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A recent trend for Bo has been riders who have previously run an Unagi electric scooter asking about the Model-M. This is a curious pattern because the two vehicles are designed for very different tasks - and we suspect that that may be part of what is behind it.
Unagi was one of the world's first premium scooters. It was designed with dual motors and carbon fibre stem of the time when few scooters under $2000 had this sort of innovation.
[Note - Lots of kickstarter projects did promise such things, but Unagi were the only guys to actually get it to market, in hundreds of stores, with short delivery]. 
From day one Unagi have had some of the coolest images in the sector
Sure, when released it was a few hundred bucks more expensive than a Xiaomi, however it was still good value for the technology offered.
Alongside the carbon stem and dual motors they did intelligent things like integrating high fidelity drone controllers to smooth the accelerator and regenerative braking.
In fact, an Unagi was the second benchmarking scooter we ever bought, back in 2020. I still remember the fury I incurred from my wife for disassembling its battery pack on the kitchen table at home.
However for all of this innovation the Unagi party trick is actually very simple and mechanical. It has the best folding mechanism and the most portable package of any electric scooter on the market. It is unbelievably quick and easy to drop the stem and carry into your building - you can almost do it in one svelte motion as you transition from riding to walking through the lobby door.
Unbeatable optimisation
The downside of this extraordinary portability is that it's a short-journey steed only. The compact frame, small solid wheels and lightness of the components - which make it so insanely portable - also make it darn uncomfortable for more than ~2-3 miles of riding.
This is almost the perfect opposite of Bo's strengths.
Nothing - but nothing - carves like a Bo based on that Monocurve chassis
When we were designing Bo our whole aim was to made it the best riding scooter - we saw that as the number one purpose of the vehicle, and we pursued it at the expense of portability. In fact, portability was almost the first victim - early on we decided the frame would not fold, like a Vespa it is a single solid unibody.
The reason for this was simple, great, portable, scooters - like Unagi - already existed. In the UK at the time there was also the innovative folding Pure Flex recently launched.
It is important [we think] for any product to have one defining characteristic. In a world of generalist products that do everything 'fine' we love products that absolutely smash it out the park along a specific capability.
For Bo, in a world of scooters that have flimsy floppy frames and ride in a very rudimentary and uncomfortable fashion our aim was to create an option for people who wanted the most refined ride and best handling. 
Great ride starts with a great chassis
Our pursuit of this solid, elite ride was so extreme we took the unusual step of building the frame as a single aluminium unibody with no fold and hinge, and we suspect this may be at the root of why we see so many Unagi riders enquiring about Bo.
You see, an Unagi owner has selected that product based on it doing one thing extremely well. It is by far the most portable electric scooter on the market available today with its low weight and rapid fold mechanism.
It suggests a buyer mindset that is looking for a great performance along a specific area rather than generally reasonable competence.
This is perhaps what separates the Unagi buyer psychology from the mass market brands like Segway and Xiaomi. We have started to suspect that Unagi riders enquiring about Bo are effectively building the ultimate 'two car garage'. One ride for local and multi-model rides where portability and storage space are at a premium, and the Bo for when you want to rip 5 miles across town in comfort and at speed. 
The Ultimate Two-Scooter Garage...
There are challenges to pursuing excellence across a specific niche - it tends to reduce the market to riders in pursuit of those characteristics. However the delight Unagi riders feel leaping up a flight of stairs, Voyager in-hand - and the joy of a Bo rider carving across town with the ultimate in control and confidence - are absolutely worth it.
OJM.
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