Razor E100 Electric Scooter Review Fun But Flawed
The handlebar and headtube fold for carriage when a quick release latch is opened. For older kids, we’d recommend the G2 Plus, a smaller version of the adult G3 Plus (more on that scooter below). With a 200W motor, the G2 Plus can reach speeds of up to 12 mph – compared to the Razor E100’s max speed of 10 mph. Razor’s tiny, folding metal two-wheelers made kick scooters trendy once upon a time, before scooter sharing and battery and motor technology turned scooters into serious vehicles.
The Razor Pocket Mod Bellezza is a compact ride-on offers a gasoline-free option for going from here to there at speeds up to 16 mph. With custom artwork, it’s truly at the intersection of fashion and function. While Razor might pull off the looks of a cool electric scooter for adults, the truth is that there are several better options out there if you’re serious about buying an electric scooter for everyday use. While many of Razor’s scooters look similar to scooters we regularly review here at Rider Guide, they don’t offer much more for the price than the Icon.
Fluid Freeride sells some very sweet commuter electric scooters, like the CityRider and Horizon, that are competitive in price, and superior in specs, to Razor’s scooters for adults. And Fluid is well known as a pioneer in the electric scooter space with boutique levels of customer service and support. We’ve been particularly impressed at Rider Guide with the quality and value of Gotrax electric scooters for adults. For kids on the youngest end of the age range, around 7 or 8, we’d recommend their GKS scooter, which cruises along at around 7 mph and gets around 6 miles of range. With its kid-sized deck and frame, the Razor E100 electric scooter is the perfect introduction to electric-powered fun for riders ages 8 and up. The E100 twist grip accelerator must be held in place to maintain speed and then released to stop.
The inability to lock it up limits its use for quick errands and the lack of a charge gauge has too much potential to leave you stranded, having to push this scooter the old-fashioned way. The E300 that Razor sent me assembled easily, merely requiring a few minutes with a hex wrench to get the steering column attached. Tubular steel forms the frame and cables for accelerator and brake extend loosely from deck to handlebars.
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The Razor E300 is the largest one in the lineup, capable of speeds up to 15 mph and able to support riders weighing up to 220 pounds. Because e-mobility has become a topic in transportation discourse, I decided to give the E300 a try. Which is not to say that Razor’s scooters aren’t powerful in their own way. For many people, 15.5 mph razor hoverboards is plenty of speed, especially if the scooter is being used for recreation or first-mile / last-mile transportation. The Razor E100 is a capable and dependable electric scooter for kids that doesn’t cost too much. It’s a bit noisy, so we suggest opting for the PowerCore E100, which is about $10 more, but has a hub-mounted motor.
There’s no foot brake, but rather a handlebar mounted disc brake lever. The bicycle-style brake lever feels more intuitive to me, though I know many people prefer foot brakes. Plus the brake lever activates the rear brake light, which is a nice touch. The throttle is on the right hand though, so a left-hand brake is a bit inevitable here so kids aren’t trying to do too much with a single hand. Unfortunately, with the age of kids using these scooters, the likelihood that the battery rules will be obeyed on their own isn’t very high, so parents, be prepared to monitor battery charging. Electric scooters are more expensive than traditional scooters because they have motors and large batteries.
One person who installed two of the kits told us that it took one hour to install the first kit and half an hour to install the second kit. So the amount of time it takes to install the kit depends mostly on the installer. Caster driven scooters are a modern form of three-wheeler popular during the 1970s and 80s.