Beyond safety features, the Swagtron adds a carrying handle to the underside along with Bluetooth speakers, just in case you don't feel conspicuous enough riding a hoverboard on the sidewalk.

In addition to its technical specs, the hoverboard also boasts customizable LED lighting, a built-in Bluetooth speaker, and LCD readouts to give you a heads up on any pertinent alerts. According ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? I hadn’t ridden a hoverboard — the increasingly popular self-balancing rideable that definitely doesn’t hover — before today.