Review on 🏋️ Boost Your Fitness with LIKU Unisex Fitness Inline Skates by Bohyun Hansen

TL;DR: LIKU skates are pretty good, I'd say about the same as the Rollerblade Zertablade. The Zertablades are pretty good, but you can't change the frames, but they're almost as good and have a few unique features for the price range. I'd say it's essentially a flush and you really can't go wrong unless you *really* want to mess around with screws. I'm just starting out in skating so this review is written from my beginner's point of view who did a lot of research. I just bought the Rollerblade Zertablades which fit my partner perfectly so she inherited them. They seem like a good starting point for comparing this review. I've done a few rides on them less than 3 miles. Let's start with boots. From a skate perspective, a boot is a hard boot, meaning it has a hard outer shell with a soft inner liner that can be completely removed (for washing, changing, or whatever you want). An alternative is a padded boot, ie fabric or padded parts built directly into the construction of the boot, like the upper part of an athletic shoe in ice skates. Both seem good, I don't see any design issues so far. The plastic feels solid and durable, but doesn't necessarily exude value, it looks okay most of the time. The buckle system on the boot is very comfortable and keeps your foot in the skates when you wear them. I personally found these boots to be quite comfortable, but they definitely fit a little in some places. I'm a men's US size 7.5, so I got a size 8 after (measuring my foot and then) checking the size chart and my right foot still fits snugly against my foot. Not so much that I'm particularly uncomfortable yet, but I'm definitely feeling a slight pinch. The other compression is on my ankle so I ordered an ankle gel sleeve to soften that up a bit as I've seen people mention this issue with inline skates in general. They cost around $20 and we'll see how they end up performing when they go on sale. As you can probably deduce the pain isn't terrible, but it's terrible enough, since I'll be wearing them fairly regularly I'd rather find a way around this than just make it hard. I haven't noticed this problem with Zertableblades. Finally, the last nice feature of the trunk is that it isn't riveted to the frame (the frame that holds the wheels, aka a "roller skate"), it's bolted, so you can customize it or replace the frame with another can be one with different qualities. The Zertablade (and most other similarly priced skates on the market, under $100) have fixed frames that cannot be swapped out, making this a pretty nice feature at the price point. This way you can replace a damaged frame or replace it with another delicate frame instead of buying new skates. Pretty smooth if you ask me. Next frame and moving parts. It is important to mention that they will send you rocking shoes. This means that instead of all the wheels being the same size and sitting flat on the ground, the wheels are mounted so that the front and rear wheels are further off the ground than the middle two wheels, allowing for a smoother transition. back and forth on skates and a little smoother and smoother movement in them. The way this setup does this is by having your frames lay flat on the axles and containing 4 slightly smaller diameter wheels for the two front and rear wheels. This is great because in my opinion the rocker is a lot of fun to ride, but I still have the option to buy 4 new 80mm wheels (or 76mm wheels if I have smaller feet) to go around fix my setup so that it doesn't swing bigger. Wheels and bearings appear to be serviceable. I've been skateboarding for a while so I know some really good camps and these aren't those. But they're not terrible, I can ride without feeling sticky and they don't squeak or anything, they're just cheap metal shielded bearings you get with cheap rigs where that's not an advantage. It doesn't really matter, I'm a great skater and I really enjoy skating right out of the box. A few bolts on the axles are a little tight when you put the frames on, loosen them all and then tighten them just enough so the wheels don't audibly wobble from side to side. and not too tight and you will be much happier with your role. Also, ABEC basically means squat, it's a technical term for tolerance, so they're just saying it sounds smart, don't be fooled. If you want to replace them straight out of the box buy *16 packs* of red bones and you really can't go wrong as far as I can tell they are the standard in figure skating in general. (2 bearings per wheel, 8 wheels -> set of 16) Well, in terms of the overall feel of the product, I think this is a really good way to start skating. For about $100 ($102.99 including time of purchase) you get a nice set of beginner skates to take with you if you want. To me, the ability to play around with frames and the inclusion of a good oscillating rig puts this in pretty much even competition with a well-known brand option at this price point. The zertablade has slightly nicer bearings and the plastic feels a bit more premium, but in the end the difference is really the same as the difference between skating on a Mac and a PC, you just use a differently shaped mouse to click on another. Shape icon to open the internet: It's basically the same after all. Now, to address other reviewers' concerns with the product: * If you go up in size, they're fairly comfortable, although not as comfortable as Zertablades with soft shoes (which are narrow) * I've had no issues with the screws securing the Frame to frame holds trunk but I tightened them enough * Can't comment on the brake as I didn't install it. This suggests that all gear is right in the box. *God I don't know how this guy bought his ice blade, I don't know if it's still relevant today. You *can* absolutely buy a full set of rocker wheels though, which is pretty nice because the wheelset is actually pretty cheap and I don't seem to have a built-in shop in town. $40 for 8 wheels, 90A* I haven't had any hardware issues at all (rear prop man) aside from front and rear axle stiffness to the frames, which wasn't even that much of an issue. Make sure your allen wrenches fit snugly and turn slowly so you don't over-tighten the screws. They might have had faulty hardware though, all I know is they don't *The gold is very brilliantly painted over the plastic parts. It looks pretty sharp in the photos and it's not the best performance in the world, but it's not a terrible effect and they certainly don't look like trash. The color on the frame is definitely not gold, but the photos show that it is. The frames are yellow-orange, like yellow gold, lacking brilliance and depth as it seems to me. In my opinion, that's not bad. *And again, I have all the hardware and parts to put all the bits together correctly* And finally, the instructions really are mostly rubbish, but they're also pretty intuitive, and if you're really having a lot of trouble with the instructions, the vendor *starts list* off the YouTube video with instructions. There's no real hyperlink, but it's there, folks.