While Apple doesn’t make an e-scooter, the Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter pairs well with an iPhone. More importantly, it’s both fun and useful, with lots of pickup and range. It comes with plenty of bonus features … all accessible via an iPhone. It even has Bluetooth and Find My support.
I put more than 200 miles on the e-scooter while testing it, driving it on errands and just for fun on streets and sidewalks. I’m genuinely thrilled with it. Here’s why.
Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter review
I see two reasons to consider an e-scooter. For one, it’s a practical means of transportation if you live in the right area. You can easily get around in an urban area on one. And suburbanites can travel surprising distances on sidewalks and backroads.
But don’t overlook how much fun a scooter is to ride. Zooming around on two wheels is exhilarating in a way that riding in a car simply can’t be. I haven’t had this much fun driving to the grocery store in … well, ever.
With miles of range and plenty of pickup, the Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter is a joy to use and also practical. Just keep in mind I’m talking to adult riders, as this scooter isn’t for little kids.
This electric scooter for adults delivers unmatched performance and reliability. It’s perfect for your daily commute, weekend adventures, or even a quick trip across campus or town.
- Powerful, with many miles of range
- Well built
- Apple Find My tech built in
- None, really
Table of contents: Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter review
- A top-of-the-line e-scooter
- Plenty of power and pickup
- Many miles of range
- Recharging the e-scooter
- More portable than a bicycle
- A scooter for your iPhone
- Put some light on the subject
- A couple of quibbles
- Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter review: Final thoughts
- Pricing
Navee ST3 Pro is a top-of-the-line e-scooter
The kick scooter uses the standard design, but with plenty of premium features. That includes 10-inch tubeless solid tires with damping arms, a 477Wh battery built into the deck, and a 1350W high-torque motor. The e-scooter offers more than 35 miles of range on a single charge, and easily gets to 20 miles per hour. Cruise control is brilliant, and the scooter offers three driving modes. And an LCD display includes an easy-to-read speedometer and battery indicator.
The ST3 Pro has a headlight and brake lights, of course, plus turn signals. A bonus feature is colorful sidelights activated by the iPhone app. Speaking of which, the same app enables Bluetooth lock and Find My support, so the scooter can be tracked down if something bad happens to it.
The whole unit is very well-built. It feels solid. Though some of the exterior is plastic, much of it is metal.
This is Navee’s top-of-the-line model, and it shows.
Photo: Navee
Plenty of power and pickup
The 1350W high-torque motor is a big reason this isn’t a kid’s toy. It’s powerful enough to jerk my 160 pounds if I really hit the throttle — which helps make it fun for adults.
To stop the scooter from yanking itself out of the rider’s hands, starting requires pushing off with a foot until moving a couple of miles an hour before the throttle activates.
The strong motor really comes in handy going up hills. I tested the Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter on some steep inclines, and it could keep going at about 10 mph on even the most demanding ones.
My review unit is speed-limited to 20 mph and it easily hits that. I’m not complaining that it can’t go faster because 20 mph is plenty quick on a two-wheel vehicle that can easily crash if you unexpectedly hit a 3-inch bump. Besides that, the top speed really feels like I’m flying — fast enough to feel exhilarating.
3 driving modes, plus cruise control
There are three driving modes: one of these keeps the scooter below 6 mph, which is useful to prevent yourself from going too fast on a busy sidewalk. Standard mode limits the speed to 12 mph — you might keep this on while learning to drive. Sport mode goes up to 20 mph on my review unit, and offers more powerful acceleration.
Among my favorite features is cruise control. Continue driving at the same speed for five seconds and the scooter holds at that speed without the rider needing to touch the throttle. This continues until the brake or throttle gets used again. The feature makes long rides more enjoyable.
Speaking of more enjoyable rides, the ST3 Pro includes front and rear damping arms that smooth out the bumps in the road. A typical street feels smooth as silk, and even a sidewalk feels fine. There are limits to the dampening effect, though — there’s no doubt when I’m riding on a road full of cracks. Still, I’m pleased.
And when the time comes to stop, the scooter offers a front disc brake and two rear disc brakes controlled by levers on the handlebars. These provide all the stopping power I could wish for. They can jerk the vehicle to a stop strongly enough that it’s important to mostly use the rear brakes. Slam on the front brake alone and the scooter can flip forward.
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Many miles of range
My test drives with the Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter confirm what you hopefully already know: the faster I go, the more it cuts into the range.
Navee promises 46.6 miles on a single charge. My top range is closer to 25 miles, but I’m not trying to conserve the battery. I’m having fun, spending as much time at top speed as I safely can.
Plus, 25 miles is a long distance on a scooter — about two hours of riding. Even planning to go 12 miles out and 12 miles back would get me from my suburban home and well into a nearby city.
But I see two advantages to that hefty range. For one, it means that constantly keeping the device charged isn’t a requirement. I forgot to plug in the e-scooter one night during testing, but this wasn’t a problem because I’d used less than half a charge the day before, even though I went miles and miles.
The other advantage to the hefty battery is long-term. Inevitably, the battery in the Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter will wear out over many months of use — that happens to all Li-ion batteries. But even if its maximum capacity drops 20% or even 30% after several years, there’ll still be plenty of range available.
Recharging the e-scooter
In my testing, riding roughly 6 miles drained 25% of the battery charge with the e-scooter in Sport mode. Riding 10 miles more took off an additional 50%.
After plugging the ST3 Pro in to charge, my testing found that its battery life goes up approximately 15% per hour. A bit of math shows that getting from empty to 100% takes overnight. That said, even an hour of charging powers a couple of miles of riding.
The charger Navee includes with the ST3 Pro is fairly hefty, but not unusually so for an e-scooter. Heck, I’ve owned laptops with equally large chargers. It’ll easily fit in a backpack.
More portable than a bicycle
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
The traditional hinge at the bottom of the stem allows the stem and handlebars to fold down over the scooter’s deck. It locks in place, so you can pick the device up using the stem as a handle.
You won’t do this casually, though, as the vehicle weighs about 50 pounds. I’m not complaining, as much of that weight is battery. But don’t imagine you’ll easily tuck the kick scooter under your arm as you walk into a classroom or office.
The Navee ST3 Pro is 3 feet, 11 inches long. It’s 23 inches tall with the stem folded down, and the handlebars are 24 inches wide. All this makes it just a bit too large for the trunk of my sedan. But it fits in a small hatchback, which is not something I can say about a bicycle. I put it across the back seat of my car … which is another space too small for a bicycle.
The deck measures 7.5 inches wide. That’s a reasonably comfortable place to stand, whether you want your feet in front of each other or side by side.
A scooter for your iPhone
Screenshots: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
It might seem odd to think of an electric scooter as an iPhone accessory, but you’ll need a smartphone to use the ST3 Pro. You must install the free Navee application to set up the e-scooter for the first time.
And many of the advanced features are controlled via the app, including two anti-theft options. I can set the vehicle so its wheels are locked unless my iPhone is near, or I unlock the device with the app. If anyone tries to move it, it beeps and shakes itself back and forth.
Even better, Apple’s Find My tracking system is built in, which means that if someone steals the scooter, I can locate it. I only need to go to the Find My application on my iPhone to see its location at any time.
And many other features are only available via a handset, too. Want to know exactly how far you’ve ridden the e-scooter? iPhone app. Want the exact, not approximate, battery level? iPhone app.
Put some light on the subject
Also among the features controlled by the Navee iPhone app are a set of sidelights. These are practical because they make the device more visible to car drivers at night, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun. You get your choice of colors, and the lights can pulse in a variety of patterns.
Turning on the headlight and tail light doesn’t require the app… just push a button on the handlebars. The headlight is bright enough that I can see to drive in a dim neighborhood with streetlights. But going faster than about 10 mph isn’t safe this way; the headlight only has 20 or 30 feet of reach.
A couple of quibbles
To make sure you’ll believe I really tested the Navee ST3 Pro, I do have a couple of complaints. They aren’t major, but you should be aware of them.
It’s not as easy to secure a bike chain to the frame as it should be. I want a nice, easily accessible metal loop, but there isn’t one. I can’t carry the vehicle into, say, a restaurant, so I need to chain it up outside. Doing so securely should be easier.
Next, the throttle is just a bit sensitive. That’s great when I want to jam it down for an immediate rush of power, but it’s also possible to get the e-scooter repeatedly jerking. It happens like this: I push the throttle too hard, and the scooter jumps forward, which causes my finger to move on the throttle, which makes the scooter jump forward, which causes my finger to … you get the idea. Practice riding mostly solves the issue.
Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter review: Final thoughts
Apple doesn’t make an electric scooter, but if it did, I’d want it to be much like the Navee ST3 Pro… just with more Apple logos.
It skirts the line between practical means of transportation and a grown-up toy. If you live somewhere walkable, it can easily be your primary means of getting around, or you could just use it for fun. It’s great for either.
★★★★★
Pricing
The Navee ST3 Pro Electric Scooter costs $949.99.
Buy it now from: Amazon or Navee
This electric scooter for adults delivers unmatched performance and reliability. It’s perfect for your daily commute, weekend adventures, or even a quick trip across campus or town.
- Powerful, with many miles of range
- Well built
- Apple Find My tech built in
- None, really
Navee provided Cult of Mac with a review unit for this article. See our reviews policy, and check out more in-depth reviews of Apple-related items.
