OK, So the supplier (who installed a 3rd party system) was the bad apple not Quikee. Sometimes identifying the bad apple isn't obvious, but important before bad mouthing the chair manufacture. As I said before, Quikee has supplied me with solid reliable chairs. My 10 yr old P-200 is now the back-up, but still solid and reliable even after 4 yrs of running across Purdue Calumet's bump filled parking lot and the harsh conditions in the Black Hills right after rehab. Ever wheelchaired up a mountain? My P-200 didn't hesitate, although it was bone jarring off road due to the solid inserts. Hmmmmmmmmmmm I think I'll add very flexible tire inserts to my "needed inventions" research list. Stunt
On 9/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stunt, thats a memory test. I know the quikee recliner was made by an outfit that went out of business. I got it from hamilton health aids (I'm pretty sure). They did replace the recliner on it with one from a different company which held up pretty well(untill I got another chair). I had to go 2 weeks with no chair, since then, I try to keep an old working chair in the basement with batteries on life support system. At the time I had to negotiate a trail twice a day. It was finally paved in 93 or 4. By that time I was in a invacare storm rear wheel drive with little plastic wheelie bars that felt very insecure on a good day. The recliner it used was made and installed by my local garage and is in my basement now as a backup. Its very fast and the recliner never ever failed and it raises legs as back lowers using one electro- mech actuator and the weight of my back assists the legs to raise and vice versa. Very clever really. The guy at the garage is certainly not certified, so you know he will make it work right and install it in an afternoon. (FOR FREE). I dont deal with hamilton anymore. They would take my chair for service and then it would sit in there shop for a week untill someone had an hour or so to service it. They might bring it back the next week. It may work or it may not. The welding voided the warenty on it so i only had to wait an hour or so at the garage. A lady at church died and willed me her pere-mobile which tilt/reclined/raised and lowered and always dependable. Her son contested her will so After 4 years i had to return it so he could sell it to someone. So now I'm in this TDX3 and a place called care medical is the DME. They schedual checkups and I've never had my chair in the shop more than overnight. They carry a good stock of parts and use common sense. We should have an online rating place for DME suppliers. I was only joking bout the paint jobs, lol john In a message dated 9/27/2006 5:22:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, What kind of dealer obtained your first Quikee? I don't know about pre-Quikee P200 models, as my first Quikee was a 1993 model and unless orders are made directly through them, local dealers often install their own choice of reclining mods etc to increase their profit margin. At Hines VA, I know everybody in charge of ordering and repairing wheelchairs and when possible they go with factory mods. Like my tilt-in-space which doesn't recline but it could have been ordered with it. An option which would have increased size and weight (and maint), and which I didn't need. (can do weight shifts). Shifty dealers can be a real nightmare and they will try to cover-up their own falibilities and shoddy work. This sounds like a good Idea for a website devoted to rating services in our own communities. If there is enough interest, I have a domain to put it on. Stunt
