Luggie Portable Folding Mobility Scooter
Author: Ian C. Langtree - View Credentials
Published: 18 Dec 2015 - Updated: 24 Jan 2025
Publication Type: Product Release, Update
Table of Contents:
Synopsis - Overview - Related Content
Synopsis
Luggie is a portable folding mobility scooter, an award winning product for innovation, with over 10,000 units sold worldwide.
Overview
Luggie is a Portable Folding Mobility Scooter, an award winning product for innovation, with over 10,000 units sold worldwide. It's no wonder why this shoprider is the worlds most popular folding mobility scooter. The Luggie Classic is perfect for everyday home use, running errands around town, and even international use.
What type of mobility scooter is the best to travel with?
Traveling is a great activity, and now traveling with a mobility scooter is much easier. Today, there are many types and brands of travel scooters on the market, and there is no longer any need to purchase a big, heavy, non-foldable, non-international rechargeable model.
Which mobility scooters are best for airline traveling?
FreeRider Luggie scooters, Solax, Mobie, Go-Go, are all good for Airline traveling. But you need to be aware that some of them need to be boxed, and checked at airline counters! You want a portable scooter that is: Easy to fold, Easy to check-in, Easy to open or unfold, and can be used immediately.
Features
The FreeRider Luggie Foldable, Lightweight and International Rechargeable power mobility scooter features:
- 52 lbs of weight without battery
- One-Piece Fold as luggage.
- No more need to install a scooter lift on your vehicle just to go to the store!
- The luggie shoprider can be folded in several ways to make it easy to lift in and out of cars.
- The Luggie mobility scooter is completely adjustable meaning it is suitable for people of all shapes and sizes, will carry up to 18 stone (251 pounds or 114 Kilograms) and travel up to 12 miles.
- The FreeRider Luggie features an international built-in converter charger designed for travel in foreign countries. Only a few companies today make mobility scooters with a built-in converter that can be used in many different countries.
- The luggie mobility scooter can be taken with you on any form of public transport including trains and buses, and the lightweight lithium ion battery has been cleared for air travel - and is the only scooter battery to be endorsed by American Airlines.
Price
Approx. $1,599 in many retail stores nationwide.
Author Credentials: Ian C. Langtree is a writer, editor, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Disabled World, which he established in 2004 as one of the longest-running independent resources for disability news and information. Over more than two decades, he has written and edited thousands of articles on disability rights, health, accessibility, and assistive technology. Drawing on a global perspective shaped by extensive travel and lived experience, Ian is a committed advocate of the Social Model of Disability, the framework developed by disabled activists in the 1970s that focuses on removing societal barriers rather than on individual impairments. His writing is grounded in that framework and in a lasting commitment to disability rights, accessibility, and social inclusion. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and accomplishments, visit his full biography.