I got one on the kickstarter, for my wife.

She was in a coma. Unlike the movies, you don't usually just "wake up" from a coma. She'll never recover, and she used to love to walk in the park rather than be wheeled around it. Now she can again.

It was worth it. To me and to her.

you should start a youtube channel to review exoskeletons

I'd rather suggest they enjoy life instead.

some people enjoy creating things

I don't think you have to be paraplegic to have a condition that prevents you from enjoying an invigorating hike. If this gets more people who aren't in perfect health out and exercising, what an incredible win.

How is a hike "invigorating", if you need mechanical assist to do it? You don't have to climb a mountain. You can have a walk in the local park.

Same way ebike cycling can be invigorating.

It lowers the barrier for entry, doesn't prevent effort

I need glasses to see and still find sight invigorating.

I love cycling. Even without electric assist I find using mechanical advantage invigorating.

No one is forcing an exoskeleton or ebike on you. Why can’t you be happy for the people whose mobility it improves? What have you lost by their gain?

Because “invigorating” is relative to one’s own capabilities.

There is also quite a lot in between “climb a mountain” and a “walk in the local park”.

One of the positive results of having the option to engage mechanical assistance is pushing myself beyond what I thought I am capable of, and surprising myself by not needing the assistance at any point. It improves the safety of pushing the envelope, for example I'm not going to risk attempting 30 miles if I think my limit is 20 miles unless I have a way to safely return if I can't do so under my own muscle-power

> 17.5 km range measured at 4 km/h in 30% Eco mode. Actual range may vary due to factors like temperature, altitude, and assistance level.

Probably a third of that at max power usage/support capacity.

It's supposed to allow you to carry 30kg more than you could without it. Not many people could carry somebody else for 10 miles, but a lot more could with 30kg of assistance.

It means this kind of technologies used to have sky-high prices because it was primarily used in the medical field. Now, as a consumer product, it's available for just $799.00, a huge shift in accessibility.

Imagine being able to get a 10 mile farther than you could without the roboleg.

But then you’d have to carry it back.

Not if you used it to carry another one! It's just exoskeletons all the way down.

Though the battery is only 400g, so you could easily carry 3kg of spare batteries and extend that range significantly (at the expense of payload). You'd still come out way ahead.