MAX G30E II

Ninebot G30ii already 3 years and more than 5000 km mileage. without repairs and maintenance.

Segway Max G30 OG, 3.5 years, 16,000km, just starting to experience power loss, but still full speed until 70% battery.

You don’t have to justify your weight, friend, lots of bigger people ride scooters. My bf is about your weight and he gets around fine on my Xiaomi Pro 4, and Segway g4 max. But with that budget you can get something a bit more powerful. Just remember the bigger battery and motor size the better, those are the two major things you should cross shop. Also at least 10 inch tires will last longer and be easier to balance.

Funny enough, there is an overheating flaw. I actually loved that scooter but turns out it will melt cables on hills.  I’m not saying don’t buy it, it was a great scooter and I loved it, but after a certain amount of time it just can’t handle hills for some reason.  (I had 2 and both had the same issue)

You want a upgraded G30 max, segway has other high end models they are going to charge you much more for with some of those features. Some things like battery replacement are anti consumer to lock you into expensive repairs or new sales but there is some tinge of the truth when they say they cant risk consumers buying 3rd party battery packs and blowing up their scooters. When they sell these to a third party and that third party will be responsible for the damage should they source poor replacement batteries.

If segway makes it easy or a supported operation to change the battery then they will be seen to bare more responsibility for any issue that comes up from swapping batteries. There is of course a simple fix for your problem. Buy a G30 Max an then pay a fabricator to add in a quick swap battery option. There are plenty of videos on how to remove a battery. But you will have voided your warranty reducing any exposure Segway could incur should your hot swap system end poorly.

Oh sorry I didn’t read that part. 800$ cnd is not much for scooter. The 9bot G30 max is excellent

Had mine for 5 years now , no issues , haven’t done any maintenance , I don’t ride much but my other friend has 10,000kms on it and still going strong . Just replaced both tires that’s it.

If you can bump up the budget the Segway G30LP will be a good one to set him for the next few years. You could also go for the G30 Max to future proof if he needs more distance or climb higher gradients (motor is better and battery is twice the range). Both models are reliable, easy to maintain and replacement parts are readily available, affordable to buy and change yourself. Just ensure they do regular maintenance checks, don’t run the battery down below 15-20% where possible, keep psi topped up and have him wear a helmet as minimum safety gear. You can also control speeds via the dedicated app too. FWIW, I recently did an analysis on Reddit data for electric scooters, ranking them by aggregated sentiment. Maybe you'll find it helpful [https://redditrecs.com/electric-scooter/](https://redditrecs.com/electric-scooter/) You can filter for what's good for hills and get a breakdown of what ppl have said about the most often recommended ones (disclaimer some links are affiliate they help fund the analyses)