Hover-1 Alpha Electric Kick Scooter Foldable

Update ( it does seem like obtaining replacement wheels can be annoying, but from what I have read the replacement only costs ~30$, found a pin in my scooter, not going to use it until I can patch the wheel in a few days... taking away a star for the customer service that seems unresponsive at the moment, hopefully I’ll hear back from them within a week) I decided to buy this because I wanted to stop using the bus to get around New York City. I rode it a couple miles from where I live to Central Park and the battery was able to last quite the distance even though I was using the high speed mode. For the features you aren’t going to find anything better. The wheels are smooth, the Bluetooth speaker is a nice added feature, but I’m too timid to use that around crowds of people so probably when I’m in a more secluded area for that one. The lighting looks sick too. If you’re looking for a more high end scooter, you’ll have to put your budget a little higher, but if you want something nice smack in the middle that feels like it’s good quality, this might be the scooter for you! (Update- 3/24: It’s quite funny that I’m one of the only reviews that paid money for this product and I have better things to say than the Karens and Jennifers that got this for free lol. If you want a better scooter pay 500+ but like I said for the price this I really like this one. I guess my only concern is exactly how water resistant this is. I got stuck in a light rain shower while riding it and it didn’t get damaged at all, actually once I got home it dried up quite quickly.)

Opened and assembled the scooter... charged it up and took it for a few short flat ground rides... made a strange clicking sound in the front tire. (Which by the way is a pain to inflate because the valvestem is way behind a plastic cover) it wasn’t till I tried to take it on about a mile long ride that it started getting stuck on and not the cruise control either... it then began beeping and flashing E8... reached out to hover1 support... got an automated email and nothing more... I wouldn’t recommend this scooter to anyone.

Runs well go really fast 18mph. Battery life is less than promised. Distance a little over 3 miles at full speed. Now the item is worthless because it has a rear flat tire. Can't seem to buy one anywhere. Company support is zero. I WOULD HIGHLY RECCOMEND NOT BUYING THIS SCOOTER IF YOU EVER THINK YOU MAY NEED SUPPORT. Otherwise go ahead it ran great for a month and if I can ever find a replacement tire it will probably run good again. Update support finally sent me a link to the proper tire tube. With instructions on how to replace. Instructions were somewhat useful, but it still wound up costing me $30 to have a motorcycle shop out the tire back on the rim. Still haven’t changed my mind good scooter bad support.

When I opened it, and tried to ride it, the is a noise from the read wheel, is like the wheel dose not moving freely and touching the sounding materials, not sure maybe it is an issue while was shipping. But what is really will make me to return it is that, the battery loses a bar in less than half a mile on a flat road! I did a mile and half and then it lost two bars. Hope Amazon can help.

After reading several review and looking thoroughly at different scooters I selected this one inspite of all the negative reviews I can honestly say people need knowledge of maintenance on scooters and probably was doing things other than just riding to cause so many problem because this thing is super heavy duty . I weigh 260 pounds and I get the full mileage and speed with additional weight cause I put my shopping bags on handle bars and the stuff is super heavy and I'm still able to have a fast smooth ride because I don't experiment...... I just ride and keep my screws tight and I have no problems. I see this lasting at least five years . perfect for me please buy it take it from me I know quality when I see it ......half of the people that left negative reviews probably never owned a scooter before in life don't be fooled out of something truly wonderful 🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🎓

Pros: Comfortable; Looks great; plenty of space for your feet; shoes grip nicely to board, yadda yadda same as the other reviews. It is smooth and fun to ride no questions there. Cons: So far we had to return after not even a week as the piece that clicks into the handlebar stick (after unfolding) broke off. It appears that this piece is very fragile. A simple replacement part might have done the trick, but did not want to take any chances outside Amazon as everyone says hover-1 customer service is terrible. Got this for my boyfriend for his birthday - he loves it & has been using it to travel ~ 1.5-2 miles to his classes & back home (in SF - not too many hills between class & home thankfully - although if going up a hill, it does struggle without any momentum..but so do other scooters.) His neighbor owns a Xiaomi - we were thinking of getting one but after some super lengthy research, comparing with other models i.e. # of reviews vs. rating ratio and the positive vs. negative comments, I nailed it down to this scooter after the Xiaomi, despite the lack of reviews. The Best Buy reviews are all very positive, so I did take those into consideration - I watched YouTube, read YouTube comments, checked out Reddit.. the feedback has been pretty positive. The only thing toward the negative side was battery life. I'm not the rider so I can't really comment for myself, but given the short distance requirements my boyfriend has he doesn't really run out of juice. It comes with a small charger, the size of your typical laptop charger. People are saying the charger port location is awkward, but coming from someone that has never owned a scooter.. I personally didn't find it odd or annoying.

I weigh roughly 180 it gave me a round trip of 6.5 miles at best not using the lights or speaker