Hello everyone! Welcome to my first review in the Portable Electrical Device arena or whatever it would be called! So little background on this situation. Each time I see a scooter for rent along the streets the last few years I’ve always been tempted to want to ride them. Seeing them reminds me of the “gopeds” from my youth! Finally I went to San Francisco and was able to ride 3 different scooters. 1 Unagi Scooter and 2 rentals: Lime and Spin brand. And boy were they fun! So that sealed the deal for me on wanting to get one! Now that I have one here is my first ongoing review of it!
Nov 29th – After about 2 weeks of countless reviews both articles and youtube videos, I decided to give the TurboAnt X7 Pro a try. The reasons?
1. Rider weight – I found most scooters have max rider weight of 220lbs and i’m a tad over that so I wanted one that was higher. X7 Pro list at max weight of 275lbs.
2. Speed & Range – In my research I found that the listed speed & range is not what you will get in real life unless you more closer to the 165 lb range that most testers seemed to be listed at. But still the X7 Pro had a listed speed of up to 20mph with a range of 20-30 miles whereas I found most other scooters in the $500 range to have 15-20 mph and 10-20 range. My hope being 245 lbs was 15/15.
3. External battery – One feature that seemed unique to the TurboAnt is the use of a removable battery. I like the idea of bringing a 2nd battery with me and swapping them out for additional range.
Initial experience – Upon getting this scooter I charged it for about 1-2 hours and then took it for a spin around the neighborhood. I was pleasantly happy to see if actually get to the max speed of 20mph! Great! After a few small rides of maybe 0.5-2miles round trip I decided to take it on a longer ride. The ride was about a 10-11mile ride one way, so about 22miles round trip. The first I completed with 3 bars left whereas the way back going into the wind I ended up dying after about 9 miles. Regardless this trip left me with the impression that I would possibly get 15-20 miles for range!
1/11/2022 – Now I have ridden the scooter a few more times in the ranges of 3-8 miles for each trip. I think it’s only natural to always want more hehe, so I do find myself wanting a little more performance . But I will say I still very much enjoy riding the TurboAnt X7 Pro. It is comfortable to ride, I haven’t had any issues with it yet as I”m currently up to 50 miles total on it. For speed, yes up to 20 is doable even for heavier riders. Although I’m actually most comfortable around 15-16 mph for my cruisin! For range i’m still not quite sure on it yet. The more I ride it the more I think I myself may get range closer to 10-12 miles. But will see on that. I will continue an ongoing review of this scooter as I ride it more!
2/13/22 – Todays review will feature a new battery I purchased! So finding that my scooter for my size (240lbs) seems to get about 10miles for the riding I do (light dirt, some grass, some inclines & declines) I decided to invest in a 2nd battery to enhance my range. I decided to go with the Levy branded 12.8aH 3-pin battery. I did confirm with Levy that it was compatible before buying. So I took my X7 Pro out on a 6 mile/12 mile roundtrip ride today. For those familiar with Tempe Arizona I went from Tempe Town Lake to Mesa Riverview Park and back. On the way there I used my normal 10aH provided TurboAnt battery and was traveling around 10-15 mph the whole way . When I arrived at my destination I had 2 bars left. Rather then riding it til it died I decided to just switch batteries for ride back and see how they compare if any. I will say I think the new Levy 12.8aH battery gave me a little more acceleration! Further testing is required but I felt it did get up to 15 little quicker. For the ride back there was less foot traffic and I was going 15-20mph for most of it and when I finished I had 3 bars left!
So that was nice to see an expected improvement. Again further testing needed to confirm and compare their actual max distance for me.
At this point now after putting 70 miles on my scooter I think it still rides well and I myself am getting more comfortable on it as my 1st electric scooter.
In riding side by side with onewheelers it does perfectly fine to keep up but when riding with EUC riders or e-skaters then I find myself wanting more speed and range to keep closer to them.
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