Razor Crazy Cart XL

The Crazy Cart XL just oozes fun and excitement. One of the best purchases you can make for an outdoor ride toy. There isn't much else like it. The ability to drift around objects with extreme precision (once you've learned to control it) is just top notch. There are some important considerations before pulling the trigger on the Crazy Cart XL. This is a bit long, but this is an expensive toy, so I figured its good to dive into a bit of detail: Where are you going to use it? This is important! - You need a smooth, large area in order to enjoy this toy. If you don't have an area in mind to use this, its going to be tough to find one. I doubt many public parks or gathering areas are going to appreciate the Crazy Cart XL flying around sidewalks or parking lots. If you're thinking you can use this on your local street - BE WARNED - the rear tires of this machine will get ate up in no time on anything other than SMOOTH surfaces. Burning up the neighborhood with your new sweet ride will seem like no issue at all until you look down and realize your rear tires are all but gone with only bearing remaining (see various product pictures on Amazon). While I wish these tires held up better, you have to realize - this thing is HEAVY. Plus whomever is riding, that's a lot of pressure on small roller skate wheels, they just can't take it. You'll find countless videos on YouTube of riders having a blast in warehouses, skate parks, and private property. This is really the only way to keep the rear tires from wearing down to nothing after a single ride. My ride environment - I have a fairly large concrete driveway in front of our home. This affords enough space to drift around cones, trash cans, other (boring) outdoor toys for great fun. Occasionally, I do ride on the street, but only in straight lines for max speed. The tires don't take much of a hit as long as you're not drifting. I also own a regular Crazy Cart and a Crazy Cart shift for the kiddos. All 3 of us ride on the drive way without issue, but this is a three car driveway that's about 3 car lengths in depth. I think a typically 2 car driveway would work for a single crazy cart, but anything smaller wouldn't be enough space to fully enjoy. Are you afraid of tinkering / basic repair? Rear wheels will require replacing even on smooth environments. After a few weeks of DAILY riding (which we did after first receiving: it's just too much fun!). Not too hard: A couple Allen wrenches and a flat edge to transfer the wheel bearings (unless you've got wheels with bearings pre-installed). The cart comes with a total of 4 wheels, (2 front, 2 rear) but the front wheels aren't actively used all the time, just when the cart tips forward a bit off center of the main center wheel. Thus, when the first set of rear wheels wear, you can swap with the front, but you will need replacements eventually. I opted to upgrade my rear wheels with new casters that support Longboard style wheels, which last MUCH MUCH longer, possibly indefinitely on smooth surfaces, but will still wear eventually on street use. If you plan to ride of the street often, this upgrade will probably be required. But, this was an expensive upgrade. I'm not sure if there are other vendors out there, but I found my upgrade from an online shop (For those interested, search: Taxi Garage). After about 6 month of constant use my cart lost power even though it was charged. After disassembling I discovered that the electrical wiring from the motor to the front wheel had broken due to the wear of turning the wheel back and forth. The two wires are squished in there good and encounter a degree of friction from the constant turning of the wheel. Razor insulated this area with a metal spring, but it still wore through. The fix was simple enough. I cut the wiring where the break was an clamped some connectors on to reattach both ends. No soldering required! If you're comfortable with soldering, then that would have been a completely valid solution as well. Ultimately the wiring was disconnected and needed to be reconnected. If that makes you uncomfortable, just know you'll need someone or some shop to be able to diagnose and repair this kind of fault. This is an expensive toy, but the fix was ~$5 in parts, but inoperable without the fix. It'd be a shame to think the whole thing was a bust after a few months when it took just a bit of DIY-style investigation. The cart itself is pretty simple mechanically. A screwdriver / drill, Allen wrenches and a socket wrench is all you'll need to do pretty much anything to the cart (replace front wheel, chain, motor, etc...). So the durability is poor? NOPE - This thing is a beast. The solid metal frame means business. I've ran this thing hard and I've hit things HARD, the Crazy Cart XL could care less. This thing will wreak your car, shrubbery, landscape, etc.. be careful! I've got dents on the frame from all sorts of adventures, but it continues to run without issue. I'm still using the original motor (and I'm running 48V!), chain and front wheel. I've only replaced the rear wheel casters with something more substantial. 48V? The descriptions states 36V. Can you mod it? Oh yeah! 36V was fun for a good while, but I wanted more speed (Video was right after we got it / 36V). Out of the box, the XL maxed out around 13MPH (220LB rider). Discovered a 48V overvolt kit. Added 5 MPH to the max. Heck yeah! So much fun. Essentially plug'n'play. Take a look around on ebay if you're interested as I won't go into more here, but all to say the Crazy Cart line has options if you're interested in modding the original. (Of course this isn't something that will be recommended by Razor, but an option for those interested in making it there own or growing it over time)

Update 4/21/22: Going into our second season with this and unfortunately I've had to replace the motor. The motor it comes with is brushed and one of them wore down to nothing while the other 3 didn't have much wear at all. When that happened the spring that pushes behind the brush was destroyed, so even if you could find replacement brushes you'd also have to find a spring. The motor replacement was $80... not a big deal really considering the price of this thing. Installation was simple and we were back to having fun in literally 10 minutes. We are on our third tire, back to the stock air-filled after the solid option proved to be not very durable and didn't last long. So for those counting after 1 year I've had to: Change the tire twice, fix the motor wiring, and replace the motor. Total cost for all of that is about $120. I'd say expect to spend about $100 a year to maintain this after purchasing if you have multiple kids that use it a lot like I do, and it really helps if you are mechanically and electrically inclined as I am. I STILL strongly recommend it if all of that sounds okay to you, it is still a ton of fun and next season I'm planning on upgrading the motor, battery, and ESC to the 48v 1000w kit from Taxi Garage (if they ever get them back in stock). Otherwise, mechanically, I would still call this thing a tank. Not a hint of rust despite countless scrapes and dents all along the tube steel frame. I feel like I could drop this from my roof and it would be fine. Update 7/29/21: I'm still very happy with the product, however the wiring to the motor failed. This happens because the motor turns with the steering wheel and so the wire bends back and forth over and over again. Not much to do about it but I was able to simply cut out the bad section, splice the wires back together, and wrap the whole thing in thick heat shrink tube. Next time this happens I'll probably have to replace the wire since there isn't much slack left to cut out more of it. It's not a huge deal if you're at all handy with stuff like this, but I can see some people not wanting to deal with that. Also, the solid tire option I mentioned in my original review didn't work as well as expected, it's very soft rubber and wore out very quickly. I'd recommend replacing the tire with the official one instead when necessary. Original Review: I received this yesterday and myself (170lbs) and my 2 young kids (8 and 10) played on it for about 2 hours. We didn't drain the battery in that time, it was still going strong when we put it away. A lot of reviewers are saying it doesn't last or that it's cheap... that is not true at all. Maybe it used to be true but the one I received has different casters in the rear than you see in the pictures. Thicker, wider, black ones, more like shopping cart wheels, if not even larger and more durable. It also came with a spare set, which is nice. There was no noticeable wear to the casters after the first ride, and believe me we were not easy on it! I don't think they will be a problem. The main rubber tire WILL wear out... just like the rubber tires on your car. That is expected, especially when you can turn it all the way around while moving and "peel out" leaving 10 foot long skid marks on the ground... Come on, that's not something to complain about or give a bad review for. With something like this you should expect routine maintenance, even bicycles need to have their tires replaced on occasion. You can get a replacement solid tire that will last longer, look up "Taxi Garage". As far as durability for the rest of it it's built like a tank, a lot heavier than I thought. All the welds look professional, the whole thing is tubular steel, that's really all you need to say about durability. You aren't breaking the frame unless you get into a literal car accident with it. The only "con" I have for it is the front pegs. They used to be casters and I think that would have been better, but even then they just get in the way. I have a fairly smooth parking lot nearby to ride it in, but I have to ride it on the sidewalk to get there, and the sidewalks around here are not very smooth. The front pegs get stuck on things all the time. Several times on the way to and back from the parking lot I had to lift the front up so my son could drive it over a bump. I'm going to try just removing them... When you're seated all your weight is at the rear, they shouldn't be necessary. Another very minor con is that it's LOUD. We also have the Segway Ninebot go kart and it is so much smoother and quieter, but it can't do half the stuff this can do either. I was letting my kids ride it in the street but had to stop that when a car was coming and the one riding it couldn't hear me yelling at him from only about 20 feet away. I'll update this review if I have any issues with reliability or durability going forward, but right now I don't think all the negative reviews are justified, or perhaps they were at the time but the product has been updated and improved with much better casters. It's great fun and I don't regret buying it at all.

I purchased this piece of garbage for my son for Christmas. There was snow on the ground and he couldn't wait to ride it. After 3 hours of flat, good concrete surface riding, the wheel broke off. We put the cart in my wife's pickup and had it repaired. Fortunately it was covered. Today is July 18th, we started riding the cart in February/March and the electrical engine/battery is completely dead. The cost, including labor to fix, is approximately $285 without tax. I never post messages good or bad. That said, DO NOT, purchase this item. Although fun for about 3 hours, its broken and Crazy Cart knows the 90 day warranty is worthless. They will not pay. Also know, extended warranties are only good through your retailer. Crazy Cart does not accept extended warranties. Basically, Crazy Cart is guaranteeing you garbage. My e-mail is rsrolland@comcast.net. Please feel free to contact me if you have similar feelings. I feel ripped off! Lastly, people, before giving 5 stars, drive the cart for more than 90 days before rating.

OMG!!! Where can I even begin. We got this for my sons BD just after Christmas. He is 12 but the size of a full grown man. Most of his life the ride on toys that were suitable for his age were never right for his size or weight. I had seen the childs' version and couple of years ago and have been waiting tour the adult version to come out. AND. IT. WAS. WORTH.THE.WAIT!! It came in huge sturdy box and was fully assembled.My son was hoping for a hover board but we were not prepared to get him one due to safety concerns. We were little concerned he would feel disappointed when he saw this. This was not he case though. It was great to be able to take it straight out of the box and use it! No waiting to assemble things ( it did need bit of a charge though). Now, we live in MN and so every year my son gets a outdoor toy for his birthday in December but the weather prevents him from using it. This year he decided he couldn't wait to try it. This Crazy Cart was out on our drive way Dec 28th.There were patches of ice on the drive but that did not slow this thing down!! In fact it added to the fun as my son raced up and down the drive and spun in circles. As an on-looker it seemed so fast and when he persuaded me and his Dad to try it we found out that this thing is a fast spinning thrill ride. It felt even faster when I was on it than it did watching him ride it!! It drives like a car with an accelerator pedal.There is no break pedal. You can steal with the steering wheel which can be used gentle to steer or more heavy handedly to throw you into a spin. To the right hand side there is a long handle which you pull on while riding in any direction and it will throw you into a fast spin. My son loves this. I mean really loves it!! He puts snow gear on in order to go out and ride it and he rides its until it is dark. His friends love it too!! He has ridden it nearly every day since Christmas. It was worth every penny!!! This is fun for older kids who enjoy a thrill and it is fun for adults too. My husband and I are no small fry and it carries us easily. To the best of my knowledge my son has never had to end a ride due tot he battery needing charging. It seems to give him plenty of ride time and he cares each time he is done riding. It seems well designed and durable. He has banged into a wall in it, with no damage done. There is a "boundary " frame to protect the rider as first point of contact but clearly the rider should " keep arm and legs inside until the ride comes to a complete stop". It has never tipped over either ( although when I first watched the speed of the spin I was a bit concerned it might!) It is low to the ground and although it comes with a safety flag, it is not too tall and also it is black so I wash they had made the safety flag and pole a bit more high vis. That would be the only thing I would change. This is a great buy, with lots of thrills and lots of fun!!

I really like this thing, it's a lot of fun to ride. They don't have too many ride ons that are designed like this so it's definitely a very unique cart design. I've read all the reviews and saw that a lot of the day 1 breakdowns were the result of not doing all the proper safety checks before riding. Make sure to charge the battery first. Then check the PSI of the tire, check the chain, check every nut, bolt and screw that you can before you ride to avoid any problems. I weigh about 165 to 170, my Ulysses speedometer app shows that I rode around for 1 hour (not with the pedal down the whole time more touch and go), had max speed of 15 mph and was able to go for 5.2 miles before the battery started to go dead. Overall I'm happy with my purchase although I do have three complaints. One, despite how much I like this cart I don't think it's worth $700. The quality of the components suggest to me that it should be worth somewhere between the $400-$500 range at best. Two, the wheels wear out really fast especially the caster wheels (the Silver Lining to that is it comes with two sets of spares and they're only about 10 bucks a pair thereafter) so expect to buy more fairly quick. To be fair the design of the drifter cart would make any wheel wear out fast despite the tire/wheel quality or lack thereof. Three, there is no braking system. If you're in a pinch,need to stop quick, your only options are to get it sideways or just spin it completely around and hope that skidding will get you to stop fast enough. Because of the lack of braking system I would advise that you not ride it where there's going to be cars, bikes or people that could potentially become obstacles that would require you to stop suddenly to avoid a collision.

It's the closest u can get to Drifting without a real car. I bought 2 of them, and my son and I have tandem drifts sessions together, seeing how close we can get to each other's side without crashing, matching each other's angle while transitioning from one turn to the next... it's pure bliss. The level of control u can achieve is insane, the sensation of sustaining a drift and making left-right transitions is just like doing it in a real car. And just like a real car, it requires skill and practice. It's hard to explain how much fun these things are. I know people complain about the casters not lasting, but if u really understand what those poor little wheels have to deal with, u'd understand why they blow out so quickly, also the single wheel in the front wears out quick, it's just so much torture they have to deal with, if ur buying one of these, just know that the stock wheels are just there to get u started, soon after u purchase it, u should invest in heavier duty caster and a solid rubber front tire, they can take the abuse much better and last substantially longer. There is a decent aftermarket support with awesome upgrades like more powerful batteries, motors, speed controllers, and lighting systems to add some personal touches and many online communities that can help u sort out ur troubles. I highly recommend this product, it's built solid, can take a massive beating and still keep delivering smiles! Don't second guess yourself and just buy it. An absolute blast to drive. Razor knocked it out of the park with this one. Enjoy!

The Crazy Cart XL is a blast! And I got the regular crazy cart for my 11 year old. I’m 6’ tall and almost 200 lbs and this thing pulls me around like I’m a fish stuck to a fishing line. Actually both carts do. And the rear wheels can be upgraded. Look online for Apollo casters and longboard wheels. There is a great Facebook group called crazy cart modders that has all the great tips and tricks. And if you don’t want to do the caster upgrade, just buy skateboard wheels, they last waaaay longer. Remember these carts have no brakes so go slow at first and learn how to drive it and learn how to come to a stop. There are great YouTube videos that show how to drive them. If you are on the fence between this and a regular go cart, ask yourself if you will wish you had that drift bar to pull at your ready. If the answer is yes, then pull the trigger on the crazy cart, you won’t regret it!

We bought 2 of these for my kids. They are a lot of fun but the back wheel and caster broke by the second day (my kids used it a total of 7 hours) on one of them. One of the back wheel ground down to almost nothing and the rest fell off soon after and the caster lost some bearings. On the second Cart, one of the back wheels has ground down significantly and lost a chunk of material. The replacement caster is out of stock with no date of re-stock. We remedied the situation by rotating the broken back wheel to the front and moved the front to the back since the front wheel rarely touches the ground. Overall, its fun and there is a temporary fix so the kids can continue to race it. I just hope we can find a replacement for the caster soon.

Fantastic quality, bought for a very rough 6yr old and good size for him and rest of the family to use.

Great fun, its a big version of the classic crazy cart, what's not too like. Batteries charge up well and last a decent amount of time too

You burn off tires until you learn how to use it right . Tires are cheap worth the fun to change out a tire fun for the hole family

Happy with the product and happy with the service!

Took my new cart to the park for the first day and the front wheel bearing broke with less than 25 mins of use. However, aside from the broken wheel, I totally enjoyed it. I have bought a new set of bearings to repair the old wheel and a new wheel as well. The wheel itself seems strong, but the bearings are not good quality.