I've got a couple of Xiaomi M365's that are still going from about 5 years ago.
I could tell by how little effort they put into their company name, that a Honeywhale would likely have little effort put into the quality too.
I purchased a 1st generation Xiaomi scooter, it was generally good for getting me to work (\~5.5km one way) however I find the small wheels and the tall handlebar height made it not as stable as it could be. It also struggled up the hill a bit (it was a original 250w rated motor) at my weight but there was only 1 real hill that it couldn't really handle.
I eventually sold it and got a E-bike because there was a near miss when I didn't see a small 2-3cm break in the concrete and I nearly landed on my face. E-bikes generally have more power and a lot more stable than the scooters. The only problem is it is more expensive, harder to store and can't take on public transport as easily as a E-scooter
Posts should be automodded if they say stuff like "2-300".
IT DOESN'T MATTER what scooter you get.
For the budget you're looking at, literally everything is the exact same. They're all clones of the exact same scooter. A Xiaomi M365. A <35lb scooter with a single 350w motor in the rear, 8.5" tires, no real brakes, no suspension.
I would look at NIU scooters. Decent specs for your budget.
Or anything that you can easily source parts for like a xioami m365. I see a lot of large looking folks relatively flying on smaller scooters, including myself at 6’5 and 235. Only drawbacks (to me) are small deck and narrow handlebars, with a slow pickup. Not sure if you’d want to deal with that for almost 5 miles.
I would check any stores that sell scooters to see if they have a model you can stand on. My local shop in nyc had those.
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