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!

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      Me too! The variety is just amazing.

      I remember 10 years ago I wanted to try and get around on an escooter, but the tech just wasn’t there and the range on anything affordable was trash. Being able to go nearly 20 miles on a $400 dollar device is just crazy now.

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        4 months ago

        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.