Radio Flyer My 1st Scooter Red
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Toys and Games Reviews of Radio Flyer My 1st Scooter Red
Customer Review: son loves it
Summary: 5 Stars
i bought this after my 3 1/2 year old kept eyeing a neighbor on his ripskate. my son loves it. he is so willing to put on his helmet and pads. we take it for a ride to the park. and i can easily hook the handle bar over my umbrella stroller if he chooses to walk instead.
the same neighbor gave us their old skateboard with a steering handle. my son still prefers his radio flyer. it has good steering and a wide base for him.
someone remarked about its tipability. no problem. my son's taken a few falls--all within my watchful eyes. but the knee/elbow pads have always protected him. then it quickly got to a point where he would fall on purpose to scrape his pads. and he loves showing off the scratch marks from his pads. it's a great beginning scooter for a tot.
Customer Review: Can't Fairly Review This Until...
Summary: 4 Stars
It's hard for me to review this product until I try the other scooter that so many parents talk about called the Micro Mini Scooter. The Radio Flyer seems sturdy and safe -- the one important exception being that I have twice clipped my finger folding up the scooter. My son is 2 1/4 and the height of a 4 year old. He can push it, but it is hard for him to steer straight at this point. We live in a big city and the bumpy streets are a difficult too. The height of the handle is good for my son, but I have to bend over to pull my son on the scooter, which is often how we use it. Overall, we're having fun with it and I am glad I have it -- but I am curious to know if the micro mini is better. I'd love to read a review by someone who has tried both.Customer Review: For very tall two year olds, but best for threes
Summary: 4 Stars
Grandma bought this for both my daughter and my niece last Christmas. My niece is TALL (my brother is 6'5), and she had a blast with hers in the summer, at age 2.5. My daughter, on the other hand, is a shorty (not gonna point any fingers on that one), so she was mostly in danger of giving herself a shiner as she desperately tried to ride the scooter. I let her fiddle with it on dirt paths so she couldn't get any speed. She will finally be ready to have fun with it this spring, I hope, at age 3.5. And yes, helmets -- it's stable but it CAN be flipped over, especially on smooth surfaces. No adults or older kids, of course, because the deck IS plastic, no matter how strong. I did appreciate the click-lock fold down, but it is a bit hard to release.Customer Review: does not steer
Summary: 2 Stars
My son, who was two years old at the time, was very happy when he saw the scooter and he was up on it trying to scoot around right away.
However, this scooter does not turn around well what is frustrating and sometimes dangerous since the child cannot move away from obstacles or turn on sidewalk /street corners.
It was easy for my son to balance his weight on it because of the large base; nonetheless because of its limitation he rarely uses it. If my husband had not trashed the box I would have returned it.
I got him a Mini Kick Scooter and this one is so much better, it really steers well the only con is the base that is thin for a first time scooter.
Customer Review: Awkward for use
Summary: 3 Stars
The scooter is cute, and folds well. I wanted to like it so much.
But it sits, barely used. The two wheels at the front make it really cumbersome to move. My son is a tall 2 1/2 year old and I don't think he will figure out the cause and effect of turning the handles on this one. By the time he's old enough to figure it out, he'll probably be ready for a two wheeled scooter.
All the way around, that was a big disappointment (as I had visions of him riding around happily on it). I still gave it 3 stars because it's durable, folds well, and is very stable. Perhaps another child will have better luck with it, but it's a stinker around here.