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[NewDisability]

Sometime ago, I asked about UnderGlow on a wheelchair. The reaction was split. Some people liked the idea others hated it. Comments included:

• "I think its just totally ridiculous! I do anything possible not to have people stare at my chair"
  
• "Might be fun or funny on occasion but I wouldn't want it on there all the time"
  
• "What a great way to look like a complete tit"
  
• "I think it's cool! "
  
• I say-"What the hell? It's your chair-you have to use it. Why not spice it up a little?"

Is this idea any better?

The difference is that rather than being built in, these are removable micro-lights which are used to improve visibility and night-time safety for manual wheelchair users. But they can also be used as for underglow if desired. Please cast your vote in the poll.

[Yasko]

Jut for the record: "Personally, I would not use them, but others might"

[twisted_ophelia]

I'm with Yasko on this one.... "personally I would not use them but others might!"

[USMC_FMAgirl058]

I don't think I'd use the ones in the video per say, but I would like to have something other than my iTouch's flashlight app for when I need a light. The underglow I'd use as a joke, maybe make some kind of alien/UFO video with it. That or just to annoy someone. Personally, if I have a light on my chair its going to me showing me the way not giving me away. =P

[CR_L1]

May just be an age thing, I didn’t like the fast & furious.
If it was a car, it should go fast not look fast & you should hear the roar of the engine & not the stereo.
Like I say must be my age.

Edited by CR_L1, 10 July 2009 - 05:55 PM.

[greybeard]

CR_L1, on Jul 10 2009, 06:54 PM, said:

May just be an age thing, I didn't like the fast & furious.
If it was a car, it should go fast not look fast & you should hear the roar of the engine & not the stereo.
Like I say must be my age.

Second that.

Does that make me young? Or you very old?

[ems]

hmm I already have a light for my chair, for when I need it! Iits petzl zipka light, and hmm well I have a black dimond torch too, weighs a l;ittle more than yours, but then the LEDs are huge hmm.. and I can use it as a head torch, erm..

I dont see the fascination with lighting up the wheelchair! Just a quick q.. are you in a wheelchair? Also , why would I buy *made for my whelchair* light when I can go into a cool outdoor shop and buy something for probably half the price.

What LED's are you using?

[Ches]

I use my phone if I absolutely need to see the ground below me..

That little light seems like just another multi purpose flashlight, not really a "Wheelchair Light", not that I even know what a "Wheelchair Light" would be,.. f*@k, maybe that's it?

[twisted_ophelia]

Ches, on Jul 11 2009, 07:40 PM, said:

I use my phone if I absolutely need to see the ground below me..

That little light seems like just another multi purpose flashlight, not really a "Wheelchair Light", not that I even know what a "Wheelchair Light" would be,.. f*@k, maybe that's it?

I do the same thing, use my cell phone as a light if needed. The screen is certainly bright enough at night.

[Apparelyzed]

Is this post gearing up for a product plug by any chance?

[CR_L1]

Apparelyzed, on Jul 12 2009, 05:52 PM, said:

Is this post gearing up for a product plug by any chance?

No plug Simon just a light

[Apparelyzed]

[ColinF]

NewDisability, on Jul 10 2009, 03:40 AM, said:

Sometime ago, I asked about UnderGlow on a wheelchair. The reaction was split. Some people liked the idea others hated it. Comments included:

• "I think its just totally ridiculous! I do anything possible not to have people stare at my chair"
  
• "Might be fun or funny on occasion but I wouldn't want it on there all the time"
  
• "What a great way to look like a complete tit"
  
• "I think it's cool! "
  
• I say-"What the hell? It's your chair-you have to use it. Why not spice it up a little?"

Is this idea any better?

The difference is that rather than being built in, these are removable micro-lights which are used to improve visibility and night-time safety for manual wheelchair users. But they can also be used as for underglow if desired. Please cast your vote in the poll.

I'm getting a set of these in a few weeks. Hopefully they'll work alright.

[TomFX]

Wheelchair lights may not be for everyone- but if you think you might want to see your mobility in whole new light, you need to check-out www.WheelchairFX.com These Lighting Systems were designed for my mobility customers that were hit by automobiles, and we made them music reactive and gave them festive LightingFX (flash,fade, multi-color options for fashon and/or for team colors) so children of all ages would be able to actually enjoy their chairs! I am also looking into fun joystick covers, i-pod docks, chrome wheel covers.....

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[wheeliebear75]

I might for OCCASION......like when we go to a street fair or a concert.......but NOT for everyday or night. I have a clip on head lantern I would use for seeing where I'm going & I have bicycle lights that flash red LED lights & we've tested that out & found it is visible from over a block away.

[fatdave]

lights? can I get a wing and 2 15's to go with it?