You should do a full X5 review and pictures! I'll have to do that one day.
One thing that would worry me with the X5 is build quality...I can't say that it's been a problem, although I know what you mean. The base itself seems to be quite well-made, it's the seat that make you wonder about the build quality. As an example, the footplate anchor points seem rather weak to me, and make you think that a decent whack with either bend or break them. The same can be said for the armrest anchor points, they look like if you applied too much weight to them they'd break. Having said all that, neither has happened in the six years I've had the chair.
Another is size/width/height. But thats for another thread/page. There's no getting away from it, it is a big chair. Though having said that, I'd have to say that I've manoeuvred my chair through some fairly tight places without incident.
How does Q6000 compare for power, and torque to the X5?It's a bit hard to say because of the crap programming on the Q6000. But I'd say, in my opinion, the X5 seems to have more power and torque even though it only has an 80 amp Dynamic power module. This could be down to half decent programming on the X5 compared to the Q6000.
Are they both 8mph? What about range (and are you light/heavy? Do you actually use the range to its extremes?)The Q6000 has the 6.5 mph motors. It's a bit hard to say with the X5, the Australian magic mobility website lists the top speed as a bit over 6 mph, whereas if you look at the American distributors website, the top speed is listed as 7.5 mph. Personally I think it's even faster than that. Just a wet finger in the air guess, but I'd say the top speed is closer to 8 mph. I'll have to dig out my GPS one day and see if I can get some sort of valid reading. The speed difference between the American and Australian websites is interesting, and, in my opinion, has more to do with politics than programming. I think as the law stands in Australia, if a powered vehicle (includes wheelchairs) exceeds 6 mph then it can no longer be driven on the footpath's, plus, in some states it has to have vehicle registration, so the manufacturers just lie with their specs, I doubt the police are going to be out and about with their speed cameras checking the speed that wheelchair users are travelling at.
On the weight question:
I haven't weighed myself for years, but at a guess I'd say I weigh between 60 and 70 KG, and am about 5'10"-5'11" tall. I've never pushed the range of the X5 to the extreme, about the farthest distance I've travelled is around 10 km without even dropping a light on the battery gauge.
My chair http://www.wheelchairdriver.com/images- ... r-1200.jpg (image) wouldnt notice that curb in the photo, at least as far ar I can tell. No sense of scale. But rounded 3 inch? I doubt I would slow down going either way.That image was just a screen capture of out the front of my house off Google Street view. It's pissing down raining here at the moment, so I wasn't going to go out the front to take a photo of the gutter.
I think the R4000 6mph chair rear drive is the best outdoor chair for grown adults that Pride (Quantum?) make.<Nod› yep, I agree. It seems to be one of the better chairs around at the moment.