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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by Pxtl on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:54PM (#37718556)
Isn't range a big factor here? Like, the shortest-ranged brand-name electric kickscooters have a range of like 15 miles, while that's the most you can get out the longest-ranged onewheels.

It seems like it'd be possible to offer ultralight kickscooters that would be an apples-to-apples comparison with the onewheel that could fold down to the same collapsed size.

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Re:Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths by jareklupinski on Saturday September 30, 2023 @04:49PM (#37719651)
there was a much larger variety of these exact kinds during the pandemic, but trying to find one these days is hard, and the used ones have company names that no longer exist

the smaller and lighter they are, the more integrated and specialized parts they have, for which replacements need to come directly from the manufacturer :(

still kind of crazy, the sheer variety of models that are still on youtube videos from just a couple years ago, that are no longer even possible...

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