The new chair market
Ok, I know that this is a really terrible photo, but all the other ones were blurey. So, my appologies...more to myself than anything.
I went wheelchair shopping yesterday. We went to a place that I had been told was the Toys R Us of wheelchairs...alas, this chair was practically the only power chair they had. I think it was called a 'Pride' or a 'Jazzy', i'm not sure which....terible names in any case.
It had really only one nice feature - mid wheel drive. With the two drive wheels in the center, and four smaller casters on the ends, one can go up and down small steps. Theoretically it also adds stability.
However, the chair was incredibly bumpy, and looked like shit. The salesman told me that it could have an elevating facility, which would have been very impressive. That turned out to be incorrect.
So I think i'll hold out for a couple more years, and wait for anti-gravity. I like my chair, it's small and pretty.
