I would ask to demo the mid wheel drive chair in your regular daily environment. I have had rear wheel drive chairs for the past 26 years with the last one at 13 years now, at the time I got it I lived in the country and mid wheel drive chairs were new to the market. I now live in town/city and demo'ed a mid wheel drive chair (Permobil m300) and it works great on public transit as well as getting around my apartment and all other things I do.
Don c5/6 incomp. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] center drive wheelchair question As part of your OT Evaluation, living in the country is all part of it. Personally, I don't like the center drive wheelchairs on anything other than a smooth, flat dry surface. I like the rear wheel drive units. But I realize that much depends on each individual. Best Wishes In a message dated 3/5/2014 12:13:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I will be getting a new wheelchair that summer and I have a few questions that I am hoping people on here will have some opinions about. I live out in the country on a dirt road on a farm. I spend a lot of time outside during the summer and I am on grass and gravel most of the time. I am wondering if anybody has any idea how the center drive wheelchairs work on those kind of surfaces. It seems to me like the smaller wheels in the front and the back would get caught up in the grass and gravel. I had a salesman tell me last year that a center drive would be fine and I have had other representative say that the center drive would not work well at all on those surfaces. I am just looking for some opinions from the people actually use the wheelchairs every day. Thank you very much in advance for your help with this. > >Raymond >C3/4 complete
