NAVEE - S65

Since you're considering Navee scooters, look up the S65 - it has a geared motor that makes it much better at taking uphills. It's not very fast, but with relatively low-powered single-drives you get torque *or* you get speed. The alternative would be a dual-drive, but you don't get them for 500 bucks.

I own 2 navee scooters. I own the s40 which I got from an Amazon resell warehouse for $100 and I have the S65 which I found on sale for $379 I think. Both are pretty good, but the S65 feels better, although I know it's older. They've been good so far. My S65 states it has 40 mile range, I'm 230 lbs and it consumes about 15 miles of range in order to go 10 miles. Although this is based on doing about 2 uphills and doing max speed of 20mph quite often. Pretty sure I can get 40 miles or close if I do 10 mph.

Id say the s65 is better. It might be older but it has a bigger battery, self healing tires and the geared motor for tackling hills. Also sometimes Aliexpress has a speed unlocked to 40km/hr controller that you can purchase for around $60. Ive had mine for about 7 months and i love it it’s a fun scooter to ride.  The only weakness seems to be the valve stems it comes with. It also affects the Xiaomi ES 4 ultra. I had to replace my rear one at 280miles.  So far the replacement has worked just fine and im up to 425 miles on it now. Other than that is a pretty solid scooter. I paid $450 for mine and id definitely buy it again

The Navee s65 (non C version) is 48v, but IMO they are not reliable enough to be used in any capacity for work. Fun scooters but not when your livelihood depends on them. Btw u/IronMew mine is back up and running good 😁

Had to replace the controller. Broken valve stem @ 280mi and faulty controller @ 550mi

I looked over the controller and couldn't see any damage but its also sealed under some type of epoxy or something i guess for waterproofing so i couldn't see the underside of the PCB. The scooter was shutting off while riding and not turning back on for hours later. I was able to re-produce an error code 21 which is a communication error between the battery and controller. Since Navee couldn’t determine which part they sent me a battery and controller and i replaced the controller first and that was the certainly where the fault was. They also sent me a European standard controller and my scooter is USA so I explained to them they sent me the wrong controller so they sent me the correct controller and didn't want the other controller back, so now i have an extra battery and controller. My house is starting to look like a PEV parts factory  🤭

Dual motors are the best. My Navee S65 has a geared motor that produces more torque for 500w than comparable BLDC motors, in excess of  40nm. Pulls up hills quite nicely without losing a lot of speed, but its a loud motor 🤫

I have the navee s65, its a solid scooter should be in the same category as xiaomi since they come out of the same factory. The only issue i had was a broke valve stem on the rear tire at less than 300 miles, but i had it replaced and have 400 miles on the scooter now and its been a flawless performer otherwise. Navee tech support is all out of china so it gets about a D rating on service and parts availability.

I paid $418 for my Navee S65, Ive never seen it lower than $599.  There was only three of them at that price and they sold pretty quick. It was kind of strange that they were being offered by fishing and marine stores. Mine came from Hodges Marine. I thought maybe rich folks with big yacts might buy them for excursions on far away tropical islands 😁 now all i need is the big yact

I thought so. Ive got 420 miles on it so far. There has been a few kinks but overall it’s a great scooter and very well made. But after doing 20mph for 7 months now i want more speed 😂 

Well for one the valve stem on my rear tire snapped at 280miles. Some research i did seems to indicate that both the navee s65 and xiaomi scooter 4 ultra are both affected. Could be a design flaw or bad valve stems. I had it replaced with a 50cent valve stem from Temu and its been fine. There is some quirkiness when ascending hills, sometimes it feels as if the gears in the rear motor are slipping, but it could also be the controller giving the motor bursts of energy and because its a geared motor you can feel it. It’s never affected the operation and I’ve gotten use to it. I got locked out of my scooter using the electronic lock with the Xiaomi app. I had to remove the handle bars and disconnect the dashboard to fix it. And there is also some issues with charging. The light on the charger will just randomly turn green. Turning the scooter on it will start charging again. It’s did this as long as ive owned it. The scooter has never had a firmware update, i think it needs one

Yea its strange. A few charges ago my battery was at like 47% i plugged it in and the light on the charger turned green at 61% when i turned the scooter on it turned back to red and resumed charging. I usually charge it up between 83-88%, i almost never fully charge it and i get around 21 miles distance on a full charge (200lbs and 20mph)

Nah I don’t want to deal with them 😆  These scooters came out over 2yrs ago as a Indiegogo crowdfund and I think they probably don’t care at this point. I think it really needed a firmware update, unless the original one was PERFECT and we know that aint true. 

They’ve been around about 5yrs they are also backed by Xiaomi and they are manufactured by Brightway who is also the manufacturer for Xiaomi scooters.  They are not some fleabag Chinese company running a business out of a PO Box. They have good customer service. Ive had a few hiccups with my S65 but overall the scooter is great. Very well made scooters

S65 is a great and fun scooter. It was the Navee flagship scooter and first scooter they did with a suspension and a geared motor and originally sold for $1000 in 2022 (altho they had a special indiegogo price). The scooter has strong acceleration for a single motor, it can even take off if you’re on a steep incline. It is quite dated and I don’t believe they have manufactured them since 2023 so I dont recommend it unless you are feeling lucky or are prepared to replace something

Back when I got my s65 the only way you could pay for parts was a bank wire transfer to Brightway. They since moved on and now you can pay with card. Their CS is actually one of the best in the business, they(brightway) have got a ton of Xiaomi money to play with

Get an adult scooter.  The deck on my s65 is 8in wide with plenty of room for big feet. Other adult scooters are similar size or larger

Navee is good and quite bang for the buck. Having the s60 myself. Good for city driving and has good suspension.