Blade Mini Ultra

I’d say you’re in a bit of a tough spot. Being right under $1000 really limits your options. Getting a solid 30 to 40 mph speed is not too difficult but other things like suspension battery and breaking system begin to suffer as things that get cheap out on. I personally would never get anything with a no brand battery. It would be LG or Samsung for me if I want anything that has a hope of being reliable. The suspension might not be the best, but if it functions, it’s not a big deal. The big thing I have problems with the mechanical disc brakes. Those mechanical brakes are extremely cheaply made and are a pain and I have to adjust and keep up with as the pads were out. You have to keep tightening the cable adjustment as the pads lose material. At a minimum I would try and get something with hydraulic brakes, which is a little bit tougher without getting close to 1300 or $1500. If you can afford to wait a little bit longer and save up, this scooter seems to be kind of at a sweet spot at the moment. I actually kind of bought one recently for a family member. But that was after trying, went out for a little bit at a local group ride. It feels pretty good although I did didn’t get to test out wobbles at high speed. It really seems to be a sweet spot for having a namebrand 25 amp power battery at 60v. The motor seems good quality with tubeless tires and the hydraulic brakes seems sufficient. The frame looks well built. And it uses KKE suspension, which is supposed to be a tier above what most scooters use at least in the past year or so. Kukurin it’s supposed to be decently reliable, but nothing crazy. They are generally focused on affordability, but that can sometimes mean certain corners cut and less premium features like removable plugs for the motors and better wiring that make easier maintenance in the future. To sum it up I hate to say it because it’s so easy to tell someone else to spend more money but $1000 gets you I think a little bit too close to what you currently have in terms of performance or quality. And I think if you get something there, there’s gonna be a lot of drawbacks in terms of build quality and a long-term reliability. I really hope that helps. Even something like the blade mini ultra can be a good option, depending on where you live. Because that has hydraulic brakes and a bigger higher voltage battery for not much more money. The only downside with that one is the use of tubes in the tires, but that may be a sacrifice needed to stay at a reasonable budget. https://www.voromotors.com/products/teverun-fighter-mini-pro-electric-scooter https://www.teverunusa.com/products/blade-mini-ultra

The fighter mini pro is definitely a lot more polished. The removal plugs for the motors make maintenance a lot easier. It also has tubeless 10 inch tires, which are much more durable and less prone to flat tires than the tubes tires on the mini ultra. Honestly, these days tubeless tires is basically essential and is a dealbreaker for me. I would lead towards the fighter mini pro or the blade GT 2 if at all possible. If you’re on a strict budget, the mini ultra is fine but having to deal with flat tires is really annoying, especially if you’re not particularly mechanically inclined.

It is because you get better suspension and tubeless tires with removable plugs for the motors. Basically all that stuff that makes it a lot easier to change your own tires or fix a flat rather than having to spend 150 bucks to have a scooter shop do it for you because the other one is too difficult. It’s what I would recommend if you can afford it and I think it’s much more likely to last you a long time because the parts for it are regularly available from AliExpress or from distributors. I just hate to tell other people to spend more of their own money. If you can live with some compromises, the ultra mini pro is not terrible. It just depends how strict your budget is. Especially at your weight. I had real annoyances with a scooter very similar to the ultra mini pro when it came to flat tires. So switching over to tubeless tire tires is a godsend if you’re above 200 pounds. Nothing worse than having to get a ride or an Uber if you’re stranded miles away from home.

Honestly, the biggest thing is going to be the shop that you purchased from in terms of warranty support and source for parts. It’s very hard to have confidence that they’re gonna be around to still be able to provide parts at a reasonable price. Teverun seems like a solid option even if the shop you buy it from is not the best because luckily almost every part seems readily available at a good price from AliExpress. So you have options. 7620r seems pretty great although getting the later version seems better, especially if you need to deal with the steering dampener. Inmotion, I would only not recommend because I’ve seen their terrible customer support on their electric unicycle side of the business. They also seem to be discontinuing in someway the RS so I will be confident for parts. RX7 on paper seems like a great scooter for the price, but I’ve also seen pretty terrible customer support from roadrunner and I know a few different scooter shops where I live and they seem to suffer a lot from electrical gremlins. Teverun I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, and there may be some bias because they typically see the more higher end versions. But the friends that I know at shops have those as their personal ride and don’t really seem to have as many mysterious issues if that makes sense. Like with randomly dying controllers or motors with failing hall sensors. Stuff that doesn’t have a very clear physical damage component to it. Lastly, I think if you search on this sub, I think there is very recently someone who purchased that same scooter from Wilson’s, who didn’t have the best experience out of the box, but the shop did get him a replacement with an a decently reasonable time. So although it’s a crummy situation to be in at the very least, I think that’s the sort of experience you would want if you have issues. If you’re in New York, maybe you would want to consider these guys since they seem more local and I have heard decent things about them online. Although I always recommend doing your own research. https://www.speedwayridersnyc.com/shop/fighter-supreme-7260r-electric-scooter/?srsltid=AfmBOooXYrjru0kYSmHevL7m4C0PzwPrjMb61AabsevgXnvHJWmH3qRU

Generally, I prefer Teverun and that one is a decent option. I think the only thing holding it back is that it does use tubes which means it could be somewhat annoying to do a tire or tube change. The motor cable also doesn’t have a quick disconnect so it’s very similar to a Vsett 10+ when you want to do anything with the motors, which can be kind of frustrating. Although I don’t like the look of the teewing. It sucks cause $1000 is a really bad price point for a scooter. I hate to tell people to spend more money but around the $1100 mark you’re making a lot of compromises with build quality or quality of life improvements like quick disconnects for the motors.

How much is that? Does look pretty cool and I do like that. It has the quick release plugs for the motors. Only thing I’m not a fan of is those folding latches with the circular latch. I’m just such a big fan of the folding latch that’s used by a Teverun