Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10267 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: Purple
• Brand: Maxi
• Model: mk0002T

Features

• The maxi is the highest quality, best performing scooter for kids ages 6-10 - the Hottest scooter of the season!
• The maxi's 3-wheel construction and unique lean-and-steer mechanism combine for superior curving and carving, creating the feel of 'surfing the sidewalks'
• The maxi's Italian-made wheels, of highest quality PU, create an impossibly smooth glide, perfect for Urban, or Suburban, pavements.
• The maxi was engineered and constructed for superior durability - for kids in this age group, it had to be!
• And finally, the maxi is very lightweight, only about 5.5lbs, which makes it easy to maneuver and light enough to pick up and carry when need be.

Product Description

The maxi kick Scooter is the award-winning, high performance, 3-wheel scooter for kids ages 6-11, from micro. Weight limit 120lbs. The Swiss-designed maxi, like its sibling the mini (for kids ages 3-5), has a lean-and-steer mechanism that makes it unique and fun, giving kids the feeling of surfing the sidewalks as they curve and carve. The maxi Scooter has won several awards, including the prestigious Oppenheim Portfolio's Gold and Platinum Award Seals for 2009, as well as the Oppenheim SNAP award seal. It also was named Best Scooter for Kids ages 6-11 by Toy Report. And, the NBC Today Show featured the maxi as part of its 'Best Toys for Summer 2009' series with Stephanie Oppenheim. The maxi has an amazingly smooth, quiet ride, even on urban sidewalks and it's light weight, yet exceptionally durable construction is easy for kids and parents alike to see and appreciate. The maxi can be purchased with T-Bar Steering or Pilot stick steering (or both)and both steering mechanisms are available as an accessory purchase if the rider wants to change steering styles at a later date. All scooters and kickboards made by micro are of modular construction, which means that all parts are replaceable, so the maxi can, almost literally, last forever. Durable, fun, practical, the maxi is perfect for the commute to school!

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Fun!
By lizsss
Bought this for our 5-year old daughter. Overall the kids would give it 5 stars for sheer fun, and I love that it gets them active outside and they don't complain about taking walks with us. I did take off a star for poor customer service (see below) and not being able to fold, or at least easily remove the handle bar for travel.

We debated mini or maxi (daughter is VERY short for 5), due to its adjustability the Maxi was the right choice. In lowest position its handle height is the same as the mini. WE purchased directly from the manufacturer website. When one of the handlebar covers broke (circular, round rubber ball piece on the end cracked and eventually fell off completely), they (kickboard USA) did not respond to our request for a replacement, despite the defect occurring the day after we received the scooter! So we were disappointed with the customer service, particularly given the price of the scooter.

Having said that, my daughter adores the scooter! She simply could not balance a razor, no matter how hard she tried. She picked up on the steering very quickly, less than a day. Many of my neighbors ask me where I got it, their little ones enjoy it too! It provides a fast and smooth ride. I had reservations when I saw the plastic board, and plastic parts, but it seems better made than my son's razor which lasted less than a year. We've had this for 6 months and aside from the handlbar-cover problem, it's going strong. Also, my son (8) prefers it to his old razor. They argue over it so much we are going to get a second one for him, this time we'll get it from Amazon. It has been indispensible for trips to NYC because the kids don't complain about walking long distances.

Note - it does NOT fold, a feature that would be very helpful. Although it arrived in two pieces, now that we have attached the T-bar handle to the board we have been unable to take it off again, making trips on the subway a little more difficult. It is very light, a huge plus. It's nice they've expanded the color options, when we purchased it was either black or purple. The purple appears exactly as on my web browser.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Best Buy!
By Canuto B. Borromeo
I purchased this scooter for my 4 year old daughter. It was a replacement for the mini-kickboard that she rode into the ground. Yes, it is pricey compared to other scooters, but this thing is so well made that it is worth the money. Additionally, the confidence that it gives my daughter while zooming around my neighborhood is priceless. I was not a fan of the purple as seen on the website, but it looks much better in person.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Great scooter for children with special challenges...
By KRISTIN G ERICKSON
We purchased this scooter for our 10 year old daughter who is developmentally delayed. She loves her big brother's micro scooter but is unable to ride it due to balance issues. She is too large for toddler scooters. This scooter was brought to her by Santa and she LOVES it. She can balance and maneuver it quite easily and is learning to propel it by pushing the floor.