Hoverboard industry has been blooming since 2015,and Xiaomi from China has invested a lot in China’s leading segway scooter manufacturer Ninebot, and then ninebot has enough money to purchase the original segway scooter founder: Segway Inc. Sinces then Ninebot became the biggest hoverboard and self balance segway scooter manufacturer all over the world.
Ninebot and Xiaomi joint issued the popular 9th Mini segway scooter in the middle of 2016,we have been purchase one set then,we would like to release its unboxing details now.
Although we can see various self balance scooter on the market,but in fact all self balance scooters can be divided into two kinds: one is single wheel balance scooter, the other one is two wheels hoverboard. Relatively speaking, single wheeled balance scooter will be more difficult to learn when riding. This time Xiaomi issued 9th balance scooter, which indeed belongs to the two wheels hoverboard. It is easier to get started and ride on two wheels, which reduces the threshold of user learning and use.
The following is basic technical parameters of Xiao 9 mini segway scooter:
1, with wheel size of 10.5 inches (about 26 cm), two whels, total motor power is 700 watts.
2, powered by 54.8V 4300mAh LG lithium ion battery,its maximum theoretical driving mileage is about 22km after full charge.
3, maximum speed up to 16 km/h,can be limited by APP.
4, scooter frame made of magnesium alloy, scooter net weight 12.8 kg with load capacity of 85 kg.
The accessories comes with Xiao 9 mini segway scooter includes: an inner hexagonal wrench, two screws, a small direction bar cover, an inflatable extension rod and a charger.Once you open the Xiaomi 9 balance scooter package box, you only need to install the steering rod with included hexagon wrench and screws, then you can try to ride. Since the mini segway scooter is very compact, the accessories also includes an inflatable extension rod for battery fulfilling the tires.
On the mini segway scooter pedal,there are protective films which remind us direction, once familiar with Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter front and rear direction, you can tear off the protective film.
Power button and Bluetooth, battery status indicator were in front of the steering rod.
Under status indicator, there are the charging port and LED headlights. No. 9 mini segway scooter waterproof rating is IP54,suitable for daily life waterproof. As the charging port is close to the ground, the charging port has a rubber protective cover. LED headlights will automatic adjust its lightness according to ambient lightness and darkness.
Self sensing LED taillights have different color indicators,normal status is blue, stop status is red, when you turn left or right,the corresponding direction light will be displayed in yellow.
As already mentioned before, a two wheel hoverboard is easier to use than a single wheeled balance scooter. Therefore, with the Ninebot Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter APP built in tutorial, you can get started in a few minutes.
Currently Xiao 9 mini segway scooter APP has support iOS and Android system. If the iOS version is 9.0 or above,error message will appear at run time. In this case, you need to set the Ninebot application as trust in “Settings-General-File description option”.
During the testing Android mobile phone running Ninebot APP, we found that for some mobile phone system, even if the Bluetooth hardware version is 4.0, and the Android system is 4.3 or more, still can not be connected with the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter.We hope this problem can be settle soon.
The first time you run the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter, there will be a detailed newbie tutorial. According to the tutorial, most users can master the skills of driving Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter in a few minutes. But this also varies from person to person, if the user balance ability is not very good, he may need to spend a longer time for practice.
(If Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter reaches its maximum speed,there will be an alarm and automatically slow down)
From the security point, the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter not only offer security insurance to user, but also set the speed limit mode for newly used scooter. Only after consumers familiar with the scooter then it will unlock the speed limit mode. If you need to lend your Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter to other newbie, you can also manually limit the speed in the APP, the minimum speed can be limited to 5 km/h. After a speed of more than 16 km/h, the mini segway scooter will have a sound alarm and automatically adjust tilt upwards to control the speed.
In fact the road experience is more challenging. As the mini segway scooter wheel size only about 26cm, if there are too much potholes, deceleration zone in the road, the bumps will be obviously, user need to be particularly carefully and drive in a slow speed.Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter is more suitable for flat road useage. As the mini segway scooter don’t have mechanical brake device, so you need to pay special attention to traffic safety on the road.
As a scooter fans, it is necessary to understand the internal structure of the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter. Therefore, we have open the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter the day we received it.What we want to stress here is, as the mini segway scooter battery highest voltage reaches to 63V after full charge, far more higher than the 36V safe voltage range, so non professionals do not try to dismantle the mini segway scooter,to avoid security incidents.
The battery is located in the bottom of Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter, after loosen the four corner screws, it is easy to remove the battery. Battery weighs about 4.3 kg. After removing the battery, you can see the circuit board inside the mini segway scooter.
In the main circuit board. The master and motor control circuits are located on the same board. Both sides with the white heat radiation silicone grease, MOS tube which control the motor covered with a metal cover.The circuit board is mounted on the metal scooter frame and heat radiation of the motor control part through the metal frame.
Due to the waterproof requirements, the No. 9 Xiaomi mini segway scooter circuit board coated with a layer of insulating paint. The circuit board has a variety of built-in sensors. The CPU of mini segway is a ST STMicroelectronics 32-bit microcontroller,Model is STM32F103 with ARM Cortex-M3 core and clocked at 72MHz.
There are an infrared sensor on both of the foot pedals position. People step on the pedal, the rubber pedal will subsidence, blocking the infrared light. Through this switch you can be aware of whether the feet are placed rightly.
View from the internal structure, Xiaomi 9 mini seway scooter interior structure is very simple.
After a few days of experience the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter, we think if consumers are familiar with the characteristics of mini segway scooter, within a few kilometers of short distance transportation, the Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter will be very helpful. Due to standing “driving”, long time driving user will be a bit tired when riding on the road, there is potential security risks, so user need to pay more attention on safety.We suggest user use Xiaomi 9 mini segway scooter for short distance transportation vehicle or ” gadget ” for funny or weekend leisure purpose.