Which fold up mobility scooter

Ivrytwr3

Inlaws are in their 80's and are looking for a mobility scooter they can put in the car. 

We have no idea which to go for - anybody have any recommendations? 

Thankyou. 

Newly_retired

Unless they want to get a hoist put into their vehicle, they should check carefully the weight and practicality of loading the scooter.
When my husband bought his he could easily cope with dismantling and lifting it into the boot, then reassembling it on arrival, but as his health deteriorated he struggled with this, even with my help.
You can now buy scotters which simply fold up and don't need dismantling, but again, check the weight.
Better still, go into a mobility shop and try some out. Able World are very helpful.
 A point to remember is that you do not need to pay VAT for disability items.

Spoonie_Turtle

Start with thinking about what they need it to be able to do: fold up, disassemble, what kind of terrain, battery life, etc.
Dimensions and weight, of it folded and/or parts when it comes apart.
Longer term considerations too as excellently pointed out above.

If they can try some out or have home demos, that would be very useful in helping them narrow down what sort of things work for them or not.  There really is no substitute for hands-on trying things out.

Ivrytwr3

Flat terrain, only needs a couple of miles, but needs to fit in the back of a vauxhall corsa.

Think we've found one: 

Rascal Veo Sport SR

£949 delivered.

As for getting hands on, yeah they won't. Just want me to sort it - as usual! 

turnitround

Hubby has a very similar one. Cant remember the make as Im not home now to check but it breaks down in exactly the same way. 
What I would advise is to find the nearest mobility shop and check out the 2nd hand ones. We bought his 2 years ago from a shop in Lytham and it was displayed alongside a brand new one at less than half the price and it was only 18 months old. 

Brie

I suggest that whatever they look to purchase they take it for a test drive.  I assume that's possible.

The reason I say that is when we looked at getting one for MiL we were told "it's as easy as riding a bike".  And she was a great bike rider in her youth but not been on one for maybe 50 years.  But that line stuck and she said of course it was a great idea.  £1k later she tried it about 3 times and just found it too difficult.  It's very different accelerating and braking via hand or foot controls compared to the bicycles she used to have.

I suspect it would be easier for someone who was still driving but given they are already in their 80s how long might that continue?  At which point they might want something more solid and not foldable.  And an "it's easy as only XX pounds!" line from a sales person ignores that fact that XX pounds will get more and more difficult to lift as each year passes.  

Rodders53

That is not 'foldable'.  It's dismantle-able and will be a pain to lift in/out in bits to put together before using.

It's also rather heavy.  Compared to https://pride-mobility.co.uk/mobilityscooters/go-go-elite-traveller-plus/ which is what we have - plus a hoist so my wife can get it in/out herself.
Using Lead acid batteries = cheap but heavy.
Battery will need bringing indoors to charge, then taking back to car (unless garaged).

Lighter weight alloy and lithium battery versions will be 2-3x the price. Some do actually fold and can be transported on planes.

You must take them both along to a few mobility shops to look at what is available and test drive a few.

They do take some time to get used to driving.  Can they use ShopMobility units in the area near them? https://www.shopmobilityuk.org/   That would, perhaps, get them some insight and tuition in driving them.

Ivrytwr3

Rodders53 said:

That is not 'foldable'.  It's dismantle-able and will be a pain to lift in/out in bits to put together before using.

It's also rather heavy.  Compared to https://pride-mobility.co.uk/mobilityscooters/go-go-elite-traveller-plus/ which is what we have - plus a hoist so my wife can get it in/out herself.
Using Lead acid batteries = cheap but heavy.
Battery will need bringing indoors to charge, then taking back to car (unless garaged).

Lighter weight alloy and lithium battery versions will be 2-3x the price. Some do actually fold and can be transported on planes.

You must take them both along to a few mobility shops to look at what is available and test drive a few.

They do take some time to get used to driving.  Can they use ShopMobility units in the area near them? https://www.shopmobilityuk.org/   That would, perhaps, get them some insight and tuition in driving them.

I did look at that one, but thought that one dismantled the same as the Rascal?

Rascal - £950
GoGo - £850

So not much difference in price - do you recommend yours over the Rascal and is £850 a good price? 

Thanks. 

Ivrytwr3

Also, no garage, so no issue with bringing the batteries inside. 

turnitround

You will be surprised just how heavy the batteries are as is the back section. Im 70 and lift my husbands but I'm not sure it will be as easy in 10 years time.

poppy12345

The title of your thread says fold uyp scooter. The one you're looking at doesn't fold. I had one similar to the one you looked at and in my honest opinion, it's far too heavy! and that includes taking it apart, putting it into the boot and putting it together again when they want to use it. Even more so because they are in their 80's. I'm no where near their age and sold mine because i just couldn't manage it anymore.

Also when i had mine i had a Peugeot 3008 with quite a large boot and it took up more than half the space. A Vauxhall Corsa boot is considerably smaller.

If i was looking for a mobility scooter for an elderly person, it wouldn't be the ones mentioned above.