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Old 08-30-2014, 06:58 AM   #16
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I think the comparison of Segway machines to the Chinese clones should be like Apple to Microsoft.
Apple-Segway: Smooth interface, well built product, difficult to crack.
MS-Freego: Rough interface, usually plastic machine, likely to crit err out.

Saying this, however, doesn't mean I don't like Windows' OS, I do, and my desktop runs Win8, but I've also had Apple desk and laptops, and to be honest, I've had much less problems with Apples OS.

I may one day decide that the "Freegos" are a good alternative/replacement to the Segway Segways, but that day has not yet come, and I feel confident to put my life in the hands of a product with decades of testing and multiple subsystems, completely redundant in the event of equipment failure.
Machines built with high quality plastics and metals, with tight tolerances and completely solid aluminium chassis and gearboxes as tough as the ones on cars.

A Freego doesn't have that, yet, but I assume the day will come when there is a viable alternative, and when that day does eventually arrive, it'll be up to Segway Inc to do what they have to.
Lower prices, or, ...............




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