S9 Pro

For riding around Midtown just for fun and quick errands, you really don’t need anything crazy. At that price point I’d skip the random Costco stuff and look at the isinwheel S9 Pro.I’ve ridden one and it’s smooth, simple and reliable, which matters more than flashy specs. Plenty of range for city cruising, easy to handle, and it actually feels solid for a budget scooter. Around 500 bucks it’s honestly a good value if your goal is just to enjoy riding without headaches.

Isinwheel s9 pro treated me well

Exactly. I've owned and rode an isinwheel. Its not good. A kqui1 base model NIU or the base ninebot is the way to go.

Isinwheel makes decent cheap scooters- I have three but the welds gave way on one but they say they've fixed the problem

A better brand than this or Roinside, and better, solid specs, could be worth $400 without suspension, especially with air tires (tubeless or split rim, or even air front only since the back is more likely to have problems). If you can only spend $400, look at isinwheel or Freeboy, avoid iscooter lots of bad press. Or a less exciting Segway or Niu to play it safe. $250 yeah maybe Roinside.

This- I bought an Isinwheel direct from their website and it came broken. They wouldn’t help me. If I bought from Amazon it would have saved me $900.