€119.95 is roughly the point where stunt scooters stop being toys, and the Base S sits right on it. What the money actually buys is HIC compression. That matters more than the graphics on the deck, and it is the reason this comes up so often in Irish shops.
Compression is the part that fails first
Compression is what clamps the bar to the fork under the deck. Cheap scooters use a threaded system with a nut on top. It works fine for a few months. Then the thread wears, a small amount of side to side play appears in the bar, and every drop off a kerb makes it slightly worse. Parents notice when the scooter starts clunking, and by then the fix costs more than the scooter is worth.
HIC pulls a bolt down through a slit fork, so tightening it tightens something real. It is the standard arrangement on scooters costing €250 and up. Finding it at this price is unusual. Everything else on the Base S is ordinary but sound, and nothing on it will hold a beginner back.
It was designed small, not shrunk
A lot of scooters marketed at children are adult models with a shorter bar bolted on. The deck stays long, the weight stays where it was, and a six year old ends up fighting a scooter that will not come round when they try to hop it.
The Base S is built to the smaller size throughout, and you can feel that when you pick it up. A five year old can carry it up a set of steps. An eight year old can bunny hop it without wrestling.
The 100kg rider limit deserves a mention because it is unusually high for something aimed at this age group. A twenty kilo child has an enormous amount of headroom, and an older sibling or a curious parent can borrow it without cracking the deck.
Who should skip it
The fixed bar is the real problem. Bars should finish somewhere between the rider’s waist and the bottom of their ribs, measured with them standing on the deck. Once your child passes that mark, the scooter is done. Children pass marks quickly between five and nine.
So do not buy this for a nine year old who is tall for their age. You will get a year. Do not buy it for a child who already rides confidently and is asking about tailwhips either, because the small wheels and the fixed setup give you nowhere to go. That rider wants the Chilli Reaper, and the extra €63 is well spent on them.
Buy it for a five, six or seven year old starting from nothing. On that basis, spread across two or three years of daily use in the estate and at the local park, €119.95 is fair. Plan to replace it rather than upgrade it, and pass it down when the day comes.