Power Chairs - what are you riding in? ...js wunnerin...
#1
Posted 11 September 2006 - 03:47 AM
Here in the States most folks in power chairs who are actve in/on forums try to get quality equipment; Invacare, Pride, Quantum, Jazzy etc.
Invacare's CWD (center wheel drive), the Frontier X5 ( http://www.planetmobility.com/store/wheelc...tier/index.html ) and the Quantum 600 & 6000 are up and comers among the out door / indoor type folks. The CWD make the chair more maneuverable than any others before.
RWD chairs are still a mainstay among users as are scooters.
What are you in? A country specific model of brand name chair? I'm in a '05 Invacare TDX5 w/ Formula Contura Tilt, Recline & Elevate seating. I came from a '97 Invacare Action Ranger. I'm a full quad and drive / control my chair(s) with a head control. The unit has switches and proximity sensors built in a control most people think is just a head rest. It's made by Creative Rehab Associates, a division of Adaptive Switch Labs, http://www.asl-inc.com
My cushion in a RoHo high profile Quadtro.
okie
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#2
Posted 11 September 2006 - 04:56 PM
Ryan S 21 years old
Iowa
#3
Posted 11 September 2006 - 07:07 PM
Female. Incomplete para following a cord stroke in '03. Spina-bifida, severe scoliosis. 18 surgeries total...five spine-related: Three fusions w/hardware, two tethered cord releases.
#4
Posted 12 September 2006 - 05:20 PM
Varilite Pro form cushion and backrest.
Ottobock armrests.
Vent/beer tray on back.
It's quite a machine!
#5
Posted 13 September 2006 - 02:48 AM
SuzyQ, on Sep 12 2006, 12:20 PM, said:
Varilite Pro form cushion and backrest.
Ottobock armrests.
Vent/beer tray on back.
It's quite a machine!
SuzyQ,
What type / brand head controls are you using? I tried the RIM but they just didn't work out for me. I tried chin control but bounced around too much. I finally found a head control called a Peachtree. My 1st one was made in Georgia but they sold out to a Texan - Rucker Ashmore who owns Adaptive Switch Labs and Creative Rehab Associates. CRA makes the Peachtree proportional head control now. Works great for me.
See http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/...s/mobility.html
okie
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This post has been edited by Okie Rick: 13 September 2006 - 02:50 AM
#6
Posted 19 September 2006 - 04:50 PM
#7
Posted 20 September 2006 - 02:07 AM
PHC-4 (Proportional Head Controll v. 4)
Front:
Side:
Reclined:
okie
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#8
Posted 20 September 2006 - 07:03 PM
Chin control
Tilt-in-space
Power recline
ROHO for me butt
From South Africa
http://www.radicalmobility.com
Home of the Predator 4 x 4
#10
Posted 21 September 2006 - 01:00 AM
#11
Posted 21 September 2006 - 03:10 AM
QuadMedic, on Sep 20 2006, 02:03 PM, said:
Chin control
Tilt-in-space
Power recline
ROHO for me butt
From South Africa
Thatsa helluva machine! And you drive it with chin controls? My hat is off to you!
okie
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#12
Posted 21 September 2006 - 04:55 AM
#13
Posted 22 September 2006 - 01:52 AM
Quadzter, on Sep 20 2006, 11:55 PM, said:
Damn, you're a travelin' son of a gun, aint ya? I've put 147 miles on mine total. I don't have the luxury (or problems) of city driving - I'm 4 miles from the nearest city, 3/4 miles to the nearest highway and 50 yards from the nearest blacktop County road. I'm genuine rural in the sticks. You must have 24's in that thing. My 22's haven't given me a lo battery bar yet 'n I'm on from 10'ish am to 11'ish pm...mostly inside.
My backup chair is a Storm - 1997 model. I keep the batteries up on it and drive it a couple times a year. I've got a heavy duty timer connected to it's charger that kicks it on for 20 minutes a day - keeps it ready.
Cool weather is blowing in here too. Tomorrow is to be 90f but next week is forecast for 70's. I'm not ready, seems like m,y garden just started producing.
later-
okie
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#14
Posted 22 November 2006 - 12:14 AM
Okie Rick, on Sep 13 2006, 01:48 AM, said:
SuzyQ, on Sep 12 2006, 12:20 PM, said:
Varilite Pro form cushion and backrest.
Ottobock armrests.
Vent/beer tray on back.
It's quite a machine!
SuzyQ,
What type / brand head controls are you using? I tried the RIM but they just didn't work out for me. I tried chin control but bounced around too much. I finally found a head control called a Peachtree. My 1st one was made in Georgia but they sold out to a Texan - Rucker Ashmore who owns Adaptive Switch Labs and Creative Rehab Associates. CRA makes the Peachtree proportional head control now. Works great for me.
See http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/...s/mobility.html
okie
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ASL head controls - look something like this
http://www.asl-inc.com/Catalog/ProductDeta...p?productid=114
I can't get the picture to paste.
Used them for a year - on to a T joystick now with an arm brace but sometimes at the end of the day or if I am cold I have trouble driving and wish for my head controls back.
#15
Posted 22 November 2006 - 05:31 AM
#16
Posted 22 November 2006 - 01:36 PM

The Segway HT with fold-able Segseat. It's like a standing wheelchair.
Seat up when I need it, down the stand a bit.
Regards,
Alan
www.DRAFT.org
#17
Posted 12 December 2006 - 09:01 PM

Hoveround FWD. Love it. Very powerful, front wheel drive. Lot more powerful than a lot of other chairs, you sit right over the drive shaft (that is also direct-drive, less stuff to go wrong, no chains, belts or UV joints to have "issues" with, along with the extra torque) along with the frame and batteries. It helps. It is super comfortable, springs like a spring mattress instead of just foam, and great lumbar support. The tech support is awesome as well as the warranty.
I want to get a seat cover for it, I don't like the grey.
It holds a charge forever, up to twenty-miles, and goes over seven miles per hour... It has changed my life.
"If a law is unjust not only does a man have the right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so!"
#18
Posted 13 December 2006 - 01:23 AM
#19
Posted 13 December 2006 - 01:25 AM
"If a law is unjust not only does a man have the right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so!"

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