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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
I did the same to my screen. I flushed it with isopropanol quite a few times and then dried it in the oven.
I flushed the screen with epoxy. The visibility got worse. I can barely see the battery now.
It still works though and is usable
I had the problem that the charger shows 100% but the controller will not turn on. No time to wait for a new one since winter is approaching in Norway, so I opened it and replaced the battery. Works well now.
Love it. High tech solution. I think you almost need to epoxy pot them and then silicone pot over that to stop water running down where the wires enter the epoxy potting.
