We ride ourselves: popular scooters for your child

Milly Mally Sporty

The famous Polish manufacturer Milly Mally has been creating products for children since 2005. This brand is loved by many parents for the good quality and endurance of goods at relatively inexpensive prices.

The Sporty scooter is a novelty of 2014, it is already the second scooter of the trademark. His "companion" is a scooter Milly Mally Crazy Extreme — a little more difficult to manage and is already intended for "advanced" users for at least four years. While the manufacturer recommends buying a three-wheeled stable Sporty model for beginners, children from two years old.

However, users claim that the rather large dimensions of the scooter prevent kids with a height of less than a metre from conveniently controlling it. You have to spread your legs quite wide when pushing off, so as not to catch the wide wheels, and the position of the handle reaches the shoulders of the child.

As for the appearance of the product — it is almost flawless. Attention is attracted by an interesting design with three wheels, an original design and bright colours. Users note that the device is made reliably: a powerful steel frame, large rubberized wheels, a stable steering wheel.

The scooter rolls perfectly on almost any road, slightly dampens on the primer due to the volume wheels. By the way, users note that the level of depreciation can be adjusted. It is necessary for the scooter to roll quickly on asphalt — pump up the wheels strongly, if you want to ride gently without shaking on a dirt road — lower the tyres a little.

Of the practical pleasant bonuses, you can name a wide footrest, on which the child can easily fit with both feet, rubberized handles on the steering wheel (do not slip) and a wide foot brake on the rear wheel, which is easy to press without looking.

Despite the fact that the scooter is not heavy in weight — only 3.5 kg, it is not very convenient to take it with you. It can't just be folded, and the whole structure is quite voluminous. So, on trips with you, you can only take it in a car with a large boot.

The model can be recommended for children from 3.5 years old or large boys (at least 100 cm tall) for walking near the house on different roads.

Explore Saddler

Let's start by clarifying the difference between a kickboard from the scooter. The main difference is the way of management. If we control a simple scooter with a steering wheel, then the kickboard is controlled more by the legs and the position of the athlete's body. Instead of the steering wheel, there is a handle that you need to hold on to for balance, and to turn to the side, you just need to tilt the body a little and transfer the weight to the leg from the right side, and the wheels themselves will turn where they need to.

Caring manufacturers of the Chinese company Explore provided the design with a removable steering wheel so that it would be easier for a child to learn how to control a scooter. For the convenience and safety of a young driver, there is a foot brake.

The main advantage of Saddler users consider its versatility. The device can be used from the first year of life, if only the child is already on his feet. To do this, you need to lower the special removable seat to the required level and, thus, turn the scooter into a tolocar machine. The baby sits down on a comfortable springy seat and holds on to the handle. The convenient stable design is easily controlled by the tilt of the housing. The seat has two levels of height adjustment.

To "turn" the push-cart into a full-fledged scooter, you need to remove the handle from the seat and replace it with a steering wheel handle. This is done easily and quickly with one click. The only inconvenience of the scooter, users called the stationary steering wheel — it cannot be adjusted in height. Thus, although the scooter is designed to weigh up to 20 kg, it will be inconvenient for tall children to ride it already at 5-6 years old. That's why this kickboard is recommended mainly as the very first scooter for kids.

In addition to the convenient design and attractive design, Saddler Explore has many more pleasant little things. This is a removable basket on the handle for toys, a flashlight on the steering wheel that works in three modes, comfortable rubberized non-slip surfaces of the handles and the ability to fold the scooter in half for convenient transportation.

The model can be recommended as the first vehicle for children from 1.5 years old. On such a stable and easily controlled structure, it is easy to learn coordination of movements.

Milly Mally Crazy Extreme

A bicycle scooter is a vehicle that is controlled like a scooter, but has many qualities of a bicycle: excellent cross-country ability, good speed and shock absorption.

The new brainchild of the Polish company Milly Mally is a typical representative of bicycle scooters for school—age children who already skillfully ride simple scooters. Unlike the previous two review models, this transport is not intended for training, but for improving skills.

Crazy Extreme is equipped with a hand and foot brake, has a solid steel frame and inflatable wheels. The steering wheel can be adjusted in height. The manufacturer recommends a bicycle scooter for children from 5 years old, users assure that it is better to take it to boys from 6 years old who confidently ride both a bicycle and a scooter. He will be appreciated by a restless boy.

The scooter itself is not worth it, there is a special footrest for this. To keep it in the right position, you need not only to master coordination perfectly, but also to be physically strong (the weight of the product is more than 5kg).

Crazy Extreme bike scooter is a novelty of last year. On the web, he has not yet collected enough reviews to judge with confidence about his shortcomings or advantages. You can rely on the quality and reliability of the product only by relying on 10 years of successful experience in selling good children's products of the Milly Mally brand.

Trolo Mini

The Trolo brand has been presenting good children's scooters, kickboards and running bikes at an affordable price for several years. No matter how they call it Italian in stores, in fact, the product is made in China, and certified in Russia. Trolo transport is of good quality, hardy and always brightly and stylishly decorated.

Trolo Mini is one of a series of kickboards of this brand, designed for the youngest users. It can be safely taken to children from 1.7 years to 3 years. If the child has already reached the age of 3, knows how to ride or is tall, it is worth paying attention to other models that are also tricycles: Trolo Maxi or Trolo Boost . All these models are united by an absolutely stable design and "foot" control, like all kickboards.

We considered the principle of such control in detail in the review of the first model of the Saddler Explore kickboard. In contrast, the Trolo Mini is made without an additional seat, basket and flashlight. This model is an exact copy of the legendary Swiss Mini Micro scooter. By the way, for those mothers who want to use the push-gurney function, users recommend buying separately and putting a removable seat with an O-shaped steering wheel. Moreover, both the "native" seat from Trolo and the original Mini Micro fit perfectly here.

A significant advantage is the weight of the scooter. It is very light (1.5 kg) and easy to drive, accelerates quickly and gains speed (which some cautious mothers consider a disadvantage). Despite the fragile-looking plastic frame, it is quite durable. The only caveat is that after prolonged and active use, the chassis and bearings loosen a little, they need to be periodically "tightened", which never happens with the Swiss original. But the price of this transport is two times lower.

Among the additional bonuses of the kickboard: soft rubber pads on the steering wheel, its height adjustment and a convenient foot brake. Last year, the brand updated the Mini line and began to produce scooters of brighter colours and interesting designs with a two-colour steering wheel. Such models are a little more expensive, and the technical characteristics are the same. Anyone who is willing to pay for fashionable design and bright colours should pay attention to the Mini New series.

We recommend this scooter as the first vehicle for boys and girls from 2 years and earlier. It can be used on any road, folded and taken with you on trips.

Hy-Pro Zinc

The English brand Hy-Pro is poorly distributed among us, but those who tried their scooters were satisfied with their reliability and durability. The main "feature" of the Zinc model are sound effects and the presence of a real speedometer with memory.

This scooter is also called a scooter because the steering knobs turn there, like a scooter, as if "adding gas", and the corresponding sound of a rumbling motor comes from the speaker. A speedometer is mounted on the steering panel, it shows the real speed and remembers the last reading. If you press the button on the side of the panel, the scooter will make the sound of the engine starting and turn on the lights on the "dashboard" of the tachometer. When accelerating and braking, the scooter also makes quite realistic sounds of a high-speed bike.

If light and sound effects distract the child from riding, you can simply remove the finger batteries from the dashboard and use the scooter for its intended purpose.

Users recommend this model for children over four years old. Managing such a scooter is not easy. He himself is not worth it, because the design is two—wheeled, the footrest is narrow — barely enough for one leg. The diameter of the polyurethane wheels is small — they acutely feel the roughness of the road, and the scooter "shakes" great.

But a skilled user will be able to develop decent speed on it and easily manoeuvre between obstacles. A built-in brake on the rear wheel will help you stop in time.

The scooter is compact and lightweight, folds in half, it is convenient to carry and take with you on trips. The steering wheel is adjustable in height and has comfortable polystyrene pads so that the palms do not slip. The metal frame can withstand a load of up to 50 kg, is quite durable and shock-resistant.

We recommend this model for children over 5 years old who already know how to control a scooter. This is an excellent economical option for parents who do not want to buy a new scooter for their child every year, Hy-Pro Zinc can be easily used up to 13 years old.