steves1977uk wrote:Welcome to the forum Sunflower!
Have you looked at the Dietz RWD chair? I have the Sango Advanced and it's a nice chair, suitable for outdoor/indoor use. You could also fit 210Ah LiFePO4 cells in a pair of GRP24's battery space and have a huge range. There's also the Sunrise Q700R which is very similar.
Curious to which Lithium batteries you're using now? My pack is 7 years old and still holds a good charge with using the Powerlab 8 charger which is not made anymore due to the Covid pandemic.
The Meyra Optimus 2 is an outdoor chair only really since you can't do zero turns in it, unless you have wide rooms. Don't worry about the joystick pod getting wet in the rain as I've been caught in heavy downpours and it hasn't harmed my 32yr old chair.
Steve
steves1977uk wrote:Except yours isn't a powerchair Terry, it's a scooter made for outdoors. Two completely different mobility devices. A powerchair can zero turn, a scooter can't. So you're limited to where you can take it.
And motors don't cost £1800!, not if you shop around.
Steve
I haven't found a place or shop that can't take my chair.
The comfort when traveling is awesome. The suspension is soooooo good.
I was limited to where I could go in my Puma 40.
It would not travel over farmers land with out getting stuck.
It would only do about 50 mile with my 170ah pack.
It over heated when doing 8 MPH for an hour.
My Optimus can go 100 miles and do 12 mph
I would never go back to a tank steer chair ever again Steve.
steves1977uk wrote:Try visiting small rooms in Castles and the likes in your scooter Terry. Oh wait, you can't because you can't do zero turns in tight places. That's where you fail to understand a scooter is useless for indoors.
And you paid far too much for your Puma 40 motors. You were had by the short and curlies. I get a PAIR of motors for around £1000 and have family and friends help me fit them since I have all the tools to do so.
Sorry BM for sounding annoyed, but Terry fails to grasps powerchairs are needed for small areas like the bungalow I live in which Rover has seen.
Steve
Sorry BM for sounding annoyed, but Terry fails to grasps powerchairs are needed for small areas like the bungalow I live in which Rover has seen.
Steve
steves1977uk wrote:Try visiting small rooms in Castles and the likes in your scooter Terry. Oh wait, you can't because you can't do zero turns in tight places. That's where you fail to understand a scooter is useless for indoors.
And you paid far too much for your Puma 40 motors. You were had by the short and curlies. I get a PAIR of motors for around £1000 and have family and friends help me fit them since I have all the tools to do so.
Sorry BM for sounding annoyed, but Terry fails to grasps powerchairs are needed for small areas like the bungalow I live in which Rover has seen.
Steve
terry2 wrote:I have a Meyra Optimus 2 chair.
Burgerman wrote:snip
Dan wrote:terry2 wrote:I have a Meyra Optimus 2 chair.
How often do you use taxis with it? Or public transport? Do you use it inside much? Like cafés, restaurants and shopping?
As I have a 170ah pack.
terry2 wrote:steves1977uk wrote:Except
Steve
My Optimus can go 100 miles and do 12 mph
I would never go back to a tank steer chair ever again Steve.
davidpaul wrote:I know there are RWD lovers on here but I wouldn't have one for outdoor use, we had one here for two weeks our son refused to use it after a rather dangerous trip to school, the path we were on had a side slope and when my son turned to use the lowered kerb the rear wheels lost grip and my son ended up in the road, thankfully there were no cars but that was it for my lad and rear wheel drive, we have some uneven paths around us and the worst thing with them when traveling down hill and on uneven surface the drive wheels can loose grip and away you go out of control.
FWD and MWD for outdoor use(if your an adventuress outdoor type) all wheelchairs have there good and bad bits but the RWD layout is a poor design in my view
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