I really do not think my problem is related to water ingress at all.
Mine does show no sign of water on the inside, all surfaces are well potted with epoxy and the display has no sign of water.
Also it does not show the typical signs of water damage, that is rapidly deteriorating situation.
I think it is just a design failure or bad quality components somewhere.
The fact we have so many reported failures in a forum with a really small user base, is astonishing for me.
I think that Flipsky sells a lot of product to the dry land community (e-skate). I don’t do that sort of thing but if you are correct that it’s not water intrusion logically that community would be having trouble as well.
I doubt many people would use a remote like that for eskate, even less at that price tag. VX4 seems much better for half the price.
But I really don’t know.
What makes you think failure rate with eskate is less?
I don’t know that it is less as I don’t participate in that activity so don’t follow any user groups. I’m not looking to debate this just replied to your theory.
I opened up the case and it looks like it has been potted well but I also believe I found the failure area. If I figure out how to put a photo on this topic I’ll include it. But they have potted the wires in a corner and I don’t think the potting mix has gone around the wires properly and there is rust coming out of this area. I don’t know what is in that side of the controller handle but assume it might be the battery.
So unfortunately looks like a failure due to poor manufacturing. But god knows how to get Flipsky to respond or take responsibility.
Also it would be helpful to silicone seal those wires after the potting has dried to add to the waterproofing as it looks like water can get down beside the wires due to either potting shrink or wire shrink leaving a gap.
If Flipsky do the right thing and replace the controller then I would check this before putting it
Once they told me I am past their 8 weeks warranty duration, they do not even answer to basic questions, like what their error codes refer to.
I have been pleasantly surprised by Flipsky. They responded through AliExpress where I had asked them about the issue. They seemed to considered the issue as I had explained it to them. They did ask if the screen was flooded (which mine was not) so hopefully that is not goi ng to be an issue in the future.
I sent them pictures of the issue and a short video of what was and what wasn’t happening and they agreed to send me a new remote.
Which I appreciated. I hope they took onboard my suggestions as to what might have caused the issue and will see if it’s something they can improve on in the future.
Time will tell I suppose.
Sound good!
Great how you got a working solution!
They also respond to facebook messenger. Also posting on their page 
My friend and myself bought at least 10 of the VX3 over the last 2 years. We made efoil systems for friends.Even the pro versions are unreliable. Most of them failed with display issues and one lately had a similar problem that you described, charged but didnt turn on. We started filling the displays after drying out with clear epoxy, which helped some of them, but not all. They are consumables with limited lifespan in our opinion, which is a shame, they are otherwise really good.
Hi,
Ive been looking into doing a DIY Efoil upgrade to my foil board.
Looking at the remotes the Flipsky ones dont seem to be that reliable.
Would the Maytech ones be any better?
Cheers
No, same design flaw, poted electronics and water are just a matter of time until failure. Worse in salt water. The new flipsky VX5 mitght be better as it is designed to be waterproof. Time will tell how waterproof it is, it is only on the market for two months:
I agree with Sat-be. However my maytechs have lasted a lot longer than the Flipsky. It is a hostile environment for any electronics so you have to bear that in mind. But I liked the visibility of the Flipsky screen and the fact that I could see Vesc temp easily. Old eyes. I would love to be able to configure what you see on the screens for yourself so hopefully Maytech or Flipsky will allow that soon. Doesn’t seem like too much to ask seems most things are app or computer configurable these days.
But first let’s get them more reliable.
Is it safe to assume they are backwards compatible ? If you want to upgrade to the VX5 down the track can you just buy the remote ?
Cheers
I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking but the VX3 and VX5 are not cross compatible ie distinct receiver for each. The Flipsky remotes are sold separately and come with the receiver.
Ah ok so they come with receivers included. I thought you might end up having to buy a new receiver as well.
Cheers
This is what the back of my VX3 pro screen looks like. Is this the potting scenario you are talking about? If so looks like they may now be doing it. If not please explain?
My vx3 pro had water in the screen. The cable to the screen were really close or had contact to the sidewall. I believe the water came in thru the gap between sidewall and cable, where no compound filled the space between cable and sidewall.
In our opinion the water in ours came through insufficient bond between the potting compound and acrylic screen cover. It took a while to damage the TFT screens, as soon as we noticed it we dried the remote out in a food dryer after drilling two little holes in the acrylic screen cover sides close where the wires go in. After drying it out we injected clear epoxy into it. This procedure was described in a post here, it works quote well and we could salvage about half of the ones with water in it.
