Segway Ninebot ES2 Electric Kick Scooter, Lightweight and Foldable, Upgraded Motor Power, Dark Grey Large

I had been looking for an electric scooter for 6 months. I really did my research and finally bought this brand on Amazon day when it was on sale because I liked the sleek design and the good reviews. I’m so glad I did! It's perfect for me! I’m 5’4, 130lbs, just to give you an idea for how size effects battery life (I’ve seen other reviewers commenting on battery not lasting as long if you are taller/heavier). Here’s what I use it for: I commute 2 miles to the train station (no hills). I cut through the mall parking lot so I feel safer on the road. Where I live, electric scooters are banned from sidewalks. Beware that because electric scooters are so new to the road, not every driver will look out for you! I have had a few near scares. If side walk scooting is also banned where you live, you will need to obey the rules of the road. Stop at stop lights and stop signs. Be safe! Where a helmet and assume that people do not see you. I’ve assumed that a driver saw me, because it was my turn to cross and they did not. This scooter folds so quickly and easily, which is great for climbing up the stairs to the train. Once I’m in the city, I scoot about 5 blocks to work. In the city, it’s easy to scoot along the roads. I can cut my way through a long red light, which cuts down on the commute. Also I don’t have to deal with parking which has been a game changer! I hate parking garages because they get backed up with people trying to get in and out and it’s so expensive! It’s soooo nice to immediately get off the road, walk on the sidewalk to my office door and ride the elevator up. DONE! It’s amazing! When I first got the scooter, I charged it for a full day before use. I used it for 3 days before the battery was almost used up. I didn’t let it die, but it had one bar left. I don't have a long commute so I'm not using the battery that much. Also, when I'm on the train I turn the scooter off. There are also no hills on my commute so I don't know how it does on the hills. Overall, it's great! It makes my commute so much more enjoyable than sitting in traffic. The only thing that worries me is the power button sometimes gets stuck and it keeps going! This is bad if you need to stop! But I just pull the trigger up so it doesn't jam. The app is very confusing and I wish I knew how to work it so I can keep track of my miles and stats. It keeps saying I need to sign up, even though I have.

Got the scooter a few days ago and put it together yesterday. It was very nicely packed and was easy to assemble. All that was required was to bolt on the steering bar onto the stem after plugging in the small electric wire. The scooter is smooth and sleek looking. It charged to 100% within about 3 hours. It shows the % on the digital display. After that i downloaded and registered the Ninebot app from the Google Playstore and opened it. I turned on my phone's Bluetooth and then turned on the scooter. Like the booklet said, the scooter started to seek out its BT target and easily matched up my phone. Once that was done I upgraded the firmware via the app. The mileage on the app is km and i could not find how to switch it to miles. Then i played with the under light settings and i must admit that this is beyond cool! I will only have them on at night though because i am sure they drain the battery. You can also turn off the rear light on the app. The front light is turned on by a click in the digital display top of the stem. So then I closed the app and just studied the digital display. It is bright and viewable in direct sunlight. There are 3 speed modes low, medium (white s), and fast (red s). You double click on the digital display screen to move through them. Easy and easy. I like the low, broad, wide floorboard with room to shift feet. I don't like the idea of hard rubber tires and never did, in theory, but they are not as hard as i imagined. Suspension is on the front fork and back mid platform. The scooter is reasonably light. I had no problem carrying it and putting it in my car. The folding feature is easy to engage aka easy to open and close. The ride: i rode it around on a variety of concrete surfaces in low speed, averaging 10mph to get a feel for the scooter's handling. The tires aren't horrible and the handling and turning of the scooter are quite nimble. Of course I slowed down at some big cracks in the pavement but the scooter easily traversed them. The ergonomics of the scooter felt comfortable for me, a short person. The throttle wasnt real twitchy and that is fine for me as I don't like twitchy. Same with the brakes. I let off the throttle then gently pressed on the brake paddle and the brake engaged without being too jumpy. I am not much for the notion of using the rear press brake so i was glad that the front brake did not feel like it was going to toss me off. Nice gentle slow down. The lighting in front and rear plus the "light show" underneath are awesome. I bought a bell and have yet to figure out a rear view mirror but am working on that. All in all i like this scoot and really like not having to worry about getting a flat. It is worth the "road feel ride". You do feel the suspension in the front which is a plus and the ride just feels flexible on the platform. The app is easy to use and has some fun features. I enjoy looking at photos from worldwide riders and tracking my miles. I don't ride with it open but if it's on it will track my ride. I do admit to playing with the lights in the living room while watching tv! At some point I will get the extra battery for sure. I have read many reviews and seen some bad things re error codes, etc. I just hope my scoot holds up. I will likely add the extra insurance just to be safe. If you want a user friendly app based scooter to commute on or just have fun on, I strongly recommend this one. This is my basic run around ride to the grocery store scooter. It can be locked to the bike rack or wheeled around in the big grocery cart. It is light enough to cart in the car for glides in the park. For longer rides and exploration I am saving up for a big brother Max. Try to not let negative reviews dissuade you. Every, and I mean every, scooter brand that i looked at has lemons. I had to move through this reality in order to work up to buying any of them. Get the extra buyer protection and note the manufacturer's warrenty and you should be ok. I got the bell, a good helmet, and the Ninebot bag that hangs on the front stalk. I now get more excited about scooter riding than cycling. At 65 it is never too late to take up a new passion. The kids in my neighborhood follow me around and i have got a few others thinking about buying a scooter. The ES2 is a good basic scooter plus you can increase range, but not top speed, with the extra battery. And oh how beautiful those lights! 2021 Update: I am on my 2nd ES2 after my 1st got stolen. I did order and try the seat but found it uncomfortable and plus I was unable to stand on the scooter once it was installed. I have also added another longer range, bigger wheeled scooter to my stable. Not a Max but better. Even with that, there is still something sweet about this ES2. They are becoming scarce so get an ES4 if you want one and can't find one. It is just the ES2 with the long range battery, which I will add at some point. I hope mine keeps running for a long time. Just sweet, easy to fold, lightweight, no chance of flats, cool lights! Love it! Update 2022: I have found a way to switch over to miles versus kilometers in the app. Go to settings and explore. Also, by adjusting the front and rear shock tension you can smooth out the ride. Happy scooting!

I got this product for my kid birthday and its just broke next year.. not sure how this product is breaking with in 15 months :-) Initially this product was good but after 15 month this product is broken. Getting help from product support and amazon support team. I hope I will get a good response. Thanks Joseph Product got broken in 15 months... I approached the product support team below is the response from them ... Not a health support or quality product. I will not advice this product to any one. "We understand how important it is to have your scooter functioning correctly, and we’re here to help. The troubleshooting steps we provided are highly recommended, as they often represent the fastest and most effective way to identify and resolve common issues. Additionally, this specific aspect is not covered under our warranty policy. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are here to support you in any way we can."

This scooter is perfect for me. I've had it for over 100 days and I've ridden it for over 200 miles and love it. It does exactly what I wanted, and seems to be fairly durable. I'm a 230 pound male who often carries textbooks and laptops with me, so I'm impressed with how well the scooter is able to handle the weight. Extremely easy to fold up and bring with me into stores and shops. My smaller female friend would struggle to carry it consistently, but for me it's fairly easy and you can also always push it as well. Its range maxes out at 8 miles for me (despite saying that it has a 15 mile range in the app - I assume this is due to my weight and me riding it at max speed most of the time), but I can easily bring it with on city buses, which increases its range immensely. The usual speed is about 10mph for me, getting up to 15 on slightly down-sloped areas and up to 18mph down a hill The scooter struggles up hills, even on the max speed mode (and refuses to go up them if not on max speed mode), but is generally still faster than walking. If you hit a bump in the road, the shocks are not great and the scooter will make a loud clack sound that may disturb others around you, so try to ride on smoother roads or learn to hop over sidewalk height changes. Kickstand is also very loud and will make a clack noise when put up (not down). It's not ideal over snow and ice, but also doesn't immediately cause you to slip and fall. I live in a place where it snows but plowing is good, and it has been able to handle the patches of snow (I've never fallen), but is clearly a little more unstable on them. App works great. Has a guard mode that forces the scooter to stay on, but it only locks the wheels and beeps a little if it starts being ridden. (It would be very easy for someone to just pick up and walk away with it, even with guard mode on.) So I recommend locking it down if you're going to leave it outside. App allows you to change the lighting effect and colors, set your max speed, set a charging limit (to save battery life over time), set the imperial/metric system, toggle whether it goes into cruise mode and set the energy recovery amount (I don't quite know what this does yet). It also allows you to track a trip which uses up a little more battery but does GPS tracking along the trip, showing you where you went fast or slow, how far you went, and how long the trip was. I really with the trip feature also showed you how much scooter battery the trip used up so you could better plan future trips, but it does not. They also updated the app while I've had it, so it's unlikely it's going away soon. Also, the scooter doesn't need the app to run, so even if some day this company goes out of business, your scooter will likely still work despite being tied to the app.

I got the ES2 as a $299 cyber Monday deal to transform my 25 minute walk to work into a a 5-6 minute scoot commute! Segway did a really good job with this scooter, but the tires/suspension combo isn’t very good. You truly do feel every little thing you run over. If you like going fast, this thing does go the advertised speeds just fine! You won’t pick up extra speed going downhill because the auto-brake kicks in and forces the scooter to stay within 1-2mph of its max accelerating speed. It sounds like it may annoy you that your scooter won’t go above a certain speed no matter how much you want it to, but it’s actually a good thing because it’s sort of scary riding at full speed. The scooter is a little awkward to stand on and the tires are small that any unexpected crack or sidewalk groove can literally cause you to jolt in a random direction. If your commute involves lots of sidewalks or cracks in the road then expect to feel every one of them while you commute much slower than the 15-18mph they advertise. I ignored their safety warning and rode full speed on a sidewalk. I hit a sidewalk groove that redirected me toward the road and flung me off my scooter AT THE SAME TIME. I was able to hook my arm onto a tree and swung around it and proceeded with my crash landing “safely” on the sidewalk and not as roadkill. This thing really can handle a hill grade of 10-15%. It keeps you going but not as fast, you have to assist the electric motor with some leg power on steeper hills. Overall it’s a great device but the tires just aren’t the best and I feel like they should have made them bigger so it’s easier to keep and regain control of the scooter.

I'm on the upper weight limit and I got 10 miles with some charge left. The lights/headlights improve visibility. I live in a city where Lime/Bolt etc are. The convenience of pulling out my scoot scoot is great for getting around. While there's no novelty of hunting for a scooter. I bought this to go back and forth from school. It worked and my classmates that never talked to me before started noticing me. This led to better grades. When school was dismissed early due to natl emergency, I moved back in the suburbs. Here, the neighbors made sure to wave to me. People never waived when I rode my bike. Now that I am making friends because I own an es2 I have the confidence to continue law school. The red sport mode is like a Corvette. It accelerates faster than white but drains battery I still get 10 miles on red. So I've also gone back and forth to do takeout and it's great. My range is like 4 miles both ways usually. I also got the battery that gives me 8 miles each way easy. I charge after each use and do not dtrain the battery fully per directions. Its easy to ride and maneuver. I also do not depend on the electric brake because I have heard horror stories about it failing and people crashing or the recuperative braking overloading the control.board. so I use the step brake. Coupled with cruise control it's good at touring. That feature can be turned on in the app. I also use the white S mode mostly and if I am going up a hill I'll turn on red S. The glowlights are awesome. There are tutorials to add custom firmware but that's not necessary if you're getting a retail model. Most of the direction for custom firmware is for unlocking speed or power on commercial scooters sold after market to consumers. Its easy to throw a helmet on and head to whole foods. I lock the rear tire and handlebars with a U shaped lock and key. I've also carried the scooter around Target and Aces. No one bothered me. Riding is 98 percent effortless. There is minimal physical activity required. So that's why I liked this when I wear a suit to court I can show up on this and look good. So as an adult using this - it's still part novelty and I have a car I could be driving but this is fun. I would also read up on the laws at a bike shop if your in a city. I know the scooter companies have restrictions where they can operate but that was different for me as a personal opporater so it might be different. On the otherhand, these are pretty safe if your paying attention. As long as you wear a helmet and get a Bell to ring approaching from behind people have been okay and move over. Although I don't go the full 19mph usually and stick to 12mph. That being said there's a speed limiter if you're getting one for your kids in the app..

I kept it in my car for too long and it was unsecured. So the innards must have been bonked because it is now throwing errors codes and I can't charge it. So good by to $300 I spent? Well trying to fix it I bought replacement screws and bought the wrong ones. Making that mistake cost another $25 for shipping when the bag of screws is like $10. Before these issues, it was great. Works, lights and rolled along flat ground amazingly. No hate for this scooter.

If you are looking for a "last mile" solution for your public transit commute: this is a pretty good solution. t's easy to put together, it charges in a couple of hours, the instructions are simple. It folds easily and is light enough to tote on a bus or train. I got it to do a 3 mile commute to work, where parking is a problem. It's not the smoothest ride, but acceptable. Top speed on a flat road is 16mph. Top speed can seem slow on a straight stretch of pavement but since stopping is such a exercise in terror it's plenty fast enough. The lightest tap on the brake lever makes you feel like you are headed over the handle. I'm getting the hang of it but stopping in 13 feet as advertised probably involves falling off the scooter. The back brake is of minimal use at higher speeds. I went back and forth between this and the Xiaomi scooter and I'm kinda wishing I had gotten that one just for the disc brake. The app seems to work ok. The scooter beeps at you until you connect with the app; not sure what happens if you try to ride without dong so. My main beef is range and how it gets reported in the app. The up to (15.6 or 18.6 depending on where you read it) mile range must have been calculated on complete flat road in limited mode with a light rider. Riding mostly at 16mph in sport mode on mostly flat road with one hill I (200#) get approximately 7 miles out of this. It goes uphill for me with a fresh battery but drops to half speed. With a depleted battery I have to kick a bit to keep it going uphill. The battery indicator on the LED display is your only real indicator of how much you have left because the app uses that math with the light rider and the lower speed to show you how much range you have left; not your real world riding. So: leaving the house with a full charge is says I have 15 miles. 3 miles later at work I'm down to 7 miles range. After 3 miles back to home I have half a mile left according to the app. So it barely does there and back for my 3 mile commute. I can plug this in at work; the charger is similar to a laptop charger. So in the end it does fine for what I bought it for but wouldn't be good for much else. I'd give another star if the app actually gave you accurate range based on how you are actually riding, or if the brakes were less terrifying. Update: After riding this to and from work for a few months now I have some additional feedback. The hard tires are a rougher ride than the pneumatic ones on competitor scooters for sure but I am glad I have them. There is no end to the debris in the bike lanes I ride in and I'm pretty sure I would have dealt with several flats by now. I helped the hard braking issue by using the app to tun the regenerative braking to the "Medium" setting. When I want to stop I tap the throttle which takes it off cruise control and provides a lot of instant slowdown, then use the ebrake. In a quick stop situation I stomp on the footbrake as well. In an emergent situation I have had to jump off the thing at speed which is not fun so I try to anticipate and stay out of those scenarios. When going top speed down a hill the scooter engages the ebrake on it's own. I've learned that it's going to do that so I anticipate but it's a bit disconcerting. I have had a couple of times where I have had to stop suddenly, using both brakes and then the motor won't engage again. tapping and releasing the ebrake made it go. Nothing to do with the quality of the scooter; but I have found that cars have some difficulty interpreting what you are and how fast you are moving. A bright yellow safety vest seems to have helped me be seen. All in all it has saved me a lot of parking headaches so I like it despite it's shortcomings. Update 8/22/19: The refusal to accelerate after stopping went from only happening after a hard stop to happening randomly after any stop. On a recent ride to and from work the scooter developed a vibration, noise and loss of acceleration after going over a bump or an area of rough pavement. This would last for a few seconds and then things would be normal until the next bump. The next time I attempted to ride the scooter the vibration, noise and loss of acceleration were constant. The thing won't accelerate at all, though the wheel does roll, and the ebrake doesn't function either. By coincidence, Segway customer service had reached out to me regarding my amazon review. They sent me a service request form when I mentioned the problem; so we will see how that goes.