’t heard much about the Verreal RS Ultra that we are reviewing today, but we are pretty much expecting the same formula. It retails for $1099 but with our discount code you can snag one for $999. But first, let’s run through the specs.
Verreal RS Ultra Specs:
Price | $999 |
Battery | 12S4P 725.8Wh Molicel P42A 21700 cells (16.8Ah) |
Controller | Hobbywing ESC |
Top Speed | 32 Mph (52 Kph) |
Range | 40 miles (60 km) |
Deck | 6-ply Canadian Maple 2- 2-ply Fiberglass, and 2-ply Bamboo |
Motor | 6374, 170kv, Dual 4000W Belt |
Deck:
Starting with the deck, the RS Ultra has a double drop deck made from 6-ply Canadian maple 2- 2-ply fiberglass, and 2-ply bamboo. We love double drop decks, and the low-to-the-ground ride feels that double drop decks offer. The deck features a good W concave, which is very comfy and snug for foot placement.
We were expecting Verreal to skimp out on the quality of the deck, but this one looks like it was made with good material. The board-length enclosure, however, is bad news; it means the board has zero flex and is stiff as hell. While it’s good for those who like the responsive and stable feel of a stiff deck, it is bad news for us, as every team member of ESHQ would much prefer a flexible deck. But on second thought, with such low ground clearance, the board probably couldn’t afford to have flexibility anyway. So maybe this is a feature, not a bug.
Battery :
Next, hiding inside that full-length enclosure is a huge pack of 12s4p molicel P42A.
This means 16.8Ah at 725.8wh, which is a crazy big pack as we only expect 12s3p for a board at $999. And you can’t ask for better quality cells than the trusty Molicel P42A. The $999 package came with a standard 2.5A charger, and for $100 more, you can get the 6A charger, which halves the charging time to under 3 hours.
The Verreal RS Ultra has a marketed range of 40 miles or 60km. For context, this is 20% more range than the $1199 Exway Flex 2 Pro was marketed for with its 12s2p Samsung 50S 432wh battery.
ESC and Remote:
Moving onto the ESC, Verreal has always been sticking with the tried and true Hobbywing ESC which comes with four-speed settings, meaning, it has the exact same smoothness of control as premium brands that are priced a lot higher. For those who are not familiar with Hobbywing ESC, it is the most popular electronic speed controller that’s proven to deliver perfectly smooth and intuitive speed control. It also has a smart turn-on feature, meaning the board powers on automatically when the remote is turned on. It’s paired with the latest standard Hobbywing Remote, which is pretty comfortable and fairly good-looking.
Top speed locking feature:
The Verreal RS Ultra provides decent speed control options, with an easy-to-use limiter feature. You can cap the top speed at 20 km/h through a slightly tedious process with the remote, which might be useful if you’re commuting in areas with strict speed limits, like in some European countries. It’s practical, but the method for setting the limit—holding the throttle and tapping a button 10 times—feels a bit clunky. Unlocking the full speed is just as awkward. It gets the job done, but the design could have been a bit more intuitive.
Motor:
As for the motor, the RS Ultra is running on a hefty 6374, 170kv, Dual 4000W belt motor.
These are pretty solid specs for motors and more than capable of providing good torque for an all-terrain setup. We know that for a fact, as they are the exact same motors donned by the infamous Meepo Hurricane, and that board had already made a name for itself as one of the more powerful AT boards.
Read our review of the Meepo Hurricane here.
It’s marketed to reach a top speed of 32mph (52kmh), which we managed to hit in our tests.
As expected, if you want a bash guard for the motors, they are paid add-on, as Verreal tends to want to trim all the excess fat to keep the price to a minimum.
Trucks and Wheels:
As for the trucks, Verreal went with DKP cast trucks. While we would prefer a forged truck for a board that can go 32mph (52 kph), obviously, Verreal’s priority is to keep the retail price as low as possible.
Anyways, we hope that this DKP truck is at least amongst the better ones, which can balance ease of turning and stability well. We will find out in our ride test later.
The default setup of the Vereal RS Ultra came with 105mm Mad Wheels V2, but they also offer 150mm pneumatic wheels as an option. This is our first time riding on Mad Wheels, but these wheels have been making a name for themselves lately and many Chinese brands have started to use Mad Wheels as stock options for their mid to premium-priced boards. We look forward to trying them out for the first time.
Specs Summary – of the Verreal RS Ultra:
As we suspected, Verreal sticks to its usual modus operandi and gives us a board with a giant battery & powerful motors that are beyond what was expected at $999. But we were also surprised that we didn’t notice any corner cuts.
Unlike rubbish brands from Amazon or Aliexpress, Verreal is smart enough to insist on putting the gold standard Hobbywing ESC into their boards. Also, putting Mad Wheels V2 as the stock option wasn’t exactly a cost-cutting move.
That means as long as the truck is good and the skate parts come together well, the Verreal RS Ultra should be a decent, if not above average ride with amazing range and power.
Riding Experience on the Verreal RS Ultra
It took us just a minute on the board to know Verreal made great choices in putting the board together.
First, the low-riding height with the double-drop deck plus the double kingpin truck means that this board felt super agile and zappy.
The Mad Wheels were amazing too, they felt very similar to the Boosted 105s, whose OEM version had been making rounds recently. Maybe the Mad Wheels is even based on that, we were just guessing here But what we do know is that they are super soft and super grippy. They took away 80% of all the road vibrations, something that we thought would’ve been a death sentence to this board considering its full board length enclosure which gives the deck zero flex. With this setup, road vibration is barely felt. We also love the ride feel of its soft, grippy wheels. These soft wheels felt great when carving.
However, the wheels aren’t big enough to give us a safe ground clearance. We bottom out every time we ride over road bumps, and we wonder how long this enclosure is gonna survive, given that we ride in places with quite a lot of bumps. A 120mm wheels may give more leeway, but of course, you could just go with the 150mm pneumatic wheels option and never worry about bottoming out ever.
Another thing that was better than we had expected was the Hobbywing ESC.
We expected Verreal to just “throw in the latest stock Hobbywing ESC and call it a day”, but they seem to also put some good customization into it, and the fastest S+ mode is more powerful than what the default Hobbywing ESC typically feels. This is great as the lower riding height makes it easy to maintain balance; hence, the extra kicks make it extra fun without any downside.
Speaking of balance, we are happy to find that the double kingpin trucks here are amongst the good ones that found a good balance between ease of turning and stability. Carving on the Verreal RS Ultra is really fun, yet we can ride fairly fast at around 28mph (45 kph) without wobbles and without the need to further tighten the trucks.
All in all, when it comes to the riding experience, there’s nothing that we can point to that was the second class to a premium brand. Whether it is the power, manoeuvrability, responsiveness or ride comfort, Verreal RS Ultra is at the same level as any premium board. Thanks to the aggressively low riding height, it is an even more interesting ride compared to most boards.
Verdict of the Verreal RS Ultra:
Verreal has been an afterthought to us for a few years now, so we are pretty surprised by how much we like the RS Ultra. Compared to its quote-unquote full-priced competitors, we didn’t see any obvious flaws with the RS Ultra, except perhaps it went with cast-truck instead of forged trucks. While the board doesn’t have the tip-top polish and packaging and has less bells and whistles than other 2024 boards, like the recent trend of adding RGB lights, our riding experience on it has been nothing but top-tier. Factoring the big battery that it has, we could safely say that, at $1099 ($999 with our discount code, btw), nothing currently beats the value that the Verreal RS Ultra offers.
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