There are two ways to buy an e-scooter in Ireland. You can spend €500 on something with a 800W motor that does 45km/h and quietly accept it is illegal on every public road in the country, or you can spend €699 on this and ride it legally. Most people pick the first one, which is why the Gardaí seized 1,400 scooters in the first half of 2026.
Why the specification matters more than the price
Irish law sets four hard numbers for a powered personal transporter: 400 watts continuous, 20km/h, 25kg, and wheels of at least 200mm. Alongside them it wants a CE mark, lights, two independent brakes and a bell.
The Motion Pro sits at 400W exactly. That is not a coincidence, it is the point of the machine. It means it has as much hill climbing as the law allows, which matters if you live anywhere with a gradient. Twenty kilos is comfortably inside the weight limit and ten inch pneumatic tyres clear the wheel size rule with room to spare.
It is also the only scooter we looked at that arrives with a bell fitted. That sounds trivial. It is a legal requirement, and several scooters advertised as fully compliant do not have one, which leaves the buyer technically in breach from the first day for want of an €8 part.
Where it falls down
The rear brake is electronic. Electronic braking is fine in dry conditions and noticeably less confident in the wet, and this is Ireland. The front drum brake carries the load when it matters, and a drum is the right choice for wet weather, but a mechanical rear would have been better.
Twenty kilos is a lot to carry. If your commute ends with stairs to a first floor flat, you will feel it every single day. The lighter LOCO Lite is 14 to 15kg and costs €299, and for a flat five kilometre run it is the more sensible purchase.
Who should not buy this
Anyone under 18. From late August 2026 the minimum age rises from 16 to 18, and the owner of the scooter gets fined if an under-18 is caught on it. That applies whether or not the owner is the child’s parent.
Anyone who wants to go faster than 20km/h. Buying a legal scooter and then resenting it is worse than buying nothing. If your journey genuinely needs 40km/h, the answer is a bike, a motorbike with the licence that goes with it, or the bus.
Anyone whose route is mostly rural national road. These are urban machines and 20km/h in traffic doing 80km/h is not a plan.
What it costs to run
Nothing beyond electricity and tyres, which is the actual argument for the category. There is no tax, no insurance, no NCT and no licence. Add a helmet and a high visibility vest to the price, because from late August both stop being sensible precautions and become legal requirements.