Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

>>>> THIS IS THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED CHEESE!!! <<<< Can I emphasize that last sentence any more? ;-) I tore my Achilles' tendon and was put into a cast. The first week was so dreary. I was on crutches. My underarms ached! The upper-body workout, while useful, was leaving me sweaty and I work in the office. Something had to change. My wife suggested a scooter. I've never heard of these things. So off to Amazon I went. I ordered this and the first day's experience with it was as diametrically opposite of the crutching situation as I could imagine possible. It exceeded ALL of my expectations! With small flicks of my good foot, I was moving QUICKLY over long distances. My coworkers took to calling me Speed Racer, in reference to that cartoon with the Mach 5 race car. Clearly, they were jealous. I came in early to work that first day after I received it and I could not help myself with what came next. I rode it around the cubes a couple of times since no one was around. It felt like the little kid inside was breathing highly oxygenated air. What a RUSH!!! The optics of a dude in a suit racing around the cube farm, mischievously grinning ear-to-ear, probably would have left the security guards hysterical with laughter. Hopefully, no one was monitoring the security cameras. If there was an upside to being in a cast, this was it. My coworkers would on occasion borrow it and briefly experience the joy as well. Some were slow to bring it back. It doesn't look like much, but the included basket is a huge win. It is so, so handy. It serves as a third hand. Getting my morning coffee was back to being nothing but a thing to do. Picking up a few items for lunch and bringing them back to the desk was returned to being brain-dead easy. So here's one suggestion you need to be aware of. If you are going to ride over uneven surfaces (such as city sidewalks), you need to move your knee to the back of the pad and you need to lean back as well, so that you are unloading weight from the front wheels. You want the front wheels to go OVER the bumps. Not get stopped by them. If you are putting too much weight on the front wheels, and you hit a bump, things can get really ugly. The first couple of days will be a little slow because you are not used to bearing weight on the knee. But the padding on the seat is adequate and it makes a great seat when you need a break. I set my seat slightly lower than standing height, so that my weight would naturally transfer from one leg to the other, almost like walking. If I kept it up too high, it was uncomfortable. Same for too low. Because of this scooter, I ALMOST regret getting the cast off. Almost. But I can say unequivocally that this was one of my better purchases. It made life so much better while I was stuck in the cast. That's right, was. I'm writing this review several weeks after the cast was removed. I am so happy with how this product helped me out when I was down. I strongly recommend this to anyone whose situation is similar to mine. Oh, one more thing. It's not just any color of green. It's spot-on B.R.G. That's British Racing Green. Good luck, Speed!