Long term Volspeed v3 reviews?

[JezzaP]

Hi all,

First post here although I am a long-time lurker. I am soon (hopefully) getting delivery of my new Powerfly with the 4th gen motor. I have read all of the threads on the use of both Speedbox and VOLspeed chips here but have been leaning towards VOLspeed (and that has been cemented by the reports of fake Speedbox reviews). I don't need much difference in speed but my commute is a 50 mile round trip and upping it to the US limit would make things that little bit easier.

Anyway, I haven't really seen any updates on the use of a VOLspeed long-term and whether the issue of keeping to lower speeds helps avoid 504 errors. I just wondered if any of you who were posting a year or ago (or even earlier this year) have racked up high mileages and have any reports on reliability? I know several people have said they have had no problems at 2 of 300k but I'll do that pretty quickly. Any experiences would be great to hear! Cheers.

 

[dualview]

4000 km since Volspeed installation, no problems so far

 

[Rosemount]

It is a lottery .
Both Volspeed and Speed box throw errors . A matter of luck rather than management .

 

[JezzaP]

That’s my worries, it seems some people have no worries but there are very few reports to go on really. Difficult decision!

 

[Zed]

I think you need to read this thread:

Volspeed tuning box for Bosch gen 4 - EMTB Forums

I read all of it. I also just ordered the Volspeed. There's a risk, for sure, but a lot of people have no problems.

For mine, I'm actually fairly annoyed it's such a pain for me to take an ebike beyond 25km/hr assistance in a forest. It's nanny-stating, I think it's bullshit - it should be up to me, it's my risk. So I'm doing it. I've had an e8000 before I set to US to get 32km/hr and that was enough. Before that I had a 2018 Levo also set to similar. I'm only after around the same. On my trails there's jumps and trail sections I really want about 30km/hr for, these bits should not be harder and less fun on a bike with an motor. So I'm giving it a whirl. Sticking it to the man, lol.

In the future I'll raise the weight of de-restricting when I weigh up bike buying decisions.

 

[thehenk]

1000 km now with 32km/h limit. No issues so far. Speed is usually between 25 and 30.