Lidl e-scooter this week

zynaps

Jeremy Beagle wrote: »

Some people are idiots

Reported. I don't mind if you disagree with my decision to return a scooter, but I take exception to being called an idiot.

Mr.Sir

zynaps wrote: »

Reported. I don't mind if you disagree with my decision to return a scooter, but I take exception to being called an idiot.

To be fair that poster didn’t.

zynaps

Mr.Sir wrote: »

To be fair that poster didn’t.

I can't see how you could possibly draw that conclusion.

mrcheez

zynaps wrote: »

Yeah I seriously returned the scooter, and it's nothing to do with being unable to convert the numbers. If I bought a car and it came with a speedo in miles per hour I'd return that too, it'd annoy me every time I looked at it.

Do you think they'd throw the car in landfill? Of course not, and the same for the scooter.

The thing is, these only really go to a certain max speed before a limiter cuts in.
Even when going downhill.

On mine, this is 25 kph, or it showed 15 mph for a few weeks until I figured out how to change it.
Even when it was in mph I was fine as I knew it meant it was 25 kph.

You go this speed whenever cruising so you generally only need to know this single value (and whatever the conversion is).

zynaps

mrcheez wrote: »

You go this speed whenever cruising so you generally only need to know this single value (and whatever the conversion is).

I know, and you're right, it just annoys me to see the wrong units. Sort of like if I buy a new car with a scratch on the paintwork, it would bug me every time I used it.

I'm not saying it's a bad scooter or unusable, it felt ok in my one ride round the block, although I'm not totally sold on having the battery down in the footplate, or the waterproofing situation.

BTW according to the box, the speed limit is 23 km/h, although it reported 16 mph to me which is just under 26 km/h. I presume one of the numbers is a bit of a fudge, but I did read in the reviews of the German model that it's limited to 20 or so. This might be why the Irish models are shipped in UK configuration -- there's probably a dipswitch somewhere that sets it to UK/EU mode, and it might actually affect the max speed to meet German regulations.

mrcheez

zynaps wrote: »

I'm not saying it's a bad scooter or unusable, it felt ok in my one ride round the block, although I'm not totally sold on having the battery down in the footplate, or the waterproofing situation.

I think all scooters have the battery in the footplate, but if the scooter isn't splash proofed I can see this being a bigger concern.

This is the ESA 5000 is it?

zynaps

mrcheez wrote: »

I think all scooters have the battery in the footplate, but if the scooter isn't splash proofed I can see this being a bigger concern.

This is the ESA 5000 is it?

6000. TBH I don't have any real basis for comparison; I tried a Xiaomi M365 a year or two ago and it was pretty nice, so I assumed this would be the same dealio. Obviously it's cheaper so fair enough, but still you'd expect to get a response after emailing the support contact (KSR Group). They replied to ask what the model number was, despite that it was in the first message I sent them... I gave it to them again anyway, and they didn't answer.

One other thing to watch out for if you're buying this model -- the stem folding catch is really stiff (which is a good thing), and has a plastic locking ring that felt a bit flimsy, so make sure to slide it out of the way properly before trying to open the catch.

mrcheez

zynaps wrote: »

the stem folding catch is really stiff

Might be similar to the ESA 800... I find with that you need to push the bar forward when unlatching the catch (usually just push my shoulder into the stem and keeping my foot on the board, while pushing open the latch)

Akrasia

zynaps wrote: »

Yeah I seriously returned the scooter, and it's nothing to do with being unable to convert the numbers. If I bought a car and it came with a speedo in miles per hour I'd return that too, it'd annoy me every time I looked at it.

Do you think they'd throw the car in landfill? Of course not, and the same for the scooter.

They wouldn't throw the car into landfill because they'd easily sell a 2nd hand car to someone who can convert the speeds. They will throw a €300 scooter into landfill because it would cost them more than it's worth to take it back, repackage it, re-inspect it, and then sell it as a discount as a used item


I have 2 cars in my household, one is in KPH, the other is in MPH.I have never even once felt like the MPH one was an issue, the conversion is very very simple

zynaps

Akrasia wrote: »

They will throw a €300 scooter into landfill because it would cost them more than it's worth to take it back, repackage it, re-inspect it, and then sell it as a discount as a used item

You can keep asserting that but I don't agree.

Akrasia wrote: »

I have 2 cars in my household, one is in KPH, the other is in MPH.I have never even once felt like the MPH one was an issue, the conversion is very very simple

Nobody ever said the conversion was difficult. I bought a scooter that wasn't configured for the Irish market, and I brought it back, the end. If you would be happy with keeping it then that's great, but why do you keep bringing the same thing up?

Akrasia

zynaps wrote: »

You can keep asserting that but I don't agree.


Nobody ever said the conversion was difficult. I bought a scooter that wasn't configured for the Irish market, and I brought it back, the end. If you would be happy with keeping it then that's great, but why do you keep bringing the same thing up?

What do you think they’ll do with the scooter that you returned?

zynaps

Akrasia wrote: »

What do you think they’ll do with the scooter that you returned?

They'll send it back to the service centre to check it and decide from there. I've worked in a few places that take returns of much cheaper items and they do not just go straight to landfill.

Sheep Shagger

zynaps wrote: »

They'll send it back to the service centre to check it and decide from there. I've worked in a few places that take returns of much cheaper items and they do not just go straight to landfill.

Lidl have regular warehouse sales with opened and used goods - at a reduced price, will end up there.

QueenRizla

Are these completely gone for now or any stragglers in branches? Might have missed the boat.

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Pretty sure I seen some in the cabra store on sunday

Big Daddy Kane

X2 in cabra yesterday (up at the till)

QueenRizla

Thanks a mill. I rang the customer service but they can only check stock going back 7 days. These came in May 3rd.