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Do you fingerboard? Do your kids? Some insight...
I got my old Tech Deck stuff out about a month ago to play with a few of my friend's kids. Since then, I've gotten back into fingerboarding & have given away all my old plastic boards except 2 and upgraded to every possible newer model Tech Deck makes.
Plastic Competition: $7 - $13
Same size as the standard Tech Deck. Nose and tail are a bit more pointy, less bulbous than the standard. No concave. Good for getting a case & 2 sets of competition wheels / trucks. No bearings. Comes with custom grip tape to match the deck (instead of Tech Deck branded) but in my opinion the deck is worthless.Wooden Collector: $9 - $15
This deck is just like a standard Tech Deck plastic but made of wood. Comes with the same trucks/wheels as the standard plastic Tech Deck. Only worth it if you want to "collect". Still fun to play with as it's wood, but compared to the larger decks, there's no comparison in regards to control. I run a set of competition trucks on mine without risers.Wood Competition: $10 - $25
Board is slightly larger than the plastic & collector deck. Nice kicks & deep concave. Only one set of competition wheels / trucks. No storage case. No bearings. Comes with risers, adds a bit of pop. I run this as is, no bushings or pivot cups.Expert SK8: $15-$20
Wood board much larger (wider & longer) than Wood Competition. Deep concave & kick. One set of trucks/wheels. Trucks are nice, includes rubber pivot cups & bushings. The bearing wheels are shit. 2 of them froze up / stopped rolling within a day. I run my expert with risers & competition trucks outfitted with bushings / pivot cups from a plastic Tech Deck longboard.Consensus being, I don't use plastic boards anymore, too thick / small / unresponsive. The larger boards help maintain control. Using rubber bushings with brass hardware loosens your trucks and allows them to return to center instead of holding position or being too stiff as you get from plastic bushings.
All that said if you're still reading this nonsense... Don't buy Tech Deck anything if you're into or want to get into fingerboarding.
4Corner or ProWood will get you started between $25 - $35 complete with single bearing wheels. If you want to spend $$$, you can head to FlatFace & buy a complete setup including tunable trucks & dual bearing wheels for upwards of $129 - $145.
Considering what I spent on my collection, consisting of 2 Competitions; wood & plastic, Wood Collector, and Expert SK8 since getting the box back out (about $45), I should have just bought a nicer custom complete... at least I'd have bearings rolling under my fingers.
Finally, you see a lot of people (kids & adults alike) using the thin foam rubber rip tape or grippy tape on their fingerboards, this is a soft somewhat porous surface that allows you control over your board during tricks, it's become the industry standard... Who cares!? I run real Jessup griptape (as do my friends) made of scraps from gripping our real boards. Just FYI there. It's a rougher grit compared to the fine grit offered by Tech Deck and you're still running griptape instead of foam for that sense of realism.
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