Segway Knock-offs

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by cmaccoy

Segway (HT) at Sams Club I didn't want to start a Thread about this, but they are now selling Segways (HT) at Sams Club for $2,488. Segways are deffanatly getting more popular. As far as the look alikes i think they can all be atleast under 300 dollars... otherwise there isn't much point in them..

Wow, that's half the price of Amazon! Does anyone know if the p133 is the same as the p?

[Roland]

Oh no, heaven forbid the evil inventors steal the All-Seeing All-Knowing Dean's brilliant idea of an obscenely expensive scooter with a twist.

(Yes, I have ridden a segway, yes, it's pretty neat, no, cities won't be built around it, yes, Dean's an egomaniac. That doesn't mean all his ideas are lousy - look at FIRST, for example! I think it's really succeeded in making people more gracious and professional. Look at the replies to this post, for example.)

[VGMasterShadow]

Originally Posted by Dorienne Plait

Evil imitators..

I second that. That...thing looks pretty evil to me. It looks like it's staring into your soul, like it actually has a purpose besides being an evil Segway clone.

[aaronbr28040]

They look cheap and I would be scared to ride one but I do think that they would be funny to see in real life. I followed a link from the site linked to above and found these:
http://www.easthardware.com/model/11...9110&m_id=3217
These look even cheaper with their crappy seats. Its funny to see how people try to make money off of junk.
-Aaron

[Greg Needel]

Tech tv did a challege in may of last year where they put one of these things against a segway. the outcome: the segway killed it, it can menover just as well but don;t have the power to climb hills or the range that the segway does