Gyroor Electric Scooter and Bike
We are all about using the right tool for the job and when it comes to transportation, especially with the cost of gas these days, having the right tool for the job makes even more sense.
There are times when you need a big truck or SUV to haul people or stuff around and there are the times you just want to go the quarter mile to the store to get the forgotten ingredient you
are missing for tonight's dinner.
Maybe you are one of the folks lucky with an RV or trailer and don't want to unhitch the truck or drive the whole RV the half mile to pick up take out for dinner.
You might live in a city and have nowhere to park a car at work or school, but you can bring your scooter or collapsible electric bike inside and park it safely. There are thousands of reasons why
having a small, portable, electric method of transportation may be the way to go and something to seriously consider investing in.
We were not financially compensated for this post and the samples were provided to us for review purposes. The opinions are completely our own based on our experience with the products.
We haven't been RVing of late, but we have had the Gyroor X8 electric scooter and the Gyroor C2 folding bike for a few months now and found that we get more use out of them than expected.
A personal favorite use is to throw one in the trunk of the car when we needs to take it in for service, or a tire patch. No one wants to spend hours sitting and waiting for the car, and in our
neighborhood, we are even less excited about the prospect of the inevitably hot, two-mile uphill walk home. Problem solved! Pull out the bike or scooter and find your way home in minutes, saving
yourself the time while waiting for the service center to call when it is ready for pickup, AND, our favorite part, not having to coordinate schedules or bother other people to shuttle you back
and forth. Check out what we think about each model and see if they might be a good fit for you.
Gyroor X8 Electric Scooter
Let's dig into the X8 Scooter first. With the scooter there is no assembly required. You lift it out of the box, pop up the steering column, touch the provided credit card sized key to the display and off you go.
The X8 has 3 speed modes, but I'm sure just about everyone will leave it on the sporty setting unless you are in desperate need of extending the range with a lower speed to be able to get home.
The Gryoor Electric Scooter can easily get up to 18 Mph on flat ground, but with a slight downhill it can go much faster. Where it excels in comparison to my Ninebot E45 scooter is in its uphill power.
We live in a hilly beach community in Southern California and getting back home from the beach on the Ninebot E45 is not effortless - I typically have to manually kick up several hills to get home.
With the Gyroor X8, I zoom up the hills with no problem. It also accelerates much faster than the E45.
When it comes to the range of the Gryoor X8 Scooter, I can typically get about 10-15 miles travelling at as full speed as possible on our hilly terrain, which is far from the listed max 31 miles,
but about as expected considering the drag on the charge for the hills. It's also comparable to range on the same terrain as the E45.
When it comes to ride quality, the X8 has an air inflated tire in the front along with front suspension that gives you a significantly more comfortable ride than other scooters with solid tires.
The back tire is solid. The downside of air inflated tires is that you have to maintain them like a bike tire, but the smoother ride you get in return, in my opinion, is well worth it. If your area
has gravel or uneven roads/surfaces, air filled tires are still great, but you may have to deal with a flat once in a while.
Compared to the Ninebot E45, I think you get a lot of value out of the Gyroor X8. It consistently goes faster and climbs much steeper hills and it overall has a slightly better ride quality because of
its air-filled front tire.
There are two things I would have improved about the X8. The first is the weight. It comes in at a hefty 48.5 pounds and putting it in the back of my car takes a little effort. The other one is the
single break on the front wheel. With so much weight behind it, stopping takes longer than other scooters I have driven.
I strongly recommend the Gyroor X8 scooter. It is a great electric scooter option for anyone who needs to run an errand within a few miles and doesn't want to hassle with their car and fighting for
parking, or wants to get outside and enjoy the fresh air with minimal effort. We think it would work well in a just about any environment with paved roads.
Gyroor C2 Foldable Electric Bike
The Gyroor C2 bike requires some assembly, but this only takes a few minutes with the included tools. Starting it is as easy as pressing the ON button and hopping on to start your ride.
It has inflatable tires so the ride is relatively smooth on fairly even surfaces, and the bigger wheels compared to the scooter smooth out small bumps pretty easily - other shock absorption is not necessary as you will not be taking this thing off-road.
With regard to riding on roads, the Gyroor C2 foldable bike can easily get up to about 18Mph, but it is not nearly as peppy in its acceleration as the X8 Scooter. It also struggles significantly more than the scooter on steep hills and, without any pedals,
you can't help out if a hill is too steep for the bike. We feel that the C2 bike is definitely much better for suited for flatter terrain than where we live.
The real-world range at mostly full speed in not very hilly terrain is about 8-10 miles. The C2 has 3 speed modes, but just leave it on the highest one and you should be fine - the other two were too slow for us. The only time we could see using them were
if you had a kid learning to ride and you needed something more on the slow and steady side.
One of the key selling points of this model electric bike and the part that we thought was really cool for certain environments is that it can be collapsed into a small half-moon circle and even has 3 tiny wheels you can roll it around with while it
is collapsed. This may be very useful in a big city environment if you have to collapse it downstairs and take it with you in the elevator and store it under your desk during the day. In big garage suburbia where we live it's really only useful for
storing it away in a garage cabinet if it's not going to be used for a while.
There are a few things we would improve about the C2, but none of them are dealbreakers. It's fairly heavy at 43 pounds so carrying it is not easy, but that is where the collapsible frame and small transport wheels mentioned earlier come into play.
It only has a single disk brake on the front wheel and some may not like this in a bike, but like with the scooter, understanding this limitation in advance helps you plan for avoiding sudden stops. The last thing are the clasps used to undo and
re-engage when you fold the bike. They are very secure, but a little cumbersome to tighten correctly for easy folding, storage and use. It took us a couple of days to get the tension right so that folding the bike wasn't a chore.
Overall, we would strongly recommend this little electric bike for anyone living in an urban environment - if you have 5 or less miles each way and need the flexibility of folding it and bringing it with you, this model fits the bill.
The Gist
For us personally, we prefer the X8 electric scooter of the two, primarily because of where we live, and honestly, the scooter is just a lot of fun. That said, we can see that the C2 bike would likely be a great fit for a city dweller and in flatter areas or where the roads are just too rough to ride the scooter. The scooter is much quicker to get up to speed, but both of them max out at around 18mph and easily cruise along at that speed for several miles.
While we wish these both came in at a lower weight, we love the pep and power of the X8 Electric Scooter in the hilly terrain where we live and think that the foldability and transportability of the C2 Electric Bike make it ideal for city commuting needs.
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GistGear awards the Gyroor X8 scooter 6/6 for its sporty driving characteristics, smooth ride and ability to climb relatively steep hills with little effort and we award the Gyroor C2 electric bike 5/6 for the smooth ride on uneven roads and its ability to
stealthy hide under your desk or in a hall closet without taking up a lot of space.
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