Hi everyone!
Few months ago I asked about finding a good cheap escooter: https://lemmy.world/post/15970361
After watching this review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC8Fd7Hb1w&t=472s
I ended up buying this scooter!
https://gotrax.com/products/seated-electric-scooter
On Thursday did my longest trip with it and did nearly 13 miles, and it still had over 25% left. I weigh 140 pounds so me being light might be why it had such a good range.
Otherwise I use it a ton to go grocery shopping every couple days, get to dr appointments, and the like. It’s wonderful for little me who works from home and is within 4 miles of most things I need.
Also I have a room mate who doesn’t have a car for financial reasons, and they’ve fallen in love with it as well for running errands under 2 miles so they’ve mentioned they might get one once they get a bit more money so they don’t have to borrow mine. Only complaint is I might try to make the basket bigger, as it’s a tad small!
But yeah just wanted to throw out my experience for anyone else looking for a cheap escooter!
I completely agree, I really want to try one of those one wheel things, not the skateboards, just a wheel with small panels out the side. Looks crazy fun.
Every year I like watching the new “hottest ebikes of 202x videos” and watching the distances increase and the prices decrease.
Just don’t buy a OneWheel from Future Motion, they are anti right to repair and badly designed
I don’t want that shape anyway, but that company seems like crap.
Thanks, also a no go for me.
Oh yeah like the video I linked the one that was craziest to me was this:
https://turboant.com/products/x7-max-folding-electric-scooter?sscid=71k8_gh05i&utm_source=shareasale&utm_medium=aff&utm_id=2033777&source=shareasale&nb_platform=shareasale
Around $400 it has 18 mile range, but has replaceable batteries so $100 and a back pack doubles the range.
I didn’t need that much range and preferred the seat/basket combo. But just crazy.
That one you linked to says 32 mile range! That’s awesome.
I’m also really excited about airless tires, I got a couple for my bike and just riding around town. Not thinking about if my tire is going to pop or not make such a difference when I’m having fun on a bicycle.
I know there are some companies starting to make them in other sizes and I’m so excited for airless tires on ebikes and micromobility vehicles.