Hover Board Pros And Cons

A battery powered, self-balancing scooter. A hover-board. The invention that soon became an enormous fad throughout the country. A transportation device created in China in 2014, consisted of a platform centered between two wheels and steered by leaning in the desired direction of the user became one of the most wanted items during the holiday season. Used by numerous individuals ranging from all ages, the hover-board portrayed as something new that has unlimited enjoyment. In 2015, China shipped four million, five hundred and seventy five thousand hover-boards to the United States (Self-Balancing Scooter Industry Statistics). With a cost ranging from three hundred to five hundred dollars, these contraptions cause conflict in the society. Shortly after users purchased this item, the media erupted with issues that
An example of this situation is an article written by Zach Perry on December 29th, 2015 titled “Consumer Alert: Pros & Cons of Buying a Hover-board” in this article, Perry talks about pros and cons that he has discovered about the item that raged through the United States. Some of these pros consisted of “Convenience: If you’re within a short distance between destinations and don’t feel the need to walk or drive no problem. Your hover-board can go up to 10 mph and travel between 10-15 miles per charge.” (Perry) However, every pro has a con, which, even Perry had listed “Exploding hover-boards: So far the federal government is investigating 22 reports of hover-boards catching on fire. Lithium ion batteries in the hover-boards have caused issues of overheating, and some to even burst into flames, which have destroyed bedrooms and even entire homes.” (Perry) This helps enhance the fact of how impractical hover-boards are to society and how many people merit the lives of other individuals. Society is not in a safe position when incidents like these are