RedAlH wrote:I'm looking for my next powerchair.
I have been using an Invacare storm 3 TT for the past 12 years and it's been excellent. I was anticipating that the quiet, smooth, brushless motors that i've been using would by now have been widely adopted.
I'm surprised to discover that this doesn't seem to even be an option.
I tried a Q500R yesterday and it was horrible! My storm did have the controls remapped slightly (can't remember exactly as it's so long ago), and it's a 13kph chair compared to the sluggish thing I tried yesterday, but the Q500 was noisy, notchy and barely controllable.
Is this really what everyone else is using?
RedAlH wrote:Hmm. I don’t understand how your results correlate with my real world experience of the last 12 years. I don’t doubt what you are telling me, I’m just surprised.
I’m probably 14 stone, haven’t been weighed in years. I’ve used my chair all day, every day for all manner of things. Climbing kerbs, walking the dog on rough terrain, giving my mrs a lift home from the pub when she’s drunk too much etc.
In that time I’ve replaced 1 motor, a couple of power modules and one joystick. It’s been a great chair which is why I’ve held onto it for so long.
I’m at a loss what to look at for a decent replacement.
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