You can find a huge varieties of scooters out there to take into consideration. These can vary from safe 3 wheelers onto the more robust stunt scooters and they all have their pros and cons. You need to think about safety, how strong the scooter is, does it have three wheels, two wheels and even what are wheels made of. Doesn't sound important? Well when you're rattling a long to school the silent wheels can be a godsend. So here's is a short guide for getting your young kids a scooter online.
2-4 Year olds
Well the more wheels the easier it is for your kid to play on their scooter and with easy steer three wheel, tilt and turn variety you can be assured your child will get the hang of it quickly. Most consist of soft foam handgrips and anti-slip footplates. It's also worth checking that it has a rear footbrake as this will prepare kids for the balance scooters as they grow older. Additionally there is the three or tri wheel scooters which are more like the older balance scooters. Although kids can use these perfectly well with practice they aren't quite as quick to learn and not as stable as the tilt and turn ones. Safety is of course important and at a minimum a simple colorful helmet will be fun as well as practical.
4-9 Year olds
From the age of about four kids can start to use the more normal balance style of scooter. They'll be able to go faster, hold their own balance and use their brake. It's also where you must consider more safety because dependent upon the personality of the child they can now be going quite fast. Again the helmet is a minimum. Things to watch for are a good 50kg weight allowance, sturdy aluminum construction, a sliding stem so the scooter can grow with the child and suitable grip surfaces for hands and feet. If you're thinking of taking your kids to the local skateboarding park then also think about just how much clearance there is under the scooter because going up curved ridges means that very low scooters can catch.
9 Year olds onwards
At this time you're really beginning to look for a strong model with more stunt features. Kids love to fool around doing flips, barspins and 180 tailwhips so the scooter is going to take some punishment. You should be looking for one piece handle bars, 100mm aluminum core wheels with ABEC bearings and full length grips. If it's getting rough then it's really is worth getting knee and elbow pads, sometimes hard to convince kids to use them but with pros sporting such kit kids are now beginning to be easier to convince.
Safety Kit
There isn't any rocket science with this. As kids get older, they get taller and will start to bounce less. They'll also take more risks, get pier pressure and just make mistakes. Getting kids into safety gear at an early age helps get their mindset straight but they need to see their parents wearing it to. So if you're out and about a helmet is the minimum you should be considering. Once they start doing spins and jumps they ought to be getting some padding on and at least wearing long sleeves in order to help with bruising and grazes.
General Purchasing Advice from an online store
Look for good online purchase policies so if once you receive the scooter from your online store they won't have any quibbles about taking it back should your little one not like it. Most stores will do this and in the UK you're protected by the distance selling regulations which means you can return the merchandise in 7 days no questions asked at all.
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