The main other rear wheel drive I've tried has been the spectra plus, spectra xtr, storm (2 maybe?) and storm xplore. I found all of them quite difficult to drive. It felt driving a vehicle rather than moving. Perhaps this would be better if the seating had been more configured for my needs but I even found using a basic jazzy chair that left me folded almost in half due to lack of support easier to drive. Is there something big that you do differently when making your own chairs that makes them easier to drive?
Burgerman wrote:Eeek! Just saw the price of those chairs. It wants to be pretty good.
Its double the cost of what I just bought with seat riser, electric everything and brushless motors etc. And double the range...
Step wrote:The Sedeo seat system that Quickie now introduced is the seat system from Handicare.
Sunrise Medical bought Handicare last year.
I hope this doesn't mean the Puma chairs will disappear because I really love the RWD.
I was in contact with Handicare last year to get a Puma 40 R with wider front wheel track.
We'll see...
rover220 wrote:It's not the same seating at all. Very very different. The sedeo pro seating your thinking of will be finding it's way on to quickie products mid year I suspect. Can't see the puma going anywhere. It is a big seller and in my opinion better than the salsa r or f.
I'm meeting with my provider next Wednesday to see if I can maybe get a Quickie Jive RWD base with a Sedeo pro seat with central footrest on it.
Doginsea wrote:Have any of you seen this new addition of the Jive M? I think it's new. Anyone had the chance to test it out?
https://www.motusmedical.co.uk/powered- ... edeo-ergo/
I'm still thinking for the future at the moment as not well enough to be out of bed yet, but you might have seen in my old thread that I was looking at chairs that lie flat, have a high degree of shear reduction tilt. Previously I'd seen the ultra low max invacare tdx which has 50° tilt and 90-170° recline. This new Jive has 50° tilt and 85-175° recline. I don't know what the permobil f5 has. Similar but more expensive. I'd need different seating to the Sedeo mind. I'm not sure they are using Sedeo seating rather than Jay to be honest. Is probably go for Jay 3 back + laterals and a vicair cushion or a custom seating system.
anyone got any thoughts? It looks like a decent chair.
My other question is whether any of you have managed to or.heard of anyone who has managed to get funding on the NHS for a higher needs chair like this on the NHS? I wonder if personal health budgets might go in to it at all? I'm still not well enough to be hoisted and use a powerchair but I know the likelihood of me getting to the ability to sit up in a 30° tilt NHS chair like my previous salsa M (that also had recline) is slim as its been 3 years since I've been able to sit up much at all even in bed.
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