It really pains me to write this, because up to this point I really thought this was a solid, well-made, quality scoot. However, this is so serious of an issue, I had to bring awareness to a clear and present danger within the design of this scooter. I bought the Albott Pro Stunt Scooter for my son o
n May 28th, 2020. I did a lot of research to ensure he wasn't going to be riding a piece of trash and that I wasn't mindlessly putting my son in harm's way. I'm a big proponent of safety. I'm willing to pay more for the assurance that higher-priced items are of better quality and they will perform well and not fail at the wrong moment. I thought that's what I was buying when I purchased this scoot. However, I learned today I was mistaken! During a session at the skate park today, 10/23/2021, my 14 yr old son, who is 6' and 126lbs, had been scootering around for about 30mins up and down steep vert ramps when he launched down a 8'-10' halfpipe and was coming up the opposite transition and SNAP! Thankfully, he was riding up and he was just at the top of the ramp when the forks decided to let loose. Had he been going down and hitting the flat bottom of the ramp it would have been bad. Really bad! He was seconds away from a disaster! I have two of these scooters that were purchased one year apart, so I tore both of them down and discovered the old scoot that broke has a design flaw in the forks. If you look closely at the images I uploaded, you will see the broken forks have a beveled section where the diameter of the forks stem reduces and becomes smaller. It's at this beveled point that the forks snapped. I also noticed other customer reviews, which discuss the same issue, all have the same beveled design exactly where the forks snapped. However, I discovered the new scoot forks don't have a bevel and the fork stem is the same diameter from top to bottom. A re-design due to all the breakage issues?? Possibly. Anyway, If Albott hasn't already, I really believe they ought to do the right thing and recall all of these older models that have this design flaw. Children are getting hurt, according to one reviewer who uploaded a video of their child's scoot snapping in half after doing a small bunny hop and the child falling backward and sustaining a bad head injury. Not to mention all the apparent near-misses like my son encountered today. It's just a matter of time before someone really gets seriously injured if this issue isn't addressed by Albott.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021 by Amy LeBlanc Amy LeBlanc
