I have not but I loved my Fortress Scientific wheelchair which I don't think they have any more but it was a chair whereby it never got any wounds and the back was so much more comfortable than the cheap slim ones that are put on chairs. I had it before I had my Permobil Chairman (which also had only 2 tires) and a much thicker back.
It was September 2011 when I got my Permobil M 300 but it needed someone it just ones that they were still adjusting at when my husband was alive and after he passed away my life fell apart. Since I got my Stage III will in 2009 that put me in bed most of 2009 and 2010 and afterward I have, ever since, been at risk for skin breakdown because I have had one wound in 2004 that wasn't as bad but still left a scar in the same place. Therefore my left iscial tuberocity it is highly prone to shearing and leading to skin breakdown when going over any type of bumps in the chair or in my van. I have to be really careful and that is why I don't care for the 6 wheels anymore because it is just 2 more wheels to go over bumps and put me at risk for breakdown. I have had many times a vendor to try and make the back to my Permobil M 300 much more comfortable and softer and after trying many times... they never could. My back is just in so much pain because of Posttraumatic Syringomyelia and has only gotten worse. Then on December 13 my back got hurt even worse where my pain is located and it looks like I am willing to have to go to a neurologist to find out what is wrong. Just great as I was fine before December 13 with my pain under control. in addition to me having to find a specialized urologist to get my urinary leakage around my catheter under control whereby it was damaged so badly around February 1, 2016 mile was fine before then. I never ever had so many medical problems since losing my husband included in the Psychogenic Epileptic Seizures that began after losing him. It was just such a traumatic loss for me. Hell, I had never had any type of seizures before his passing. At first we thought it was a one-time happening but after my stress got worse in March of 2013 and was not long afterward that a nurse of mine was talking to me and my family (my living with my sister and brother-in-law) telling us her type of seizures which were caused exactly by the ones that I began to have (traumatic loss of a loved one, getting overtired, having pain, getting stressed or all of them combined on a specific day which has been nonstop after losing my husband). Because I was not going to be thrown into a nursing home (all that was available to me in the area I was from and/or are nearby my family) I pursued moving back to Arizona which I loved and so many different ways and put in an online live-in caregiver as I had nothing to loose and found a wonderful one! Only for all hell to break loose just two weeks after moving here and trying to rebuild my life because I fall in between the cracks financially for care. Why am I saying all of this and what does it have to do with chairs? I haven't had time to pursue another chair alone pursue anyone to come and look at my chair if something were to happen to it. When I was living with my sister and brother-in-law my brother-in-law kept my Permobil Chairman charged every six months (it was in storage). In case I ever wanted to go back to it. It moved with me but because we were overwhelmed with things to do the chair did not get charged and now the batteries are dead. Now that my pain and leakage is so bad... the last thing I have time for is looking for another chair. Or looking into getting a new batteries for my old chair (Permobil Chairman) that has only 2 wheels (back wheel drive). I DO like the mid-wheel wheel drive to my current Permobil M 300 but other than that I miss the comfort backing to my Permobil Chairman but that's about it. I can't even tilt back for longer than 5 or 10 minutes ever since I got the chair because it only exacerbates my back pain. Fortunately I've never had a problem with PRESSURE ... my wounds were caused by medical professionals failing me. I have to sit up straight and sit on my thighs instead of my tail bone and that is why I have avoided pressure problems. Whatever happened to me in December 13 putting in so much more pain through a big area of my back has caused me much lower endurance and spasms like I have never had before. Of course I am looking into it with a neurologist but I just can't deal with all of this at the same time. I keep hoping it will go away but it seems to be getting worse. I ensure they will require an MRI and unfortunately my family never kept my previous MRIs (wherever my husband put them... no one found them) and I haven't needed one since 1999. My husband through nothing away but they were somehow lost. Good luck in your search along with Greg!!! On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 7:33 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > Have any of you ever owned a 21st century scientific power chair? the make > strong looking chairs such as the Bounder that can go 11.6 mph and also off > road chairs too. Dan H** > > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 8:17 PM, RONALD L PRACHT < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I own a p-222 . I believe that is a package above the standard. Its a > tough, fast chair though. > > ron > > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 5:42 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > These are the chairs I'm thinking of. I haven't had rear wheel in 25 years. > Does anyone know if the P-222 is standard 8.5 or that a speed package? > > Quickie P-222, Rear 8.5 > Quickie Mid, QM-720 > Permobil M300 Mid, 6-7.5 > > Thx, Greg > > > > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
