E-TWOW GT 2020: What Real Riders Actually Think

Right behind the front wheel, there is a black cap attached to the deck of the scooter. You'll need to seal it all around because water tends to leak in there. Pull the cover off, apply silicone, then reattach. It's not going to make your scooter waterproof, but it'll be fine in light rain. I've ridden mine in light rain plenty of times, but my trips are also short (3-4 miles).

Now I also removed the diode that limits the speed. It was really super easy! Remove four screws and case. Find the diode and wiggle it until it falls off. Put the case back with the screws. Then start the scooter entering the L menu and now the L4 is selectable. A quick test on L4 gave me 37 km/h with battery on 50% and my 85 kg weight. Fantastic!

This pretty much fixes the only two real issues on this scooter, making it a nice choice for someone who wants good speed AND light weight. I used to own an earlier generation E-Twow scooter, and during the two years I owned it I never had to spend even a minute doing maintenance. The build quality on E-Twow scooters tends to be very good. They've been in this game for a long time and they make a solid product.

That's a hard kick in the nuts for anyone who bought it in the countries affected... This thing just lost one of its key selling points unless you're willing to modify the board which no doubt voids the warranty. It's kind of disgusting they still advertise it as a 40kmh scooter on their site too.

I'm also in the UK. Mine arrived yesterday from the supplier ICE in Spain and it is indeed limited to L3. I'm tempted to take a look at chip to see if it is there to be unsoldered. However, don't get too down, even on L3 it is a lot quicker than I expected, I don't think I am going to be going faster than 25kph at the moment anyway, seems to be my feel safe limit on my short rides so far!

I don't get it - 20+mph seems like plenty of speed for any commuter style scooter. It only weighs like 25lbs?

I get 20+ miles on my GT2020. I weigh 175 lbs. Top speed of 25mph only when fully charged. Then it drops to 24mph. The rear brake is great but I rarely use it. Regenerative break is the best in the industry (patented). Excellent build quality and feels really quick for its size! Nothing comes close to this scooter.

I followed this guy's guide, really easy to take the case off and I wiggled off the speed restriction transistor, restarted holding the brake button and I could change to L4, a quick test got me to 41kph! Lucky days!!

Received my GT 2020 today. It came with the speed limit, and only L1-L3. First thing I did was to cut off the photodiode like in the video above. It took just a couple of minutes, and was really easy to do. To my surprise, it only unlocked the L4 and not L5. But luckily, L4 is restricted to 40km/h so no problem.

I've ridden in the rain about a dozen times from light to heavy. I do not advise it but the GT is pretty damn sealed up.

I've had mine apart troubleshooting. It's pretty well waterproofed as it comes. There's conformal coating on the lower electronics, but not the board on top the tiller. The danger is the tires!

One of the strong points of this line (besides weight) is they require virtually no maintenance. I put 500 miles on my Zoom Stryder Ex and never so much as had to tighten a screw.

I have the older version of this, the Booster V, which has a 500W motor and goes up to 19mph and I love it. The one thing I would want is more power for steeper hills and speed and this sounds like the package. Not sure why this scooter doesn't get more attention around here!

Most tests are done with 165lbs bodyweight to get 28mph/45km/h, but I feel like especially on this type of small scooter, the top speed will go down exponentially as you reach the max rated weight.

The guide is fine and very useful. I get L4 and now I'm happy.

I got 16.8 miles range and the braking is very good (drum brake + plus electronic brake + rear friction brake)

I've not had the Ninebot but I do know what you mean about the jerky acceleration. It does not like riding slow if you've not limited the speed. They really need to do something about that curve - like it shoots from nothing to 30% then ramping 30-100 rather than say, 5-100 like many other scoots.

Just received mine, but am a bit disappointed with it. It feels really weak compared to my Ninebot G30D Max when going up hill.. The G30D has a 350W motor and weighs 21kg, so I was expecting this 700W motor 11kg scooter to be a lot quicker up hill? Secondly, it is quite 'jerky' when it comes to accelerating and letting go of the stick. Almost to the point that it is uncomfortable.

It's been more than 5 months i'm driving my GT 2020, which i bought locally for around 700$. Overall, i'm really satisfied with it's performance.

If you can get to L5 mode, my scooter tops out at 43 kmh at a full charge to about 80% battery. It was auto-set to L5. In the US, we don't have the option to change the L setting. I wish I could so I could loan it out to people on a slower setting.

E-TWOWs are nice, they are the first real practical electrical scooter in my opinion. They had some issues with design in the beginning, but overall they've fixed all weaknesses in design. Current E-TWOWs kinda scare me at 47 km/h on 8 inch wheels though — E-TWOW top stable speed is about 35 km/h.

This model does get recommended frequently and it seems like most owners are happy here. But I think they have engineered a scooter that can go faster than what is considered to be reasonably safe, given the tiny eight inch solid rubber tires. As long as you don't push it to the limit you should be fine, but for many people they are potentially setting themselves up for a bad accident if they don't understand the limitations of small rubber tires riding over slick surfaces at high speeds.

I had one and it was a death trap in the rain. Solid tires and front wheel drive is the issue.

I just bought this!! I spoke to a UScooter rep and confirmed it is the TWOW 2020 GT rebranded and it has the rear drum brake. Now I need to figure out what protective gear to get.

This is a great first scooter, IMO. Or a second or third scooter for that matter.

Mine is 2020 GT SE model and the selectable limits are: L1 = 6 kmh, L2 = 20 kmh, L3 = 25 kmh, L4 = no speed limit, and that equals to 34 kmh for me. What puzzles me is that this model is said to reach 40 kmh so I wonder if the slow speed is due to my 90kg weight or lower air temperature or other reason. Agreed that anything past 30 kmh is not very safe on this scooter.

Weight, load, and road conditions are variables for top speed. Etwow scooters are meant for portability over anything else. 48v with a tiny 8ah battery means voltage sag limits the top speed. If you want consistent top speed and quicker acceleration get a larger scooter with dual motors and a minimum of 48v 15ah battery.

Make sure your speed limiter is set correctly. I have this year's model and it accelerates strong through at 28kph but I haven't pushed beyond that - the short handlebars and small hard wheels make it extremely uncomfortable at high speeds.

I have the same scooter and I rode mine for about another 1000 miles beyond when the tires looked worn with zero issues.

I am still searching for tires but there are too many measurements, and can't figure out which ones are compatible. Apparently, the front wheel is different than the rear one.

Would you say the scooter is worth 900 (820ish after discount?) on its own? I feel like two vehicles for a grand and a bit makes sense, one (probably best in class) for 80% of that price is a much tougher sell.

In my country they're illegal to ride because they're over 500W. Surely the GT is probably the best for that weight class.

If they had added wider handlebars this would be an even better scooter.

How did you get it so cheap? I'm about to buy one to replace my beloved Booster V but best price I can find is £895 in UK... any advice very welcome!

Unfortunately still trying to figure out how to get L5. Still trying to figure out the hidden menu options.

I did everything as described to remove the speed limiter, mine also still doesn't have L5, but the speed also hasn't increased, it tops out at 30-33 km/h as before, my weight is also pretty much same as yours, do you have any tips/ideas for what could be wrong?

I will literally only be riding it one mile to the gym and back 90% of the time!

You purchase a scooter for keeping in your trunk or recreational uses — they do testing on smaller riders around 140 lbs. You have to spend more money to get a decent scooter with range and power if you're heavier.

I find the L-menu very useful when others are using the scooter, at full speed it's kind of a beast. Strange that US scooters do not have it.

Plenty of air filled replacement rear wheels available on AliExpress — I paid less than £20 for mine.

The inability to fit an air filled front tire is the only thing keeping me from buying this scooter.