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Originally Posted by Tritium
I believe this is more suited for travelling and people who don't want to splash out 5K on a Segway, I don't think this is a knockoff at all, it bears nothing that takes the design of Segway except the leansteer.
I own 3 Segways, and if I purchase one of these, in absolutely no way would it replace my Segways.
It would function for travelling on buses, trains, etc, of which my Segways can't do very well.
I travel very often, and in my opinion, this would be much easier to take with me .
I agree about the low clearance, this problem should be fixed, but for sidewalks, I don't think this'll be a problem.
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For me, it is hard to say what it will be well suited for, until I see and touch one. I do not understand how anyone can endorse a machine they have never seen, other than to appreciate what they assume it will be like.
I wish you luck, and hope it is what you guess it might be. Please report on this machine if and when you get one.
I do believe it is a direct knock off of the Toyota Winglet, which is a conceptual knock off of the segway. Before the segway, there were no non tandem 2 wheel self balancing stand up scooters, and now there appears to be this one as well as the segway. You can consider it whatever you wish, but I see the knock off factor as inescapable.
Again, I wish you luck, but those tiny wheels may cause a real problem even with the sidewalks around here. There are driveway cuts that are taken cross wise that I deal with all the time, where one wheel will dip much more than the other wheel as I glide down the sidewalk. The low clearance may be a real problem in those situations, not to mention the poor curb cuts, the bad seams and the ever present pot holes. Also, in my town, the concrete sidewalks may have a bad seam, but the asphalt ones have lots of dips and voids as well as tree roots that make pretty good obstacles.
I am still curious, so be sure to post a report.