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Update on looking for a cheap escooter that can go 10+ miles! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OP circled back with a product review! Thanks! And I'm glad to hear your purchase is serving you well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Some folks seemed leery of finding a decent device for that price point, so wanted to throw it out in case anyone else came looking for a similar thing!

Crazy how cheap and high quality these things are. One recently came out that for 2k can go 50 MPH and has a nearly 50 mile range!

Absolutely absurd. You can register that and go anywhere but the freeway with it. If I ever have to no longer work from home I'll probably upgrade to a 25 mph one that can keep with the flow of traffic on residential streets more easily.