[Music] Foreign Hi I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today To give you a quick review of the second Of the e-bikes from Highboy that I have Tested spent some time initially and did A review of the ex6 which as you can see Is a smaller more commuter design bike Whereas the P6 is a larger more of a Mountain bike type replacement designed For off-road adventuring but then also Obviously for a little bit more speed And power though what the cost is we're Going to see of a little less range like The ex6 this is a class 3 e-bike and so You probably should check local Regulations if you're considering Purchasing one of these you may need to Tune it back or you know depending on The local regulations here in Ontario Canada there isn't a whole lot of stiff Regulations when it comes to dealing With these so we have the way that we Have used them we've had no issues with Along the way now one of the major Differences between these two is that There is a significantly larger motor on The P6 it is a 750w but bathing electric Motor here compared to the 500 watt Motor that we saw now in both cases they Are a brushless motor which is great for Longevity obviously but this is a large Capacity motor and thus as a byproduct It gives you a little bit more power in
Terms of your top speed you can go up to 28 miles an hour or about 45 kilometers An hour but again make sure that it's Legal for you to do that in the area That you're at so ironically while we do Have a larger motor here we do have a Little bit smaller battery capacity not Necessarily a great combination and so Instead of a 15 amp hour battery we have A 13 amp amp hour battery that also runs At 48 volts and and so as a byproduct The range is a little bit smaller you Can get about 30 miles on electricity Alone with a 60 mile Peak range if it's A combination with some pedal assistance Here and so that's 60 miles versus up to 75 miles so obviously designed for two Different purposes the commuter oriented Bike you know with a little bit longer Range whereas this is more of an Adventuring off-road type bike and so a Little more power and speed a little Less range at the end of the day both of Them take about six to seven hours to Charge to full capacity from zero to a Hundred percent this also has an LCD Screen up here and the LCD screen gives You readout on a variety of different Bits of information including your Overall odometer it will give you Information on the different modes you Can select on it what your state of Charge is your overall speed things like That it does have a front headlight on
It as before and we do have a horn there That is nice and loud now what we don't Have is the mud flaps as you can see Here that cover that and so you know if You're again commuting off-roading maybe You're a little less worried about Getting dirty if you're out off-roading And having fun with that It does have a removable battery and in Fact the battery is easy to remove here It's an easy process using the key and So it is secured in that sense by the Key however I did want to highlight that Right now the key is not in here I can Turn this on and I can write it right Now so I can't remove the battery so you Don't have to worry about somebody Stealing the battery but this uh the ex6 Is designed a little bit more around you Not even being able to operate it Electrically at least without using the Without having the battery installed so In this case like I can't without that Key in place and it turned on I can't Actually power this one on whereas with The P6 I can do that again two different Bikes for two different purposes another Primary difference at least in terms of The physical design as you can see this Is a larger frame it is not a step Through design so maybe a little less Unisex when it comes to to that and a Little less friendly maybe for just kind Of jumping on and off when it comes to a
Commuting and more for just a riding Experience as you can see the tires Themselves are significantly larger They're both four inch wide tires but These are a 26 inch versus a 20 inch and So this is going to be better for again More difficult conditions Um you know a little bit of rock Crawling things like that as a part of It it also has a very comfortable saddle Which I appreciate handlebars are Adjustable obviously seat height is Adjustable and there are some really Great shocks on here that are also fully Adjustable the shocks have 80 Millimeters of travel in them and so you Have a lot of flexibility for how you're Going to set that up for a particular Ride the battery itself is waterproof It's ipx4 rated and so you don't have to Worry about it getting wet if you're out In adverse conditions the kind of the Electrical components are well sealed And so you can go out in rough Conditions and not worry about that we Do have a little bit more flexibility When it comes to the gearing for just The bicycle portion here and it is Geared rather than a seven gear mono Altus system we actually have a nine Gear and I did know one of the things That I personally complained about with The ex6 is that at the top speed the cut Of the ratio between the pedaling and
The the power of the electric motor Means that you're almost you're kind of Spinning your wheels so to speak in this Case while you know you're not doing a Lot when you're up at speed you are able To get a at least feel like a little bit Of just a tiny bit of resistance which Makes it a little safer to continue to Pedal there at that point Once again we do have front and back Good disc brakes here which are Important to help this thing stop since It can go you know fairly quick and 28 Miles per hour or 45 kilometers an hour May not sound fast but when you're kind Of flying along the street on a bicycle Type Um Contraption like this it feels a Whole lot faster than what it does if You're in a closed-in vehicle so let's Talk about some of the pros and cons First of all some of the pros this is it Is fast and you particularly notice I'm A long time cyclist what I particularly Notice is the ability to get up to speed Very fast the acceleration is kind of Unnatural for a bicycle you can really Get up to speed faster I also Appreciated the fact that the packaging For assembly was better than it was on The ex6 there was fewer steps in the Installation process and unlike the X6 All the right tools for assembly were in The box right from the get-go and so I
Found my assembly time was quicker and The assembly process success was easier Also this can climb up to a 15 percent Grade and so there's just in the Electric power and so it really is you Know versatile for going off-road in That sense even if you're dealing with a Very steep grade because it has a higher Top speed just on a practical level we Talked in our last video about Ryan's Commute to school he was able to shave Another minute off of that commute time Which means now that he is literally Within a minute of how we how fast we Can get him to school in our car driving Him and so that tells me that this is a Really kind of efficient commuter device Even though this one's not so much Commuter oriented but it is an effective Device for getting around in a city uh You know as long as again as long as You're observing the local bylaws when It comes to that because you can't Actually move along quite quickly and Efficiently in that way it also has a Comfortable ride for me personally Obviously I'm quite tall and so this is A little bit small for me even with the The seat all the way up whereas the P6 Is a better fit for my frame although as You can see right now the seat is Adjusted for my son Ryan and not for my Long legs but I bring that seat up and It's a very comfortable ride for me the
Shocks make it comfortable overall and So I find that it is uh it's fun and That at the end of the day that's the Big thing it's fun those larger tires Means that you can go over more Obstacles more easily the fact that the Battery is removable is obviously Important I like being able to charge That inside for a more efficient and a Safer charging kind of setting and if You live in an apartment for example you Might be able to lock the bike up Outside and just bring the battery in to Charge and overall it seems to be well Built the I noticed that the weld points Are nice and solid on it the frame Material you know when you assemble Something you do get a appreciation for The parts going into it and it feels Like that this is a well-made machine Obviously we'll find out over the Long Haul how well made it is but we've been Using it for about five six weeks at This point and so far so good no Complaints there when it comes to that Ons I will say that I find this one Maybe a little bit less theft proof in The sense that right now someone could Get on this and they could use it and Have full kind of advantage of it the Only thing that the Locking is going to Keep them from doing is actually Removing the battery but if they you Know had an appropriate charge device
They could still plug into this and Charge it and use it in a full sense Whereas the ex-6 was maybe a little bit More thoughtfully designed when it comes To that kind of theft prevention aspect To where someone is less likely to take It if they can't even you know turn it On and accelerate it they're just Treating it as a normal bike uh also for Some people not for me personally but Not being stepped through might be a con For some people and obviously having These shorter range smaller battery Capacity and smaller range you know in The perfect world we could have small Batteries we'd get lots of speed and Lots of distance but Battery Technology Is limited so it would have been nice to Maybe have at least a similar capacity Battery to what we found in the on the Ex6 and so that you can get just a Little bit more range out of this Machine But my list of cons is relatively brief Compared to the the various pros and you Know since the time that I did this Review I've been looking at other E-bikes and I realized how good the Specs are on this High boy Um even when it you know I'm complaining About the range but compared to a lot of Other similar e-bikes and similarly Priced e-bikes the range is actually Good and the top speed is obviously very
Good as well so what is that price we're Talking about fourteen hundred dollars U.S at normal pricing though at the Moment uh because of a sale that's going On right now it's actually priced at a Little under eleven hundred dollars and It's a really great value at that price Point Obviously there's two different bikes For two different purposes and I'm glad That there is some range there at Highboy some different options this is a Machine that's probably more well suited To me personally and what I would like To do with it whereas this would be more Well suited to someone who's looking for A commuter bike you know the having the Rack and being able to carry some things The step through design things like that A little bit longer range and so if You're looking for an adventure Mountaineering off-road type bike this Is a lot of fun and of course it makes Powering through some of those really Steep grades and steep hills well let's Just say a whole lot more fun when You're not having to provide all the Power yourself I'm Dustin Abbott if You'd like more information about the Highboy P6 you can look in the Description down below there are links There if you'd like to do some further Research for yourself there's also Linkage there to follow myself or Craig
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