Segway - ES2/ES4 (Legacy Model)

If I were you, I would pay attention to small scooters weighing up to 14 kg, such as Ninebot ES, Xiaomi m365 or analogues. It is better to consider scooters with inflatable tires, they need to be monitored more, but the trips will be more comfortable. With your small weight, if you ride mainly on sidewalks and asphalt, then if there are inflatable wheels, there is no point in suspensions. With your small weight, most suspensions will not add much comfort, but the presence of a suspension in the scooter adds weight to it. Also pay attention to the dimensions, it will be inconvenient to bring a large scooter into the bus / subway. As a person who works physically, carrying heavy loads every day, wearing a scooter weighing even 24 kg is not a pleasure. I don't even recommend a scooter weighing 19 kg to you, it's not just hard, but it can lead to back injuries. If you don't work as a loader, then you won't really like carrying even 14 kg every day. I judge by the example of girls I know who are uncomfortable lifting a Ninebot es4 weighing 14.5 kg, but a xiaomi m365 weighing 12 kg is calmly lifted to the 3rd floor.

If I were you, I would pay attention to small scooters weighing up to 14 kg, such as Ninebot ES, Xiaomi m365 or analogues. It is better to consider scooters with inflatable tires, they need to be monitored more, but the trips will be more comfortable. With your small weight, if you ride mainly on sidewalks and asphalt, then if there are inflatable wheels, there is no point in suspensions. With your small weight, most suspensions will not add much comfort, but the presence of a suspension in the scooter adds weight to it. Also pay attention to the dimensions, it will be inconvenient to bring a large scooter into the bus / subway. As a person who works physically, carrying heavy loads every day, wearing a scooter weighing even 24 kg is not a pleasure. I don't even recommend a scooter weighing 19 kg to you, it's not just hard, but it can lead to back injuries. If you don't work as a loader, then you won't really like carrying even 14 kg every day. I judge by the example of girls I know who are uncomfortable lifting a Ninebot es4 weighing 14.5 kg, but a xiaomi m365 weighing 12 kg is calmly lifted to the 3rd floor.

I exchanged my first Segway ninebot es4-800 bird refurbished deal from Walmart in 2021. It about killed me when going down a hill and touch the brake paddle and the front wheel locked up on me and I somehow didn't fly over the handlebar. Exchanged it for warranty for a Segway ninebot max g30lp and I still own it today. Although not factory anymore, the deck itself has over 10k miles on it. About to put a different motor in that supposedly has stupid amount of torque. Told backflip power around 180amps phase. Gonna probably program to top out at 200amps for the motor on 16s. Some guys are running 30s now with this specific motor to have stupid torque in a single motor and have an 80mph top speed... 32kw is what some are running dual motor.

First and second scooter were made by Voyager. The **Ion** followed by the **Dash Charge Commuter Pro**. I really liked the build in the two of them; with the latter being much more substantial, included a built-in wireless phone charger, and offered cruise control. I’ve since moved into Segway with the ES4 (external secondary battery) and with the number of residential fires involving exploding scooters, I’ll stick with Segway for now.

Good work, but to be honest that's definitely not how I shop. I've put in about 25,000 miles on electric scooters, and I've only owned two "name brands". Both were way back in the day with their earliest models (the Ninebot es2 was horrible). Everything else I've purchased would be considered non-name brands. My two main scooters right now are from AliExpress and I couldn't be happier. Sadly, options are going to change because of tariffs ... but I'll never buy anything from Ninebot, Apollo, etc. Much better bargains elsewhere if you know how to shop. I don't need to pay for a name.

Hardware-wise, most scooters can handle broken roads. I do them semi-routinely [on my old ES2/SNSC](https://i.imgur.com/ZE9hxJX.jpeg), which is quite possibly the least offroad-worthy vehicle ever to have been made; it's all about [keeping the correct stance](https://reddit.com/r/ElectricScooters/wiki/stance) so your legs absorb road imperfections instead of your spine and skull. Now mind you, I don't *suggest* you take broken roads on a half-sprung shit scooter with solid wheels like I do for fun - if nothing else because tiny wheels *really* like to grab potholes and flip you into the asphalt. What I'm saying is that most scooters will be able to take fairly broken roads without consequence, as long as you yourself are able to take the roughness. Something like Yer Average Max G30 would probably do it fairly satisfactorily, and you might find one in your price range. If you absolutely want suspension, then maybe you can find a second-hand G2 or P65 in decent condition. I say second-hand because at that price it's difficult to find new reliable scooters that have effective suspension on both forks; you'll find parts-bin scooters that do have both forks sprung - case in point: that Onvo you showed - but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll be able to take bad roads any better. They'll feel a bit more comfortable, but their quality control is a complete unknown - maybe the suspension bottoms out all the time, maybe the welds are made of cheese, maybe the bolts never saw any threadlock, maybe the battery tab spotwelds are one good bump from snapping, maybe the whole thing was assembled by someone who partied too much the previous day, maybe you open the deck and [a ratnest of wiring explodes out at you](https://i.imgur.com/SsglPFc.jpeg). In fact, parts-bin scooters are known specifically for spontaneously unbolting themselves and shedding important bits as you ride, to the point we usually recommend to the users to take vital bolts out, threadlock them and put them back in. By now you can probably see why I'm recommending a quality unsprung scooter or a second-hand quality one with suspension, instead of a new parts-bin scooter like you're considering.

I have the ES2 and the solid rubber tires suck. Uneven surfaces have made me fall several times. The range is pretty low, you can get a battery pack added for almost the price of the scooter lol and i have seen people saying the errors caused by the batteries make them inoperable. I been looking at the TurboAnt X7 Max i can get 2 for 800$ and has more range than the ES2

What do you recommend, the ninebot has 0 also and stupid all hard rubber tires that have made me fall on uneven surfaces