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Originally Posted by msfireboy
This cost seems inordinately excessive. I can get a new i2 for less than $6000. I understand that there is a cost to developing the wheelchair components on top of that but $12500 is over double the price. I have priced similar concepts and they are significantly cheaper (by about 50% including shipping to Australia). What am I missing here? I am happy to be corrected.
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The price is much higher than I expected, however, getting a new product ready for production and finally tooling up for actual production is extremely time consuming and expensive. I doubt that the right2b is going to be sold in mass numbers and there has to be some cost recovery and profit motivation. Many users will find other concepts like SegSaddle, Segseat, and Freedomglidr to be perfectly useable for their individual situations and much cheaper. For users with balance issues when mounting and dismounting I haven't seen other concepts at all similar to the right2b. Adequate stability with the kickstand down to use the Segway as a chair. If the reliability/ build quality is there and it test rides as good as it looks in the videos it is probably worth the price. Personal opinion of course.