A great purchase to allow mobility and independence.
We bought this almost a year ago for my mother and it has given her back her mobility and independence as she can no longer walk very far due to illness. My mother weighs less than 150lbs and finds the chair comfortable, easy to manuever and has never had it tip over but does takes care to avoid extreme uneven surfaces. It has gotten stuck once in deep gravel but that was an unusual surface at a festival. Weve taken it mall shopping, grocery shopping, Doctor appts, festivals and now during the pandemic for 3 mile neighborhood rides 2 or 3 times per week. As a female in her late 40 with average strength I can break it down and lift the pieces for transporting it in the trunk of a standard size sedan (Hyundai Sonata) but it would be difficult for my mother to lift the two heavier pieces herself although her health certainly plays a factor. The basket is only large enough to hold her medium size purse so we added an additional basket to the back of the seat which is especially helpful for shopping. We are diligent about recharging the battery so have rarely gone more than Im guessing 5 miles before recharging. I highly doubt it would go more than 7 or 8 miles before needing a charge but I cant say for certain. The few time we forgot to charge it I noticed that the battery indicator light does seem to stay on full charge a long time but once it starts to go down it seems to go down quickly. A beep sound will let you know you need to recharge soon. One time it started beeping about a 1/2 of a mile from home and we made it home without a problem. Note that the battery is almost dead warning beep sound cant be silenced so it can be a little annoying. We do not use it on a daily basis or inside her home. I would say on average we haved used it twice a week for almost a year and the Scooter is still going strong.
A great purchase to allow mobility and independence.
We bought this almost a year ago for my mother and it has given her back her mobility and independence as she can no longer walk very far due to illness. My mother weighs less than 150lbs and finds the chair comfortable, easy to manuever and has never had it tip over but does takes care to avoid extreme uneven surfaces. It has gotten stuck once in deep gravel but that was an unusual surface at a festival. Weve taken it mall shopping, grocery shopping, Doctor appts, festivals and now during the pandemic for 3 mile neighborhood rides 2 or 3 times per week. As a female in her late 40 with average strength I can break it down and lift the pieces for transporting it in the trunk of a standard size sedan (Hyundai Sonata) but it would be difficult for my mother to lift the two heavier pieces herself although her health certainly plays a factor. The basket is only large enough to hold her medium size purse so we added an additional basket to the back of the seat which is especially helpful for shopping. We are diligent about recharging the battery so have rarely gone more than Im guessing 5 miles before recharging. I highly doubt it would go more than 7 or 8 miles before needing a charge but I cant say for certain. The few time we forgot to charge it I noticed that the battery indicator light does seem to stay on full charge a long time but once it starts to go down it seems to go down quickly. A beep sound will let you know you need to recharge soon. One time it started beeping about a 1/2 of a mile from home and we made it home without a problem. Note that the battery is almost dead warning beep sound cant be silenced so it can be a little annoying. We do not use it on a daily basis or inside her home. I would say on average we haved used it twice a week for almost a year and the Scooter is still going strong.