My report on my new Hero, by Shoprider, Scooter from Walgreens. $499+Tax..free shipping,

I love it for me, but if I were any more disabled, I wouldn't be able to use it. It's very light and tips too easily. It hasn't tipped on me yet but tried to.

I love the swivel seat, as it makes it so much easier to transfer to potty, chair or wherever and the seat is wider and softer. I am still able to lift my legs and even put my legs out on the floor, to steady myself, if necessary.

I haven't tried it on my ramp yet, as my ramp has an 80 degree turn and it's kinda steep at the end, so I don't want to try it alone. I'll try it Sunday with DD here.

It has a super better turning radius, but because of that, it can be a little unsteady when turning. On my wood laminate floors, it wants to slide to the side, if I make too sharp of a turn.

The tires are small and don't have a lot of grip on my slick floors. The motor is powerful, which I love, but I keep it on slow inside the house, which is still a little too fast for sharp turns.

If you are not, at all, sure on you feet, then I wouldn't recommend it for you, but if you are, it's a terrific little scooter.

Thanks so much for that report on your little Hero scooter SallyC. I have been wondering how the scooter was working for you.

That does not sound good that it can tip easily. I was curious if the tires on it are pneumatic with inner tubes or are they solid - maybe even kind of plasticee. If that's a word

I would be very careful trying it on your ramp. Be certain someone is around. Also, did it come with a booklet that tells you how much of an incline you can safely do?

I have a Pride Legend and it is wonderful on all counts except on grass or the like. Our lawn is not smooth and so the ride is not soft shall we say. It came with solid tires which they do now as people tend not to like to or do air. I just ordered some pneumatic tires with innertubes as I have no problem keeping them up as to what is called for. I hope they work out better for me where I am. If you only went on sidewalks, concrete, pavements, tar and in stores, there would be no problem. BUT, here on the not smooth lawn it is not great.

I paid out of pocket and it was expensive - top of the line. What I have Medicare does not pay for (I knew this before I bought it) because you have to need to use one in the house. I do not. And if I did for this one, I would need a mansion of a house with lots of room That'll never happen.

Again, thanks for the review on your scooter.

I did the ramp today and it works like a charm. No problem at all. Of course I was very very careful going down the ramp. Coming back up was swift. All is well.

Good to hear. Do you have pneumatic tires with innertubes, solid tires, or plasticee tires? Thank you.

Solid tires on the hero and the pneumatic tires that need air on my outdoor Bruno scooter. It's a PITA but I do like the pneumatics on the outdoor scooter.

Thank you for your reply. Solid tires are good on like concrete, pavement, sidewalks, indoors, etc. But outside they are a pain. It just beats me up I really hope the pneumatic tires will work much better on my scooter when I get them. They should help some for sure. The tires should be here this week.

I picked up the pneumatic tires for my scooter a few weeks ago. They do work better out here but not on our lawn that well as it isn't smooth. But, I am glad that I changed from solid tires to pneumatic. If I ever live in town then I would go back to solid as it wouldn't matter then. (Concrete, pavement, sidewalk, etc.) So I'll just ride on the gravel out here.

Also, I picked up my rollator on Monday. Boy, I think I'm going to like it. I can actually walk almost "normal" with it and without hanging on for dear life. It just goes so smoothly and I walk at a pretty good clip standing tall. I won't be using it to sit, at least not for now. My main purpose was so that I could at least do some shopping in stores that do not have a shopping cart. This way I won't have to use a cane and my husband's arm.

I had forgot how "normal" I used to walk. This rollator has brought it back to me It is great It has the 2" wide 6" wheels vs. the 1" wide that you see on so many of them. These work best for me as my balance is affected by some muscles in my legs and feet that aren't working and never will. (Atrophied due to CMT).

So again, I am very pleased with it. Such a great feeling to walk upright and pretty close to "normal" again before I had to start using the cane. (Well, I walk straight and tall with the cane too but I'm plopping along.) Thanks for reading.