WHY DO THESE WHEELS EVEN EXIST? (Spitfire Tablets)
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2023
- It can be so overwhelming when you're choosing a new set of wheels!
Spitfire has 8 different shapes of wheels with each shape catering to a certain style of skating...
But where do the Spitfire Tablets come into the picture?
In this video I put the Spitfire Tablets through all different types of tests to see if this shape is actually any good or if you should just ride Spitfire Conicals instead
What is your favourite wheel shape and why?
Let me know in the comments below 👇🏽
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What do you guys think of the Spitfire Tablet shape?
Love them, mines are 54mm 101du
51s on a 775… it works
I like them a lot and lockins but waiting when spitfire finally make something similar to Bones V5 P5 shape, Ricta Mid shape
Been using 52 99a for quiet some time, on 7,75 board, but i switched to 53 100a classics and loving em more
The best shape.
If you’re torn between a Conical and the Tabs… you’re in luck, Spitfire made ‘Lock-ins’ (which is actually a fantastic slappy set)
I've actually looked into them but it seems so weird to me!
They will obviously be lighter than tablets because one side of each wheel has the cut away but having an asymmetrical wheel just sounds so off to me lol
I might have to try them to find out though!
@@LeonPaxtonfinitely give ‘em a go! Mine are small at 52mm, but I took em off after a couple sessions… Then just went back to them after thinking about the design and what I was skating, so I was stoked they worked!
Not sure I can live with Tablets over Classics or Radial’s… which tend to be my favs, but I have the Tabs on a smaller setup and they’ve been surprisingly good. 🔥
I really need to try them as well as either the conical fulls or radials!
Spitfire just make so many different shapes lol
@@LeonPaxton much heavier because the width itself is wider, cut or no cut
@@LeonPaxton Doesn't it make total sense for a wheel to be round on the outside for tre flips, and more cornered on the inside for tight lock-in on rails? I don't understand why they don't make asymmetrical shapes the standard, what's the point in being able to turn the wheel around? That used to be a thing in the 80s when the urethane was worse and wheels would cone out after a while, but it hasn't been an issue for a long time I think...
Thanks for the video! I was thinking the other day if I should try the tables. I'm also riding 54mm Conicals (changed from Classics 97 Duro). F4 is such a good material.
Thanks for watching dude! 🙏🏼
They are similar but different, definitely worth trying the Tablets though 👌🏼
I just recently bought a pair of 50mm Tablets in 99a and absolutely love them. I originally rode the 50mm classics in 101a and didn't like them at all. Originally being a diehard Bones guy (the V3 50mm 103a wheel was my favourite wheel), I found (like most Spitfire wheels) the classics to be too unnecessarily bulky and sluggish with their 30mm width. If Spitfire did a V3-esque shape they'd bury Bones for sure (Bones haven't released a decent 50mm wheel in years and many of their STFs don't seem to be selling, with many shops here in the UK giving them away for £20 when most would cost £40+). With the 50mm tablets, the width is 27mm and I noticed a weight and control difference almost immediately, especially on grinds where the slide felt more controlled and the side-cut profile of the wheel gave me a lot more hangar exposure for grinds. I felt like with the classics I kept missing the lock in or "bouncing" off the grind rather than being able to lock in and sit on it comfortably, especially for crooks, feebles, and hurricanes.
Oh dude, that would have been such a big difference from a 101a classic shape to a 99 tablet shape for sure!
I had a similar problems with classics too! I didn't feel like I could get a comfortable lock in on grinds although being able to pop out of grinds worked a lot better since there was less friction when I was grinding on the classic shaped wheels
bones v2 are similar to the tablets
Really enjoy your videos. Great use of BRoll and story telling.
Thanks dude! I've been working on that side of editing a lot lately so it's nice someone noticed 🙏🏼
This was a very good watch good shit Leon
Thanks so much dude 🙏🏼
Man great video. Editing, production, quality just top notch, dude! I’ve even had a set of tablets yet I was still interested in how you’d review them. Made me want to throw them back on but I’m pretty happy with the conical fulls atm.
Thanks dude, appreciate that a lot 🙏🏼
They definitely surprised me! They are very similar to the conicals but the biggest difference for me was definitely how square the edge was which reduce my 'scoop' and the wider riding surface felt pretty nice but you would be used to that with the Conical fulls.
I think Conical fulls are the next shape I would likely try since I've never tried that shape and am getting used to a wider riding surface now with the tablets 🤔
@@LeonPaxton I skate mostly street so the fulls wider surface make rougher ground so much easier to manage.
It's definitely between the Conical Fulls or the Lock ins for my next set of wheels!
Have you skated the Lock Ins at all?
No haven’t ever tried those, seems like a good idea on paper but what about when you rotate your wheels?
@@LeonPaxton Lockins will be lighter vs CF and have more grind space bcoz of shape. At least in 55 vs 56 CF sizing
Salute to Leon and the filmers for keeping up with the homie. For me I just enjoy the conical fulls. When I need a square wheel I’ll look at the Tablets.
Thanks dude!
I'm going to try the conical fulls next 👌🏼
I'm going to stay with the Spitfire classics but I'm enjoying your content more and more. Keep it up Mate.
Thanks dude, appreciate that a lot 🙏🏼
that car slappy-ing the curb in the background though.
Pretty gnarly hey lol
been riding rictas and slime balls for years. just picked up some of these. great video
Thanks dude!
What has been your favourite wheel so far?
Some of the best all round street wheels round are the Spitfire - F4 Classics 58MM 99A you can slide on rougher ground, angle up banks, plow through gravel, and thread through pedestrian grip on streets without slowing down if your axle width is spot on. I love squared wide wheels for cruiser boards but counter intuitively (for me at least) I found a popsicle street set up is better served with lighter wheels that punch through terrain and speed check easily on rough roads even if tram tracks need to be aproached at a 45 + angle or ollied.
You're making me want to try those wheels now!
That car was like, watch this 50-50
That was actually so gnarly lol
Lucky we weren't up there at that time 😅
I probably wouldn’t buy them, because I’m happy with classic shape wheels, but the street skating in your video looked fun. Great review 👍
Thanks dude, appreciate it 🙏🏼
I was a bones 52mm rider past 5 years and now I'm rock yuto horigome 53mm which looks surprisingly small which I was hella hyped off of 🎉. I use to sk8 a1 meats 45mm back in the day which were know as bearing covers😂. Idk I love small wheels I'm on my low rider sh8t lol,but yeah I'm lovin these spitfires and probably won't go back to bones I got bit by the spitfire bug ❤
You must be riding on pretty smooth ground for the smaller wheels right?
Yeah dude, I've been on Spitfire's for yeeeears and I don't see myself ever changing to another brand 🙅🏽♂
What are the best wheels for flip tricks? Idc much about grinds I love just doing flat and wanna go fast and be able to do flip tricks easy
I'd say the classic shape would be better dude!
It's lighter and has a rounded edge that will help with flip tricks 👌🏼
I just got a board for the first time In 20 years learned how to drop in again pump working on fakie to rock. I got these wheels and I love them been skating for about 2 weeks now. I’m 40 and having a blast. Got an awesome skatepark called pensauken skate park In jersey and Fdr. I live near Philadelphia so a ton of skateparks around here
That's sick man! Welcome back 🥳
Hell yeah, there's a lot of sick skate spots around there too I've heard 🙌🏼
7:24 the car got inspired and wanted to hit the manny pad
That was actually so gnarly hey! 😂
Was not expecting that at all. Definitely played that back a couple times 😂
the 56mm conical 99d wheels are the best ever made. the tablets are a close second. at the end of the day, Spitfire has a monopoly on the wheel market. No one makes a better park wheel.
Yeah dude, that is a great wheel! But you're right, Spitfire have it all 👌🏼
Which one do you like the most between conical, tablets and classic Spitfire’s F4? Thanks
I definitely prefer the more square shaped wheels like the Tablet & Conical shape but I don't know which one I like more 🤔
I've always loved the conicals but I'm really enjoying the Tablets at the moment lol
7:23 I almost had a heart attack 😂
So gnarly! She was trying to slappy the curb I guess 😂
Thing is my prebuilt bearing and wheels were not that good and I wanted a harder wheels. I’m just getting started and want to lean power slides and I got the tablets and some reds was this a good thing to do idk
You can definitely do power slides with the Tablet shape but because it has a wider riding surface you might not slide as far or fast because more wheel will be gripping to the ground
One issue ive had with these is sliding/reverting on transition, the shape makes it tough to really get any kind of a revert at all which makes some lip tricks pretty scary.
True, I could see why that would happen with the wider riding surface!
The contact patch make them super stable. If they so sticky 99a doesnt working for you. So many peoples advertised 99a but rides 101a/103a wheels in their real setup not just for commercial videos
Yeah I've actually thought about tryimg a 101 wheel but I also ride a lot of rough skate spots and know those wheels would just feel horrible on rough surfaces lol
I've rode both the Tablets and the Conical fulls and for my set up I think Conical fulls work best. I ride an 8.5 with Thunder 151's so that extra, beefier wheel seems to help with lock in's a little better than with Tablets. That being said if I rode a smaller board like an 8.25 I'd most likely go with Tablets.
Damn I'm going to have to try the conical fulls for my next set of wheels next then!
That street pad looks so good
It's actually so fun! Just a bit hard to get run up from the road lol
When spitfire finally make lightweight super versatile wheels as Bones V5 P5 or Ricta Mid shapes?
I guess that's the next thing they need to make!
They recently released the Lock in full shape but that's much bigger lol
Tablets are the dopest wheel ever they resist flatspots really well but still grip amazing
Yeah dude, these wheels are still going so well too!
is that a deathwish twin tail? also shout out evening mob in the background
It actually could be, my homie just said it was a twin nose lol
Hell yeah, gotta rep the homies! Shoutout Friday squad too 🙌🏼
Gread Video! How do you manage to avoid wheelbite with 54mm Wheels on Thunder trucks?
Thanks heaps man 🙏🏼
I do have pretty loose trucks but I'm not usually jumping off stuff these days so I don't actually get a lot of wheel bite these days weirdly. I usually only get wheel bite when I'm taking impact from a drop or hand rail or something like that 🤷🏽♂️
@@LeonPaxton Seems like you are blessed from God himself. :D
nice rail slide on the concrete man
That definitely wouldn't have worked if I didn't have deck rails lol
ur actually killer tho keep it up
Thanks dude, appreciate that a lot 🙏🏼
Bro I used to work at monster and I remember you, subbed homie!
Dude, those were the days! Monster skatepark used to go off 🥳
@@LeonPaxton I was watching some of your other vids and it surprised me to see some homies still skating like Wattsy! We all skated together a few times haha. Brendan, Jack and Carlos if the names ring a bell were some of my best friends during that time. Wicked days.
Hell yeah dude, I remember all of those guys! Wattsy is still shredding too 🔥
You should get back out on a skateboard for sure man!
@@LeonPaxton Haha so dope dude, such a good bunch of people. I actually got one last week after watching a few of your vids which is why I was on this wheel vid haha, got me some tablets but I kinda regret not getting a big fat egg. Its been like 10 years since Ive been on a board Im keen as, got my kiddo who's 6 a Blind 7" mini and hes loving it too.
Yeah dude, all legends for sure! Oh sick man, welcome back 🥳
That's all good, you can get one for your next board 👌🏼
i use them for skating bowls and vert walls and the tablets r rlly good
Hell yeah, the wide riding surface on these would be perfect for transition!
Hey dude, sorry to dig up an old vid but where is the first park you're skating at here?
All good man, this is Holborn Park skatepark in Berkeley, just down passed Wollongong 👌🏼
@@LeonPaxtonlegend! Loving your channel lately dude. Keep it up!
Thanks so much 🙏🏼
I love how that car totally ate shit and it was just casually brushed over lol
Haha yeah, we pretty much carried on skating straight away 😂
I really like these wheels for skating to work and back I like the wide footprint and they are nice and predictable.
Yeah dude, the wide riding surface feels great!
Hectic video
Gday Sean LOL 60mm wheels or nothing hectic video
@@kelrobins7476 that’s some real 4x4 type set up 😂
@@SeanEnuks 😂all terrain
Thanks my bro 🙏🏼
If I'm being honest, I've never riden a better wheel than the conicals, I'm maybe thinking of tryin 54mm cuz i have marks on my board, because the wheels have been touching due to it being a conical and a bit of a larger size (i had classics before so thats why) but i think that's just called wheel bite. ive never been thrown off my board cuz of that, but its still wheel bite.
Yeah dude, Conicals are definitely a great wheel! What size are you riding?
Yeah wheel bite happens pretty often if you have loose trucks or big wheels man
@@LeonPaxton i have 56mm wheels, also i don't like wheel bite, but any tightr trucks for me feels completely unable to ride, and i don't really care about risers, so i just think its be like that for me lol, anyways i love the content!
Yeah just wax your board where the wheels touch and that can help reduce the wheel bite too dude 👌🏼
Thank so much 🙏🏼
@@LeonPaxton Oh! I didn't know that wax could help the wheel bite! than you som much!
i dont like the spitfire tablet shape but ojs nomad are a tablet but with conical cut aways which are my favorite. spitfires conicals are wider than their tablets.
Sounds like the IJ Nomads are similar o the Spitfire Conicals then?
You park seems smart.... looks like the water naturally drained out. Ares is just like a huge pool and the water always pools up in the same two spots. Close to the ra p at the roll I. And the quarter pipe woth the huge drain to the left of the video
Yeah they definitely designed this park well for that 👌🏽
What is that first park?
It's Berkeley/ Holborn skatepark down passed Wollongong dude 👌🏼
7:24 Car smashing over the curb, had to watcha few times
It was so random and she just drove off like nothing happened lol
My favorite shape is the tablet shape because its skinny but has wide riding surface 😻
Yeah dude, they have been great wheels so far!
Does spitfire ever change their formula, or is it just shape and graphics?
They have changed it in the past but the Formula Four is their latest and best wheel formula
Wish I was born 20 years too early. These skate parks are beautiful. What part of Australia this ?the first 1. That is. Thanks for posting I was going to buy these tablets but I’m old so I went with the classic 56. Lol.
No disrespect but seems like you guys ride a lil slow .. Newtonian physics say if you go faster when doing tricks you will look cooler. And not wobble. Lol. Jk. I grew up skating in NYC so you had to skate real fast.
Oh man, we are so spoilt for skateparks these days! This park is down the south coast of Sydney about 90mins from Sydney CBD.
Hahaha yeah that's true, I'm known to skate pretty slow actually 😂
Tablets are my fav.
They are still going so well 👌🏼
been skating the same 99du 58mm conical fulls for over 2 years and i simply could not think of a better wheel
Damn dude, that is a pretty big wheel!
After 2 years though those bad boys would be down to about 50mm by now though right? lol
@@LeonPaxton yeah, they are super flat and wide now, every road in my town is awful so ive gotta have the bigger wheels.
Yeah the bigger wheels are definitely going to help with rough ground!
Have you ever tried a softer wheel durometer to have a smoother ride?
@@Nokia2k03do you have trouble doing flip tricks with 58mm?
@@Gameboy-Unboxings you just have to use alot more leg strength do to the added weight, but i also skate 9.0 so that alone makes tricks harder.
I use tabs and love them they just need to be broken in and depending on what trucks u runnin to As we all know thunders are harder to do nose and tail slides because the wheels hit the concrete instead of the base plate
Yeah man they are still going so well, my lock ins on grinds are perfect!
But yeah I definitely had trouble with OG Classics doing back tails because of that but these tablets are working well 👌🏼
@@LeonPaxton yeah it happens a lot with thunders for me too witch one of the reasons I went back to Indy so that baseplate sticks out more for better lock ins because I love to do back tails and nose slides a lot too
That's the only thing making me consider Indy's as well but I just don't think the quality is that great 🤔
@@LeonPaxton it’s sucks they don’t make them here no more but their still indy skate and grind and I actually snapped my king pin on my hollow light thunders they did send me out a new pair with in 3 days but indy are still indy I do use the hollows with forged baseplates so they are lower to the ground like thunders for. Better pop
Oh damn, I've never heard of the kingpin snapping on those! How did it happen?
where did you by the real tablets from
I get all my stuff from Fast Times dude 👌🏽
Road to 5k ❤❤🎉🎉
Hopefully get there soon and start climbing up to 10k 🥳🙏🏼
You pop your shields u gotta do a bud on that!
You don't approve? lol
@@LeonPaxtonI’m thinking Daniel-san meant to write ’vid’ instead of ’bud’. And that he approves.
I don’t know what I think I’ve tryed both I’m really on the fence on this one
@@Cowabungunga I ride my rain/wet board bearings cover less. Simpler for when I pull them off and store in paint thinner between sessions.
Never remove the shields… I mean unless you want to be cool and destroy your bearings
the tablets were one of if not the first spitfire wheel that they made in 1987.
Damn that's sick! I'm happy to be riding them then 👌🏼
@@LeonPaxton one side of the lockin is a tablet
Spitfire conical full review please?!
Wheels will be heavier a bit and wider vs conical. Thats review 😂
I haven't tried Conical fulls before so I'd be keen!
@@acgwestsidesb6410 Basically yeah lol
I always skate conical wheels, usually Bones STF formula…
They are definitely the way to go 👌🏼
How do Bones STF compare to Spitfire Formula Four?
@@LeonPaxton dude I LOVE the STF formula, they seem to flat spot less than the formula fours from Spitfires. I mean you can still flat spot em, but I’ve noticed not quite as easily.
I've found if Spitfire Formula Fours do ever flat spot it evens out and becomes round again if you keep skating them. Are the Bones the same?
@@LeonPaxton yeah I got a flat spot earlier this year, and it’s already not noticeable again…
I personally hate all these new wheels(dragon,x,etc). They are wider and are a mix of soft and hard. Which means they are somewhat unpredictable. Its like getting the negative effects of both. They are soft, but not soft enough to cruise over stuff like soft wheels should. They are also hard, but dont slide like a hard wheel can. They grip sometimes and dont others. They also deform quicker and more unevenly
That, and $50 for wheels, of this material, is insane.
The only time i could see them being somehwat beneficial is maybe at a skatepark that has a really slick floor. Besides that, i dont understand the hype and every pro i have seen skate them switches wheels in the next video i see them in.
I could buy two sets of pro wheels for the same price
I would recommend the Mini Logo 95a wheels, also conical shape. They are amazing wheels at half the cost. Well worth it. Apart from this though I would say in most ways the Spitfite formula 4 full conicals are worth it to me. They last a very very long time. Expensive yes, but durable. As for Dragons and Formula X, those are Bones wheels and I don't think those live up to the hype at all. But I have to confess I don't like Bones wheels that much, too sticky!
Yeah it seems like they are trying to tick too many boxes with one set of wheels which doesn't really work 🤔
Haha that's true man! I've tried a lot of products and then just gone back to what I was riding before that video lol
Sometimes it's just fun to try out different brands and products though
Dragon Formula is the shit for the East Coast.
So what wheels you riding now?😎
Right now I’m on the Spitfire Radials but I have a video coming out soon explaining everything 👌🏽
@@LeonPaxton yeeew ! look forward to it.
These are way more similar to radial slims.. weird comparison
I'll have to try them next!
@@LeonPaxton for sure! Like tablets, but not as sharp edge. I tried x97 formula bones, the slide is insane. No effort needed to make them slide is zero, and they feel like you can slide em at 25 mph even if its a narrow 54 mm. Rolls better on rough concrete than anyhting I've tried. And this comes from a hardcore, years long f4 supporter
For me it dont matter! I just want to sk8
That’s the right attitude 🙌🏻
To answer the title- vert
Definitely a lot of grip and control for vert skating 👌🏼
Bigger board - conicals
Smaller board - tablets
Do you ride Conicals on bigger boards because the cut away on the wheels makes it lighter?
@@LeonPaxton just seems to pair the best! Skated conical fulls on a 9” before & tablets on a 8.125 and they complimented each other well 🤷🏻♂️ looked the best as well since tablets on a 9”+ would be like a tank with bike wheels lmao
Yeah dude, that sounds perfect 👌🏼
Tablet are for the pros that skate transion and skate pool coping.also for those guys that skate handrail and go fast!!
Sounds like a great all round wheel then!
Still tablets forever
They are definitely amazing so far!
Spitfire has too many shapes
It does feel like that sometimes lol
And nothing really slim suited for for grind clearence in 54mm sizing and featherlight for tech. Or something super versatile as Bones side cut V5 P5, Ricta Mid shapes which have wide contact patch after broken in and lightweight in 54mm sizing
Yeah if anything their shapes just keep getting bigger lol
Do you ever skate street
Sometimes
I got some personally think their pretty sweet dude
They hold really well at high speeds
You know after being asked the question they may be all I get from now on
Hell yeah dude, they are a really good wheel!
I must be a hater good advice, but you sound like everyone else.
Thank you 🙏🏽