Review: Razor Icon electric scooter is a budget-priced nostalgic ride

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“The E100 has a solid build quality and feels like a stable and sturdy ride,” Lynn reported back. After unboxing the E100 Glow, Razor’s smallest scooter, I had it assembled in minutes using the included hex wrench. I snagged its charger razor scooter from the box, found the port on the side of the E100, and plugged it in. While it sat there, I admired its black, tubular construction. I couldn’t wait to grab the handlebars and put my feet on the deck, covered with non-skid rubber.

The battery dropped down to its last red light about 3 minutes before I arrived home. I decided to continue riding until battery depletion, so I went on a mile round-trip to the post office. The battery was completely drained by the time I got home. I used the opportunity to test the E Prime III out as a regular kick scooter.

Razor is a major player in the folding electric scooter market. It’s one of the leading brands with more than a dozen scooter variants currently available. With speeds up to 15mph, wider tires, and steely-gray profile, your ride just got way more interesting. Razor’s mechanism for folding the Icon is pretty simple and foolproof. You loosen and then pull a small lever at the base of the downtube to unlock the handlebars, which then swing down and lock into the stored position.

The Razor Power Core E90 is an excellent starter e-scooter for kids; better than the chain-driven motor model. Kids in the age group of 8-10 will have a fun time riding the E90 before graduating to higher models. The scooter has no suspension and the plastic front wheel to make matters worse. The sleek and stylish looking E100 has a twist-grip throttle and two different types of wheels; a pneumatic tyre in the front and a urethane wheel in the rear. The hand-operated front brake is used to stop the electric scooter.

The company launched Thursday a new seated electric scooter that is designed to carry cargo, or if you like, another passenger on the back. There is a slight variation in the speed and distance between the three e-scooters. The Razor Power Core E90 electric scooter is fitted with Power Core hub motor (hence its name), which is better than the chain-driven motor in the other two.

Beneath the exterior, though, is a great midrange scooter that’s affordably priced, with  good range and a suitably strong motor. For this Razor Icon review, I took the scooter out for a number of rides to see how it would perform in the city and the burbs. Some 20 years ago, Razor invented the scooter craze with its simple, iconic aluminum scooter that quickly became an icon during the dot-com boom. While many of the companies from that era have gone bust, Razor is still around, and has revisited its original design for the electric scooter era. The top speed of 10 mph will let your child have fun, safely gliding around the block, but also give you reassurance that they can’t go too fast. With over 20 years in the scooter business, Razor have designed a safe, thrilling ride with the E100.

The hub motor gives the E90 a long drive time – 80 minutes. This is nearly twice that of the Razor E100 Glow and the Razor E200; both offer around 40 minutes of continuous use. So it’s a solid choice for anyone considering buying an e-scooter – particularly if you’re looking for good electric scooters for kids.

One thing that not many people know about the Razor E100 is that the scooter has been designed to cut power to the motor when the hand brake is applied. As long as kids can have fun riding the electric scooter round the neighborhood, the need to be able to fold and carry it becomes redundant. In addition to the brake, a rider can slow down simply be letting up on the twist grip throttle. One thing we did notice with some riders, especially with younger riders, is that they can easily get distracted. Because they aren’t doing any physical work to move the scooter, they don’t always seem to fully grasp that they’re moving at high speeds. The differences between the scooters we’ve tested and the Razor E Prime III are STILL small enough that Razor’s scooter seems like a deal by comparison.

I do not have a car, so riding this scooter to the grocery store, coffee shop, or food truck a couple blocks down the street was a delightful time. It’s so easy to maneuver and I felt 100% in control riding it over and around obstacles on the road. I even tried to convince my mom to ride it, though she did not oblige (or appreciate the request). On both rides, the scooter hit its top speed of 18 MPH easily when the first two blue lights were on.