Anyone got the older child's scooter from the mini micro people? micro sprite? any good?

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Our 3 year old has a mini micro scooter and we adore it! Nearly 7 year old's nebulous 2 wheel scooter is falling apart after 2 years use and I'm wondering about biting the bullet and buying the micro sprite, the 2 wheel version by the mini micro people to replace it.

Anyone got one? Any good? thanks!

I know a few people who have the Maxi Micro and it's fabulous. I'm buying one for DS soon as he's too tall for his Mini Micro now, I'll probably get him the joystick one rather than the handlebars as it seems more popular with children.

we have the maxi micro - my 5yo dd uses it - and really like it. It would be suitable for a 7 yo I think. My older children have had the micro lite and it's fine I think.

that's very helpful thank you. I think it'd need to be the 2 wheel one not the maxi micro but great to know others in the range are good too.

bran, you say your ds's too tall for his mini micro...how old is he? we were going to buy a second mini micro for dd2 but maybe we should just get dd1 the maxi...

oh and does the micro lite fold/split into 2 parts Polyanna?

oh my goodness, the maxi micro is £90 in john lewis!!!! rethinking...

We just got the maxi micro for dd1 5, (dd2 2 has the mini micro) she loves it, they are so sturdy and I would think they would be suitable for a much older child too....7? 8? 9? as the handlebars extend quite high, well worth it imo.

you're probably right but there's no way my 7 year old ds will scoot on a 3 wheel one! hence looking at the 2 wheel versions... the sprite says age 6 to adult and is around £50

It is a lot of money for the Maxi Micro, but it's very tough and would last for both of your DC IMO. I intent to pass down DS's to DD when she is old enough to use it (3.5 yrs age difference).

I'm only judging on the scooters that I have experience of, but I would guess that everything they make would be sturdy so I think a Micro Sprite would be a fairly safe buy.

any evening folk actually got a sprite?

We recently got DS1 the micro sprite when his old cheap one fell apart.

He's only been out on it once but he loves it. Much faster than his old one. DS2 used to race ahead on his Maxi Micro scooter but now DS1 is in front again

DS2 has the maxi micro scooter which we got because he couldn't get to grips with scooting at all and it's been great for him but DS1 is quite competent on a 2 wheel scooter and wouldn't have wanted 3 wheels.

Just to add DS1 is 7, Ds2, 5.

my ds7 tried it out in John Lewis but decided it was 'too babyish' (!) and at £90 I was quite relieved. Had just bought dd aged 3 the mini one and will have years of use out of it going by the school playground.

Doyouthink, that's fantastic thank you! Think we'll buy the sprite.

At present dd (3) is far faster on her mini micro (and so, so much quieter) than ds (6) on his clapped out crappy nebulous one

dd2 (22 months) is also very competent on her big sister's mini micro and I know the sisters'll need one each before too long!

the fact that it is a 3 wheeler is because you can steer it with one hand. think you need to see it.

its not babyish at all. we bought it a while ago and it gets stared at wherever we go.

its gone up though as want that much 2 xmas's ago.

the sprite and maxi are worlds apart. the sprite being a scooter and the maxi is controlled with one hand. the maxi is much sturdier as well.

thanks kylesmybaby, i'm sure it's suitable for his age (I see the spec says from age 6) but it's a 2 wheel scooter he's had since he was 4.5 and that's what all his friends have so the maxi's not what we had in mind.

anyone else tried the sprite?