I use both throttle and whatever the appropriate gearing is to help the battery last longer without the hills kicking my ass too much, but I ride a fatbike so it’s pretty heavy for a bicycle and it only has 7 gears so it’s not much of a climber unassisted. It has a shitty cadence sensor too so I pretty much always just use the throttle when I want the motor to kick in even while pedaling.
I use both throttle and whatever the appropriate gearing is to help the battery last longer without the hills kicking my ass too much, but I ride a fatbike so it’s pretty heavy for a bicycle and it only has 7 gears so it’s not much of a climber unassisted. It has a shitty cadence sensor too so I pretty much always just use the throttle when I want the motor to kick in even while pedaling.