So overall I am loving this scooter. This is a short term review, but having gone through the process of buying had the chance to ride it a bit: The Good: - CSC is awesome to deal with. They made the purchase process fairly smooth, despite being order and ship. The bike was WELL packed in a wood crate with metal L joins, and tied down with rachet straps (which we've already used again since unpacking). - The bike is quiet and smooth and a joy to ride. - The seat is comfortable enough -- and as a matter of practice, you won't ever have to sit on it too long at once. - This thing is eye catching. I've had numerous people want to take a look and ask about it already. - It gets about 25 miles/battery in comfort mode. It comes with 3 batteries, but see below. - easily manages 40mph in comfort mode, and has a boost button if you need a short burst of power beyond that. I haven't even put it in sport yet, but honestly don't see any reason to. This bike is intended for your 35-40mph city streets and it does that very very well. - The LED lights are very bright and visible, and the head lamp is at least good enough for urban lit roads, which is frankly where this thing is probably living given the range characteristics. Overall I love the bike. But it isn't perfect, and here are some things I wish were better: - Every time you turn it on, the bike announces, very loudly, in "Engrish", "The bruetrooth devrice is wreddy to par", letting everyone in a 10 yard radius know that you have a Chinese scooter. - The above would be less annoying if the bike did something with the bluetooth like navigation, but as far as I can tell the only things it does are audio to the speaker and attaching to the webcam. - The "alarm" *hillariously* screams "Bruetrooth!" and then beeps, as I discovered when I set the fob down in my garage and went to push the bike in. - the keyless FOB... is not terrible. it can be a little odd, but I am getting used to it. But it would be 1000x better if it had a "seat" button for releasing the seat on the FOB without having to activate the bike dial. - This bike is REALLY hurting for cargo space. Mind you I don't expect to make a Costco run on a small scooter, but there is currently no available rear rack option, and the third battery fills the under seat. Even if you run on 2 batteries, and leave the under seat for storage, the space is not large enough for a full helmet. I know that last part sounds pretty negative, but most of that is quibble territory. The truth is that this scooter is incredibly fun to ride, and I absolutely love the thing despite the quibbles, and the most significant complaint would be fixed if a rear rack solution emerged. I researched every small electric scooter out there (and there really aren't that many in the U.S. to be honest), and this is by FAR the best such bike for the price.

I've had my scooter for 5 months now and it's definitely lived up to the promise. Range and maximum speed are accurate and this thing flies even up steep hills. Only wish the battery didn't take up so much of the storage compartment. I'm looking for compatible racks / storage boxes but haven't located any yet.