Review on 🛹 Yellow Jacket Premium Skateboard Bearings - Pro Longboard Bearings | 608 ABEC (Pack of 8) by Paul Haswood

I was very pleased to receive it. The bearings on my longboard are a few years old and have been through mud, water and the like. I bought these bearings and some new wheels. The tin can and the presentation of how everything was in it was perfect! I opened them and you could swear you heard a 32 year old man giggling like a school girl. The engraved yellow body is just amazing! Itching to set it up, I put the baby to bed and got to work. I was impressed by the reviews about it, many comparing it to Bones Red. Well they certainly don't meet that requirement. So far they hardly compare to my old, dirty, possibly rusty Cloud Ride bearings that I just pulled off the board. In fact, on my very first ride last night, after putting them on, it took me THREE extra bumps to get down the same hill I always do when it took my dirty old bearings. Three extra hits from bearings that should be new, lubricated and "super fast". On a wheelspin test, 3 out of 4 will spin within a few seconds, maybe 10-15. 1 wheel only spins for 4 seconds and that's worse than the worst of my old dirty wheels. I've been told that bearings need a bit of break-in time before they reach their full potential. So if they improve I will update. But now I'm ready to order some bones and throw them in the bin. I am very disappointed and upset. I liked their look and color and the ABEC 11 should have meant they would last. But to be good for a long time, you have to be good first. After my first ride I almost put my old ones back on. If they get better after a little break-in, I'll improve it. Or maybe I've got a bad batch, who knows; But now my opinion: DO NOT BUY! There are other bearings in this price range that are much better, such as Bones RED.