Apex Electric Scooter

I have a GoTrax APEX MAX that has been awesome, and is currently on sale for $275 at Walmart. I also have a HiBoy S2 that is around the same price at BestBuy. Either scooter would be great for a 14 year old. Both of those scooters have basically the same specs as what you posted a picture of.

No problem, been using both of them for about a year without any problems. My daughter at college took the HiBoy S2 with her and she uses it to get from her apartment to around campus. I weigh 225 pounds and both the S2 and Apex MAX work well for me as well, though at my weight they don’t do very well on steep hills. But my 11 year old son has been riding the Apex MAX since last Christmas and he loves it. One other thing they both have in common, along with the one you pictured in your post, is solid tires. I personally specifically picked scooters with solid tires instead of pneumatic air filled tires because the solid tires won’t pop. When the pneumatic tires pop it can be a total pain in the ass to fix. Solid tires are a bumpier ride, but to me the trade off is well worth it to not have to deal with flat tires.

A couple last things I’ll mention about the HiBoy S2 and Gotrax Apex MAX are the following. Lighting - The S2 has an awesome lighting system with red LED lights on the side in addition to headlight and taillight. Looks super cool at night (see pictures in reviews on BestBuy’s website). The Apex Max only has a headlight and taillight. Mileage counter - the S2 doesn’t keep track of the miles you’ve ridden, while the APEX MAX keeps track of the current ride distance as well as total miles. We’ve ridden our Apex Max a total of 475 miles in the last year according to its counter. Battery life - the Apex Max seems to get better battery life with me riding it compared to the S2, but they are both more than adequate.

The Apex Max has been solid for us for the past year (since last Christmas when Santa brought one for my 11 year old). I’ve really enjoyed riding it myself as well.

Quite a few choices under $500. Start with BestBuy and Walmart. I’d suggest something with at least 350 watt motor. I ride scooters with my 11 year old son, and my daughter has one at college. Here are what we have and they’re all good as far as we’re concerned. My son and I have ridden 400-500 miles according to the odometer on the Apex Max. Gotrax Apex Max HiBoy S2 HiBoy KS4 Pro One thing I’ll note is that all three have solid/honeycomb tires, and I actually prefer it that way. It’s been awesome not having to deal with popped tires. Also, if a scooter got stolen or vandalized I won’t feel as bad compared to if I had bought more expensive ones.

My Gotrax Apex Pro is pretty solid

Just get go trax apex pro bro. Dont listen to ppl in here go with your budget, everybody don’t want to spend 400+ on a scooter. I have a go trax for everyday use to go to college on it’s done me right so far only 220 with tax

Just get the Segway max g2. I’m in NYC, it was my second scooter. First was a gotrax apex, but that’s a little slow. For reference I live in bushwick and was commuting to LES every day. With the gotrax I could make it one way but had to charge if I wanted to get back. G2 got me both ways. Williamsburg bridge is steeeep. Right now im on a YUME y10 but I can’t recommend that for someone who’d never ridden one before, way too overpowered.

GoTraxx GXL V2 is foldable for carrying, has an 8 mile range for a 200 lb adult, and can go about 15 mph (faster for smaller people) I saw them on sale for $230 on the website. I had mine for 3 years and gave it to a friend when I got too heavy (quit smoking) and she's still using it to get to work.

I used to ride a GOTRAX commuter scooter every day, and the biggest problem was how fast everything started rattling and getting loose. The folding mechanism got wobbly pretty quick, and the ride just got rougher and rougher the more I used it. For like casual weekend rides it's totally fine, but for actually commuting on it daily? It didn't hold up nearly as well as I was hoping. The cheap price is why people go for them, but the tradeoff is you end up spending way more time fixing stuff than you really want to !!!