wheelchairs

We all need some way to secure our wheelchairs in our wheelchair conveyance (minivan, full sized van, etc.). For most of us, that seems to boil down to either a system that straps the wheelchair in (such as QStraint) or one that automatically locks the wheelchair in place (such as the EZlock)...

We are once again in Yellowstone. We made reservations for this trip back in October of 2015, knowing that we could postpone, shorten, or cancel the trip if necessary. As departure time approached, I seriously considered postponing or cancelling the trip, but persevered with the preparations...

Besides the usual suspects (MDA and ALSA), many communities have mobility closets of some kind. Here is one such list by state. For technology items, there is a separate list. For used BiPAPs, this is a good starting point to donate, sell and buy. Dotmed and Bemes offer other options, the...

Good evening everybody We lost my father a couple weeks ago to ALS. We were lucky enough to get so many of the different types of equipment that a person could need. While me and my brother do need help with expenses (2 kids under 30 taking care of our dad on our own) we realize the absolute...

In previous posts, I have described some harrowing incidents due to problems with the right brake on my Permobil C500 wheelchair. We have been chasing this problem on and off since about June. In September, we did a field repair (with the folks from NuMotion on the phone) while on our fall...

I have been using a wheelchair for 9 months and think I have learned enough to make it worthwhile sharing a few things. For background, I now have 3 wheelchairs. Primary chair is a Permobil C500s VS (I have over 650 miles on it now) Backup chair is a Permobil C500 Corpus 3G (I have only put...

I have not posted much lately. The reason is that in August I was under the weather (lung infection, but not pneumonia). We were travelling for almost all of September and October. I have been resting trying to recover from all the travel and am finally starting to feel a bit better. When I...

Norwich pawn shop owner to give away 50 motorized wheelchairs

There's an old (closed) thread that mentions the EZ Lift electric wheelchair and another, the Zipper, but I'm wondering if anyone has used a portable power wheelchair and what their experience has been. The EZ Lift with the joy stick now has a deluxe model with a 5-position adjustable back and...

As many of you know, I have been planning to purchase a backup wheelchair. With the wheelchair being in the shop of over two weeks and counting, I decided it was time to get serious about it. After all my searching and investigating, I decided on a lightly used Permobil C500 (non stander...