Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/21/the-es2-is-both-a-segway-and-a-scooter-and-handy-and-a-lot-of-fun.html
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Electric scooters really ARE a lot of fun. I have two which I got on sale for around $300-$400, the Xiaomi M365.
They have a Pro model now but it’s 2× the cost.
They look like a lot of fun. But they’re also the junior version of a motorcycle in terms of their potential for causing injury accidents.
I have an electric scooter, the Glion Dolly. It’s pretty cool. I started walking more, so it gets a lot less use than it used to. But they are fun.
However, just because it’s made by Segway, the one being marketed here isn’t actually like “a Segway,” in that I don’t believe it keeps itself upright using gyroscopes or whatever. It’s just an electric scooter. The ad copy makes it seem like it’s somehow more “Segwayish” than that.
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Thank you, NickyG. I was wondering how it could have the balancing features for that price. Me, I love a real Segway because I’ve always had poor balance (and aim and proprioception,etc, it’s called dyspraxia), and it turns me into a virtuoso in motion!
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