Title: powechair problems ~ HELP/ Whats best power chair??????
Hey Bobbie,
I was having trouble too, I stayed stuck in the
invacare torquer 2. Never again will Iet a PT and a OT nurse tell me what I
need and don't need. Ive just got the extrem 4x4 and man I like it, it
goes anywhere.
Subject: [QUAD-L] powechair problems ~
HELP/ Whats best power chair??????
Was
having same problems. They ended up changing motors & gear boxes. I
think its a manufacters defect because it still happens from time 2 time.
My service company cant figure it out. And of courseit wont do it when
theyre testing it. :) Ive been waiting on legrest hanger parts 4 a few
weeks. Cant understand it Im in Indpls, In. Invacare is in Ohio. I dont
think Ill ever get another Invacare chair. Im with Hamilton assistive
Technology the company owner is married 2 Marlyn Hamilton that created
Quickie chairs it seems they should have atleast tried 2 steer me that way.
Not saying its a better product Im sure there are similar problems.
Since Im back and next year Im eligible 4 a new chair. Whats the best
power chair out there 4 a real active person that. Wants speed, durability,
Im truly hard on chairs because I think that the chair should be able 2 go
through and over everything I wouldve as an AB. My chairsin the repair shop
on a regular basis they know my voice when I call. :) got home #s 4 service
men. Emailed invacare ask them if they needed a chair tester. On 7/5/05
4:50 PM, "Eric Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
All,
Five years ago I got a new
power chair and I'm just using it everyday now. I even had the lock down
bracket put on for driving $750 This chair is going wherever it wants
to. I feel like I've been on a rollacoster when I get out of this thing
at the end of the day. I feel like it's beating me up. Four time, so
far, it just suddenly STOPS. I'm just cruising along and bam, I'm dead
but it will go again. It's possessed something. It's an Invacare Action
(I think a Ranger series) Could it be because it sat for five
years?
I'm sure that didn't help. How long have you
been driving when it dies? It could be something as simple as
thermal rollback. That's how the chair protects the electronics and
motors from overheating. When they get too hot, power is killed till
things cool. I think you should have your DME give everything a good
checking over.
Because it's been five years
I'm entitled to get a brand new power chair? I gave my w/c dealer a list
of six things that need to be modified to this chair, let me tell you
the list. 1. new back 2. lower canes 3. raise the chair one inch 4. new
foot plates 5. new leg rest's 6. new arm rest's. That's a lot of
modifications, isn't it?
Bobbie ~
HELP
Apparently, Medicare has gotten VERY stingy with
replacing chairs. I guess getting taken for a few billion will do
that to you. Anyway, I guess now they want you to justify monitarily
replacing the chair. New chairs are really expensive, so the things
you mentioned probably wouldn't be enough. After 6 years in my old
chair, I thought it was time for a new one. It needed a new recline
motor $5300, drive motors $900, and a legrest. A new chair for me is
$30, 000 so they said no. Medicaid ended up paying for my new chair which
I hate. More on that later.
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