With a few simple modifications, this baby will be able to go off some sweet jumps.

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    From the product description:

    Too big to be included in your free allowance and self-defeating as a checked bag, this mandatory carry-on item includes an unfamiliar-looking battery (which is either too small to be useful or too big to be safe) that will cause both in-flight staff that are sick of life and TSA agents looking for an excuse, any excuse, alike to giggle with glee. The space demanded by the retractable handles and motor ensure that not only will you need to be selective with your packing but also with your gym workout in preparation for lugging this thing into an overhead bin. In the departures lounge it comes into it’s own: instead of having to walk for arduous minutes at a time from security to the gate - often along treacherous perfectly flat carpeted concrete floors, and with mere hours to spare - you can now inexpertly weave your top-heavy assemblage through the delighted thorngs of your fellow travellers who will surely be as obliging as can be of enduring the occasional shin injury or will graciously bow out of your way as soon as their self-preservation instincts sense your approach.

    Must be kept bone dry at all times. The homeopathic torque output of the motor makes the product utterly useless on asphalt, gravel, uneven paving slabs, grass and even the gentlest inclines, meaning it becomes an unrelenting burden the moment it leaves the terminal.

    …probably

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      Did you just come up with that!? It’s perfect. (Aside from the “thorngs” typo.) Do you write for a living?

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    I wouldn’t waste valuable suitcase space on a motor and battery even if I thought this could get past TSA and Customs.

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      wont be allowed to be checked in most countries, as it has a battery, carry on only.

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    That’s a weird take… it’s obviously aimed at fat muricans but can’t take the load of a fat murican…

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      Based off the product pictures that were on the actual listing, I think it’s more aimed at older people with mobility issues.

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        The airport offers a free service to court the elderly around the terminals and brings them to there gate. I dropped my gran off with no hassle 2 yrs ago. She had a lovely experience, tip is suggested but x50 times cheaper than the e suitcase.

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          A lot of old people hate being helped, in my experience. I could see this product appealing to someone who hates the idea of being carted around by someone else, even if they genuinely need it.

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      7 days ago

      After hours of scrutiny, I’ve determined that the product in the top (the Elila Master) is different than the one on the bottom (the Elila Pro)

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    Just remember, if you see someone riding one of these in the airport, you can laugh your head off knowing they can only pack 3 pairs of underwear and nothing else.

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    Yo dawg, we heard you like suitcases! So I put on a suitcase on your ride so that when you put your suitcase on the plane it’s actually considered an e-scooter not a suitcase and you get banned from plane, so then you can ride your suitcase more!

    Now open up that suitcase, it’s actually a speaker!