Wheeled

[davidgillon]

Now have wheels - Sunrise Medical Uni 8, which I think is even cheaper than the Action 3 everyone was predicting I'd get. Going to take it out for a test-drive in a minute or two. 

Comments

[hilarita]

Did it come to pieces in your hand, like? Or is it reasonably sturdy? I hope it's useful, and not an aggravating piece of crap.

[davidgillon]

The jury is still out!

[kaberett]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA

[davidgillon]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA

{Pout}

Damn thing weighs a ton. I can lift it into the car, but just. Have been out and wheeled around Asda and PC World as a test drive. Good points: It fits quite neatly in the tiny boot of my Yaris,I could wheel around Asda and PC World despite the fact I could barely stand. Bad points: I'm not sure the barely standing wasn't due to lifting the damn thing (it could have been the amount of time stood figuring out what needed to go where before I lifted it, I'm genuinely not sure). Probable bad points to come: the ride over the bricked path outside PC World wasn't great, the ride over Rochester's various bits of cobbles is likely to be appalling - but that's an adventure for tomorrow.

[davidgillon]

Comment from a wheelie friend having read the blurb I pointed to "the best they can say is that it is solid and durable. Does this mean heavy as heck and turns like an elephant?"

Heavy as heck for sure, turning doesn't seem too bad.

[davidgillon]

This one {Sigh}

I've already discarded the armrests/side panels, which just get in the way. It probably is about the right size for me, but that's sheer chance.

[kaberett]

please please please try shouting at them for a proper fitting <3

[davidgillon]

Yeah, that's getting to be increasingly the plan. FB wheelie friend has already pointed me at the national standards that say 'offer an assessment', not 'fob off with heaviest clunker in creation'. I've got a physio appointment on the 26th re my shoulder, I'm planning on turning up with the chair and asking innocently 'is it just me or is this too heavy+too flexible for me given bendy issues like my shoulder', if I can go at them with medical backing they've done something inappropriate then it should be easier to make the case.

(I actually hadn't thought until just now about just how inappropriate the flexing is for someone with pelvic issues, but that's a point I really need to make to them).

[jesse_the_k]

Amen!