GOGO Scooter Battery Life

[90stangg]

I was wondering how long your batteries last? I picked up a used GOGO several years ago. Used it off and on until about three years ago where I started using it quite a bit.

A new battery usually lasts four days on a charge, than about a month later it lasts three days, and so on. Four months into it I'm picking up new batteries. Granted, I have a fairly steep drive way and you can feel the strain of the motor going up it, but it's only about a hundred feet and
i don't go up it more than once a day. The salesman at batteries and bulbs says the batteries should be lasting me about 2 years, I just smile at him and say I'll see you in 4 months. They do warranty the batteries for up to 12 months, so I'm not paying every time, but it's getting old

[ru4cats]

I have a Heartway Aviator S8X. My 1st battery lasted almost 18 months. The 2nd will probably last 1 year with limited use. I thought it was because my scooter is "heavy duty." After reading your post, I'm thinking maybe it's just scooters in general. I'm actually attempting to sell my scooter due to the low battery life.

[melody60]

Battery Life

DH purchased my Pride GoGo Elite Traveler Plus in 2011. I used it only at the Jersey Shore on the Boardwalk, in the casinos, and on cruise vacations. I also use it occasionally when we visit large venues, etc., but those trips are infrequent. My original battery started losing steam in November-December 2015. It wasn't holding as long of a charge. We were taking a cruise in February 2016, and we thought we should purchase a new battery. We purchased a larger voltage or amps I think (24 volts, or amps or whatever), and it's been fabulous. In February, we traveled to the hotel the night before the cruise, and that was on a Saturday. On Sunday, we boarded the ship and I used the scooter every day and night for the week; up and down, and all around the ship. I thought for sure I would need to charge it in between, but nope. It was great. My husband charged it the night before we were to get off of the ship, just in case, but he really didn't need to. I didn't realizr how much I really needed the new battery.

We purchased the entire battery pack, instead of just the two batteries; I think it was $240 something, but I'm not sure. We keep the original as a spare.

[caldred]

I use a Pride Victory10 to goto work (on a train) every day. The original (since Sept 2014) battery is still holding a full charge. I plug it in every night, and leave it charging over night. I do not wait until the battery charge is low. This is how Pride says to maximize battery longevity: do not drain the battery & do charge it when not in use (it can't be overcharged).

[Idylbrae]

go go battery

i have the go go elite traveler abd have troubles with the battery holding a charge.
I put in a new one, for $200! and that wasn't a yr ago and having trouble again
it may be something else though but costs $50 everytime i take it in to look for the problem
money money money

[GardeningMSer]

batteries and scooters and air travel with Lithium batteries

My experience with a gogo scooter and others have convinced me that lead acid batteries, the standard for most scooters, are fine as long as they are charged daily and kept off hills.

When I lived and worked in New England, I used the scooter on flats only and it lasted months w/o problems.

Shortly after I retired and moved to San Francisco I would encounter hills that turned the meter's lights yellow and sometimes red. This was the kiss of death: after a few of these unavoidable events the batteries could not hold a decent charge. It was so bad that one day I stopped at a Kinko's and spent an hour reading while the battery charged.

When my gf, now wife, and I moved to a house in Marin with a steep driveway I found that I could not use my light weight GoGo to get the mail - I could go down but going up turned the meter red; believe me it is no fun pushing a 100 pound scooter uphill when you have a bad leg.

I have since switched to Lithium Iron aka LiFe batteries that can be found on amazon and numerous other sources.

The ones I have are far from perfect, more expensive than Lead Acid, but they seem to last longer and recover better. They weigh about 1/3 of same size LA batteries.

When traveling (locally by car and often flying) I use a lightweight TravelScoot with a small LiOn battery that has held up quite well. I don't know the chemistry of the battery (opening its big brother I see about a dozen (don't quote me, its been four years since I opened it) cylinders wired together. Charging voltage for this battery pack is about 27 Volts, vs nominal 24 V for LA and LiFe battery packs.

The FAA says on a site you should read if traveling with Lithium batteries (and keep a hard copy with you to show inquisitive airline staff who are doing their job)
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org..._batteries.pdf

"With airline approval, devices can contain larger lithium ion batteries (101-160 watt hours per battery), but spares of this size are limited to two batteries in carry-on baggage only. "

Speaking of hills and scooters, light weight three wheel scooters can and will tip when one crosses a hill. In my experience one doesn't need a steep hill in order to fall over, exiting a kneeling bus on a hill can be equally dangerous. The hills going down to Seattle's Market, some in San Francisco, and many in Italian hill towns, Cortona for example, where either forearm crutches or a four wheel scooter should be used.

My wife and I will be going to Europe this Spring, I've ordered a four wheel scooter that uses Li batteries, wish me luck. I won't mention the model until I've had some time using it, assuming I survive my driveway, San Francisco, and our trip.

G