Especially if you are heavy or live where there are lots of hills or ramps.
Or if you drive off road, which it claims to be good at.
Effectively its "fuel tank" is just over half the size of any
normal "full sized" powerchair. So be wary. Not everybody needs the kind
of performance or range I expect though.
Ground clearance is good! 17cm. Because obviously they
have no space problem because of the small batteries...
Programming
on all Powerchairs is usually dismal at very best and
although I didn't drive this one the guy who owns it said it was as
"soggy" much as I expected. All "bought" powerchairs are.
The only way to fix this with ANY powerchair is to take charge and reprogram it
to suit you, at a lower level than a typical end user programmer will allow.
Which causes all kinds of problems as they are all but impossible to get hold of
for most people.
See programming
but I don't know how easy it will be to get hold of a programmer that can
fix this chair! Its electronics look bespoke rather than one of the big three or
four control system manufacturers such as Dynamic or Penny & Giles that other
manufacturers usually fit. (Even if "rebranded"...)
I would never buy any powerchair who's
manufacturer will not sell me a "real" low level programming tool (not
a useless "end user" version) to allow me to properly configure the
powerchair to correctly suit me.
The anti tip wheels and bars are too long (so they will hit
everything around me indoors) and will prevent your head being the first thing
to touch a wall when you reverse. So making the chair longer than it
needed to be. And is an issue when trying to drove off a curb too. Too low
leaving you hung with no drive wheel in contact with the ground. See forum...
It has a good central space saving footplate (no corners!) rather
than the awful swing away ones fitted to most powerchairs that hit every
doorframe...
Normal rehab seating cushions can be used. It can drive short distances at
lower speeds with just one battery pack fitted. Although I wouldn't recommend
this unless you like buying new batteries...
And the rear wheels are too far back compared to the seat giving
a nose heavy "long" configuration which saps power, hinders manoeuvrability
etc. And makes it feel like a truck indoors. But all modern rear drive powerchairs have this C of G issue because
the manufacturers are afraid of the chairs tipping back on slopes
and ramps. Never bothers sports manual wheelchair suppliers though? Or me.
I modified
my own chair
to be as tippy as a sports manual wheelchair.
And
its very wide for no obvious reason. Its a full 26.5 inches wide! That's over a full inch wider than
my own chair (with 12 inches
of fat rubber tyres included!) So you will need lots of indoor space. 25 inches
is a good target for any powerchair intended for indoor use.
As with all
powerchairs avoid Recaro or automotive style seating unless you are
extraordinarily small and light as it moves the chairs C of G higher and further
forwards making handling and steering worse.
