Zealous Bearings for Skateboards and Longboards (Steel)

I kept hearing reviews about these bearings on forums so gave them a shot. Like a lot of street skaters I had always just skated Bones bearings. After putting these in and cranking down my axle bolt (I usually only tighten like 95%) I immediately put 2 miles on these and have since skated them another 3-4 miles to get a solid break in. They’re awesome. The kind of awesome where you are switching over multiple setups to these bearings. They are buttery smoother, fast, and roll forever. Also completely silent. All you hear is the drone of your wheels on concrete and the reverberation through your deck. With the bolts cranked down you don’t get that fast free spin but all that matters is what the spin is like under weight. These are beautifully engineered bearings and I couldn’t be more excited to swap my other setups out to these.

Good quality, need to be broken into.

Honestly, I was expecting the same quality as bones reds which I'd be satisfied with, but these so far are way better. They're well designed, seem to be built well too and are so quiet. If they last as long as my usual bearings, I'll be buying these again.

Outstanding. Great for my cruising needs. These allow me to roll forever.

DON'T LISTEN TO THE BAD REVIEWS. They are from people who have no clue what they are talking about and are writing these bearings off without letting the bearings properly break in. I was skeptical at first. I've skated for 14 years, on the streets and in parks. I've skated Bones religiously, though i've tried a decent variety. Bones Swiss was always my go to. They felt the fastest out of everything i've ever skated. They've lasted longer, and they were just smoother. But, now that i've tried these bearings, I'm sold. I've got a brand new set of both Swiss and Zealous which are broken in. I tested them in a park setting where I could pump around and really feel the bearings, and I tried some downhill longboarding. The Zealous felt faster in both regards. It's crazy the a set of $16 bearings can be as good, if not better than a set of $40 Swiss bearings. I'm completely sold. I'm keeping the Swiss in my skateboard and the Zealous in my longboard. The built in spacers and speed rings are also super convenient. I often times preferred no spacers in my wheels because the separate spacer always seemed to slow me down when the nut was tightened all the way down. But these just free spin while tightened all the way down like it's nothing. Super fast, super stable, you can't go wrong. If you take care of these and don't ride through muck and dirt or a dirty skatepark, they will last years, easily. For how inexpensive they are, at that point you can just buy a brand new set and be good to go. These bearings are crazy versatile. Get them, you won't be disappointed. And again, don't listen to the bad reviews, they are just ignorant and don't know how to properly use bearings. All the people complaining about the thick grease obviously never let the bearings break in, because the grease is only thick at the beginning, then it spreads out and settles properly after about a week to a month depending on how often you skate. After that, the bearings just take off.