How to identify a good Escooter?
What is our biggest concern by purchasing an Escooter?
A lot of facts may pop out of our heads, like Safety, Price, Speed, Range and After sale services etc.
Let's take a look at market popular Escooter players:
Player 1 : Ninebot as of Segway
Player 2: Xiaomi
Player 3: Inokim/Myway
Player 4: Gotrax USA
Among these players, we noticed below features:
- Disc brake and Electric brake co-exist
Disc brake give shorter brake distance in emergency situations, however, it expands the spaces too, you may find holding and carrying problems at the same time.
Electric brake usually works with a foot brake, in emergency situation, the foot brake is very efficient, however, a lot of people may forget this function because of panic.
2. Rubber tire and Air tire co-exist
Air tire gives more confortability when running over bumps, yet its biggest problem is "flat tire", it is always frustrated to carry/push your scooter half way home/office due to a flat tire problem; Also it is easy to find a repair spot in a developing country like China on street cornors, but hard to find one in Europe and US. I guess that's why most players still use rubber tires.
3. Narrow tire and Wide tire co-exist
As you can see from Onokim Ox,they call it heavy duty beast.Wide tires make the scooter much more wild, it fits tast of many "tough men". On the other way, it keeps out the femal market.
In the meantime, it takes more space and strenghth to carry; most importantly, it is more expensive.
To understand what’s your biggest concern, you need to understand your initial purposes of using a scooter.
Pretty similar to sharing bikes, Escooter is a tool of short distance of transportation. It solves the problem of “last mile from bus/metro stop” to office/home.
I gotta admit, Escooter is a young man new fashion too.
In the end of this article, we noticed a new China player called TuQi Scooter Technology, they launched a new scooter pretty interesting.
A. Simplicity of Design
As you can see that this scooter cuts all wires outside of the scooter, which it very good. I always concern that the wires may drag obstacles/shrubs by roadside.
The standing pedal is also very unique, you can see the beautiful curv line from front tire to battery box. Very ergomic design.
B. Stability of Riding
This anti-slippery handle bar attracts my attention too, it sure gives rider more strenght of comfort.
This one push button to fold function seems very easy to use too.
I don’t see how it performs actually, the spec. sheet says it equips with 8inch tire and 350W motor, so I really look forward to see their update videos online.