It takes awhile to get used to. You can help steady it by resting
your hand on the control and cupping the joystick, holding it between
the side of your thumb and the first joint of the index finger. Keep
your speed down.
My chair is a 400# [200 + 200] gorilla! I have relocated the toilet
bowl a dozen times, once tipping it a bit. Every doorway in this 220
yr old house has been scarred multiple times.
Alton, who has to ride with both cushions - the steel plate below has
no give.
On Sep 3, 2007, at 1:0914 AM, Kevin Wolfthal wrote:
Hi All,
I've been doing some research on the wheelchair that I tried out on
Friday. It's the cheapest one in the line, Invacare model M41, and
it only has a ground clearance of one inch! The thresheld to my
condo is more than that I think. I now think the salesman was
giving me a hard sell, probably because they make the most profit
on that model. I'm going to call him and tell him I want a better
model or forget it. At least I didn't sign anything. It was
Friday and
I guess he was rushing me for the long weekend. At least my
insurance will cover most of it, I hope. One question for anyone
who uses a power wheelchair, it needed
a lot of correction with the joystick to get it to go straight. Is
that common? He
said that's not unusual, it's like driving a car. If my car drove
like
that, I'd think something was very wrong with the wheels! I figure
it's just getting used to using a joystick. I only tried it on the
carpeted hallway outside my condo. Good labor day all,
Kevin
