Things still to do.
Repaint rear wheels in satin black
Swap to 110/80 - 8 rear tyres.
Move seat back 1 inch more - needs 2 holes drilled.
Clean and polish replace steel bolts with stainless and grease them.
Cut that extra bit off the joystick mount in the photo above!
Finalise programming.
Then 200Ah lithium battery.
Fit bolt for van tiedown.
Is it better than the SALSA lightly modified chair?
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7455&start=600#p122818Its actually not as good. It supercedes the older Salsa. But in many ways is worse.
1. The salsas seating and single post arms are rock solid and strog enough for me to lift my weight on many times a day with zero flex. Even after doubling up on the uprights, the Q700R is weaker here. But now acceptable.
2. BOTH have crap swingaways. And in both cases they are in the wrong place and wobbly and loose as stock. Equally bad in different ways. But can be fized with some work. As mine now are.
3. Q700R front caster arms are too close together. You can still benefit from a centre footrest to shorten chair, move seating back, but not so much. And that required fitting 8 inch caster tyres compared to the 10 inch ones on the salsa. So not as good here. Why do they do these things!
4. Stupid swinging rear axle suspension on the Q700R makes you feel seasick. I will bolt this up solid like the Salsa. Much better! Still has 4 wheel suspension after its bolted up solid.
5. They fit a gyro as stock on a rear drive chair. It interferes with feel, and once programmed properly drives much better without that enabled. Why do they think you need it? Because stock programming is abysmal!
6. Same motors, same control system, same seating module, same power module, as the Salsa. But its got that CTRL-5 switch box on the left arm. Its useful. And also a pain in the but and in my way all the time. Its a £700 approx extra... I still think its just in the way of everything I do. May remove that one day soon. Still not sure.
7. Salsa was harder to modify into an acceptable chair. As stock, esp with the wrong motor/controller/seating options as most have, they are terrible. But when sorted, correct options, ultimately the better chair. Easier day to day. So its up to you!
These Q700R, and the rear drive Q500R (very similar once specced up
the same) are the only current rear drive rehab style sunrise chairs now offered. The Salsa now discontinued. But lots available 2nd hand. Theres also the Dietz rear drive, and the Magic Mobility rear drive (V4) chairs to consider. Everything else is worse for various reasons... I have looked! If you want a good rear drive chair, these 4 are the best options. NON are much good as stock. SMALL modifications make rubbish chairs, into very good ones if you choose options and chair carefully.
Salsa -
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