100 Pack 608-2RS Skateboard Bearing, Rolling Bearings, 8x22x7mm 608rs Bearing

I rarely leave negative reviews, but this was an incredibly poor quality product. I should have realized that a 100 pack of skateboard bearings would not deliver the best quality or consistency, but I bought this without better judgement. I sheared my first 2 bearings in the first week. I shredded a couple more before I finally vowed to not use these again. I suppose these cheap quality bearings could be used in a pinch, but they are slower (more friction) than good bearings, and will break WAYYY quicker than any quality materials. You will get good at riding without functional bearings if you try to use these very long.

Price cannot be beat. Not even my Chinese contact could come close to this (I could only get 10 overseas for this price). I have yet to test durability, but there are reviews of this product on that and I wont be using them in a manner that could wear them out.

Good bearings. Slight surface corrosion on outside but none visible under seals. Light coat of oil here and there but no evidence of intentional lubrication inside. Clean, lubricate, and inspect seals before use.

The value

These are nowhere near quality bearings, but they are great for makers who use bearings in their projects and need the quantity without breaking the bank.

It’s 100 Skateboard Bearings COME ON! Buy them now!!!! Must clean first from factory residues and spray with a bearing solvent to get some actual use out of them.. I bought these to sell with my skate wheels and it worked! They can be skated! Risk It MANE!

We used them in roller skates. They are extremely rough bearings. And in a week or 2 some keep locking up very unhappy with them

Inner races have very poor tolerances... guess you get what you pay for but I really wouldnt consider these rideable on a skateboard, wheels wobble pretty hard. Very thick grease on them too.

Overall very decent bearings for fidget spinners. Not Amazing, but the affordability alone makes these bearings a competitive product and after thoroughly cleaning them they worked well and spin for a decent amount of time. If you are using these bearings to make spinners as gifts (as I did) then these will work just fine. If you are making them to sell… I would probably pay just a little more for a higher quality bearing. I am not sure why I liked the “single lip contact seals” of these bearing so much but they were very easy to remove for cleaning and better yet easy to put back onto the bearing afterwards. Just don’t pry them up where the “608RS” is stamped as they are thinner there and are more likely to break in that area. Taking everything into account I would say that you get a good bearing for the price. The only thing I didn’t like (which cost a star 4/5 instead of 5/5) was the lubricant that they used inside of the bearing. I am not sure if they used a silicon or what but when I received the bearings, they were stiff and sticky and didn’t want to spin. With other bearings I was used to having them packed with grease. This was not the case here. These bearings were hard to spin and were pretty much unusable directly out of the package. These bearings were not packed with grease (as many bearings are) and when I took them apart to clean them, I didn’t see any grease at all. As I mentioned before they seemed sticky as opposed to being slick or slippery and I had a difficult time even spinning them. I figured I would simply soak them in 100% Pure Acetone as this is usually enough to remove lubricants from bearings that I have worked with previously. Unfortunately, after soaking them for over 24 hours in Pure Acetone (shaking the container occasionally) they were still stiff and sticky! I almost didn’t believe it. I soaked them for another 24 hours and they were still sticky! I ended up having to use some Carburetor Cleaner and then an Engine Degreaser to cut through whatever was making them sticky. I was kind of shocked at how resilient this sticky substance was. After finally being able to remove the sticky stuff from the bearings they smelled pretty bad (engine degreaser smells). So, I soaked them in 100% Acetone again for a couple of days, took them out, sprayed them off with compressed air while spinning each one and then I let them dry. They still kind of smelled so I soaked them again in a clean container with fresh and clean Acetone and that seemed to do the trick. Kind of a lot of work I suppose. But once they were cleaned the bearings fit perfectly, spun well and helped make some pretty good custom fidget spinners. If you don’t feel like thoroughly cleaning your bearings when you receive them then you might not enjoy this particular product. If you are willing to spend some time cleaning and applying some of your own elbow GREASE to get these bearing clean and spinning properly then for the price you probably can’t go wrong.

Got these for my rollerblades and theyre just OK. Im sure there are plenty of uses for bearings that dont need to be as efficient (electric skateboard, etc.) so if you have something like that, this would be a pretty stellar deal. However, for skates and regular skateboards that you use often, you may want to look elsewhere. UPDATE: After attaching them to my skates and riding them around a little bit, they seem to have loosened up and are now gliding much more efficiently. Raising rating from 3 to 4 stars.