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I need a mobility scooter that folds and/or comes apart and that I can handle myself and haul in my car's trunk, rather than on a rack on the back of the car.
I've had a Featherlite from No Boundaries for four years, and it's finally wearing out. I like it as a scooter, it's easy to haul and to ride, but it's had electrical problems from day one. I spent its first few months alternately riding it, hauling it to warranty service centers, picking it up unfixed from said centers when No Boundaries wouldn't pay as much as the fixing places required for servicing (one said, "What they're offering us wouldn't cover what we'd charge to open it up and look inside"), and shipping the motor end to/from No Boundaries. It's worked well for three years now, until recently, when we've had to replace front wheel-motor screws. But this weekend, in the middle of Baycon, it got a short somewhere in the electronics, and just won't go.
So I'm shopping for a new, or new/used one, but I'd rather have one with a good reputation for reliability. And again, it also needs to be something I can manage alone. No part should weigh more than about 30 lbs, and it needs to be able to fit in the trunk of a big-trunked car.
I'd love your recommendations. Are the No Boundaries Featherlites made more recently more reliable than they were in 2004? Are there better brands? Do you know anything about the Buzzaround?
http://ucanhealth.com/product_details.php?pid=GolGB-106_Lightweight_Electric_Scooter
How about the Superlight 3?
http://store.a2bscooters.com/b3elsc.html
http://www.comforthouse.com/scooters.html
If you don't know about specific models, can you point me to an advice/review website that might have information?
Thanks. :)
Mary
I've had a Featherlite from No Boundaries for four years, and it's finally wearing out. I like it as a scooter, it's easy to haul and to ride, but it's had electrical problems from day one. I spent its first few months alternately riding it, hauling it to warranty service centers, picking it up unfixed from said centers when No Boundaries wouldn't pay as much as the fixing places required for servicing (one said, "What they're offering us wouldn't cover what we'd charge to open it up and look inside"), and shipping the motor end to/from No Boundaries. It's worked well for three years now, until recently, when we've had to replace front wheel-motor screws. But this weekend, in the middle of Baycon, it got a short somewhere in the electronics, and just won't go.
So I'm shopping for a new, or new/used one, but I'd rather have one with a good reputation for reliability. And again, it also needs to be something I can manage alone. No part should weigh more than about 30 lbs, and it needs to be able to fit in the trunk of a big-trunked car.
I'd love your recommendations. Are the No Boundaries Featherlites made more recently more reliable than they were in 2004? Are there better brands? Do you know anything about the Buzzaround?
http://ucanhealth.com/product_details.php?pid=GolGB-106_Lightweight_Electric_Scooter
How about the Superlight 3?
http://store.a2bscooters.com/b3elsc.html
http://www.comforthouse.com/scooters.html
If you don't know about specific models, can you point me to an advice/review website that might have information?
Thanks. :)
Mary