Hover 1 Alpha Electric Scooter

For sale a Hover-1 Alpha e-scooter in excellent all around working and cosmetic condition. A brand new battery at a cost of almost $100 has been installed. This e-scooter has mostly been kept stored away for the past year. The price is $200 or best offer. All low-ball offers will be ignored. If you see the post it's still available. Thanks! Product Info: Hover 1 Alpha: Performance: The Hover 1 Alpha 2.0 has several improvements over the original, including hugely improved braking (more on that below), a UL listing, and a much larger, brighter color display. Top Speed: Hover 1 claims a top speed of 18 mph for the Alpha 2.0, and they do not exaggerate. In fact, in our testing, we achieved a max speed of 18.2 mph. That’s about 3 mph faster than the competition, which includes the GOTRAX G3 Plus, NIU’s KQi1 Pro, and the Segway Ninebot E2 Plus. The only electric scooter at this price point with a higher top speed than the Alpha 2.0 is the legendary 19-mph budget performer Hiboy S2. Acceleration: The Alpha 2.0 is kick-start only, with no zero start option. This means you have to physically kick the scooter before the motor will start and the throttle will engage. Once the motor kicked in, our scooter accelerated to 15 mph at a typical-for-its-class 8.7 seconds. Hill Climb: There are no surprises here: the Alpha 2.0 is a single-motor, 350W scooter with 450W of peak power. These specs do not make the scooter a powerful climber. “Hill climb was also typical for the price, taking 28 seconds to reach the top of our steep 10% grade test hill. Incidentally, 10% feels about the limit for how steep this scooter can climb with a 165 lb rider.” Range: The scooter’s 36V 6Ah battery can’t store enough power for long ranges. The good news is that the scooter’s already-low 4-5 hour charging time is much reduced if you don’t fully drain the battery on your ride. The manufacturer claims 12 miles in ECO mode. We were able to cover 9 miles in SPORT mode, with plenty of hills. That’s about the same as the Alpha’s smaller sibling, the Journey 2.0, which has the same size battery. 9 miles will cover most urban commutes, at least one way. And if charging at the office or on campus is an option, this limitation could be no big deal. Ride Quality: We are impressed with this budget scooter’s ride quality; no, you won’t get suspension at this price, but 10″ x 2.75″ air-filled tires do a great job of soaking up road vibration, with lots of traction for cornering. The deck is long, wide, and covered in grip tape, which makes it easy to ride the Alpha 2.0 like a skateboard, confidently steering with your feet. Put simply, this scooter is a LOT OF FUN to ride. Braking: Here’s where the Alpha 2.0 perhaps improves the most over its predecessor, which had only a single mechanical disk brake and regenerative brake at the rear wheel. The Alpha 2.0 has dual braking: a front-mounted motor with front regenerative brakes. At the rear is a drum brake, which might seem like a downgrade from disc, but it’s not, for three reasons: Disc brakes on rear wheels are easy to lock up, since when you brake all your weight is transferred forward from the rear. You don’t have to worry about a bent or dragging brake rotor with a drum brake. Drum brakes last much longer than disc brakes and are much easier to maintain and adjust. With some very slight adjustment right out of the box, the scooter stopTped in 14.9 ft from 15 mph.

Condition

Used (normal wear)

Type

Electric Scooter

Brand

Hover-1 Alpha