Charging safely at home: the lithium-battery rules that prevent fires
E-scooter battery fires are rare but ferocious — and almost entirely preventable through where, when and how you charge. The fire-service rules to follow.
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Articles, reviews, and tips about electric scooters from the Scootify team.
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Get more range per charge: the efficiency playbook
Advertised range is a best-case lab number. Here is where your charge actually goes — speed, weight, hills, tyres, cold — and the habits that add distance.
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Speed wobble: what causes the handlebar shake, and how to ride it out
Sudden handlebar shimmy is frightening, but follows simple physics: what triggers speed wobble, how to prevent it, and the counter-intuitive way to recover.
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Summer riding: heat, your battery, and staying cool
Heat is the quiet enemy of a lithium battery — and a few hot-weather habits protect your pack, your tyres and you. What to do when the temperature climbs.
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Air or solid? E-scooter tyres, pressure and tread, explained
Tyres are the only thing touching the road, so their type, pressure and tread quietly decide grip, comfort, range and how often you get a flat.
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Watts, torque and hills: how to read e-scooter power
The wattage on the box won't tell you whether a scooter will climb your hill. Here's what torque, nominal vs peak power and gradeability really mean for riding.
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Weight and folding: the spec that decides if you'll actually use it
The best commuter scooter is the one you carry up the stairs. Weight tiers, folding mechanisms, and the wobble test that stops a folding joint becoming a fall.
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Weight limits, cargo and why scooters carry one rider
The load rating isn't a suggestion — it's where braking, range and the frame were designed to work. What exceeding it costs, and why passengers are a hazard.
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How to choose your first e-scooter: match the specs to your life
Not the one with the biggest numbers, but the one that fits your commute, weight, hills and stairs. A framework for matching specs to real needs.
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What IP ratings really mean — and how to ride in the rain
"Water resistant" is not waterproof. Decode IPX4, IPX5 and IPX7 in plain English, learn what your scooter can take, and ride wet roads with a margin.