Congratulations to your new chair 💐👍🎉! I'm in an O4 chair with Alber EmotionM25 smartdrive. A negative is, that I couldn't do wheelies with the smartdrive. But without it, I'm exhausted like you mentioned. I only can push myself inside on smooth ground. I have a dump, but this would the only thing I would change on my chair: Having more dump. I sit more stable and it's easier to handle the chair. My AlberEmotion came with thin pushrims... Eventually I would change this, because my hands are hurting. On my normal wheels I have Carbolife Gekko (thicker, with rubber). But actually I haven't the capacity to go thru this process (insurance stuff). I love videos about different chairs. They saved my life, getting my first chair and he is only so good, because of youtube! I would love to see more videos about your smartdrive, if you have tested it. Pros, cons etc. Greetings from Germany😊.
Congrats on your new wheelchair! Having the right fit makes a difference. I have my first fitting with a new wheelchair OT on May 1st. It's an excellent way to kick off Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and HSD awareness month! Can't wait to have a lightweight titanium rigid frame chair! I'm going for fold down push handles. Don't want them available to strangers to randomly push. Had a rental for a week last year and two men randomly pushed me without asking or announcing what they were doing. I'll be trying to get a RGK Freewheel covered by healthcare. It's a 12" front wheel that attaches to your footplate and the sides of your chair. When locked it pops the casters off the ground making it easier to go over tram/streetcar tracks, broken pavements, and construction. I'm holding off on getting power assist until I've had a chair for a bit. That way I'll know what I actually need. I've tried a Smart Drive and they're great. For full-time power assist out of the house electric hand bike attachments like the "PAWS Tourer" by Rehasense are fun. PAWS has cruise control and a walk function. But because it's an electric bike attachment that requires your hands to be around heart height it's not a good every day option for me. There's a nice shorter UA-cam video showing how it tackles snow.
I've got the Unawheel Maxi, a different electric bike attachment. I absolutely love it, was a bit cheaper than other options. Does really steep hills, and It's manouverable enough that I can even use it inside most shops. The handlebars keep my arms in a pretty neutral position, around waist height, which may be more tolerable for you? (However, I'm short and if I fully lean back into my backrest, my arms end up fully extended, which may raise a different issue)
It’s interesting to see the difference and just how personal a wheelchair’s fit can be! I have a Ki Rogue2 as well (i’m in the USA) and personally, mine has a bucket/dump as well as bigger casters. I have the bolt-on pushrims which are just like the ones on your new panthera, but the ki version lol. Had a slimline cushion as well, also borrowed, and I personally hated it- so stiff 😭. I also have EDS and i’ve faced similar issues with thinner pushrims, but it’s more of a tendon and wrist problem for me than dislocating my fingers. I ended up getting thicker pushrims but they haven’t been delivered yet. A tip for the smartdrive: you can adjust the speed settings and the velocity that builds up to that speed in the app. Out of the box I think the speed limit is 70%
hey, do you have any issues when someone is pushing you on the panthera? For me the sideguards dont hold the backrest steady, so when someone pushes me, the backrest leans forward.
Congratulations to your new chair 💐👍🎉!
I'm in an O4 chair with Alber EmotionM25 smartdrive. A negative is, that I couldn't do wheelies with the smartdrive. But without it, I'm exhausted like you mentioned. I only can push myself inside on smooth ground. I have a dump, but this would the only thing I would change on my chair: Having more dump. I sit more stable and it's easier to handle the chair.
My AlberEmotion came with thin pushrims... Eventually I would change this, because my hands are hurting. On my normal wheels I have Carbolife Gekko (thicker, with rubber). But actually I haven't the capacity to go thru this process (insurance stuff).
I love videos about different chairs. They saved my life, getting my first chair and he is only so good, because of youtube!
I would love to see more videos about your smartdrive, if you have tested it. Pros, cons etc.
Greetings from Germany😊.
Congrats on your new wheelchair! Having the right fit makes a difference.
I have my first fitting with a new wheelchair OT on May 1st. It's an excellent way to kick off Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and HSD awareness month!
Can't wait to have a lightweight titanium rigid frame chair!
I'm going for fold down push handles. Don't want them available to strangers to randomly push. Had a rental for a week last year and two men randomly pushed me without asking or announcing what they were doing.
I'll be trying to get a RGK Freewheel covered by healthcare. It's a 12" front wheel that attaches to your footplate and the sides of your chair. When locked it pops the casters off the ground making it easier to go over tram/streetcar tracks, broken pavements, and construction.
I'm holding off on getting power assist until I've had a chair for a bit. That way I'll know what I actually need. I've tried a Smart Drive and they're great.
For full-time power assist out of the house electric hand bike attachments like the "PAWS Tourer" by Rehasense are fun. PAWS has cruise control and a walk function. But because it's an electric bike attachment that requires your hands to be around heart height it's not a good every day option for me.
There's a nice shorter UA-cam video showing how it tackles snow.
I've got the Unawheel Maxi, a different electric bike attachment. I absolutely love it, was a bit cheaper than other options. Does really steep hills, and It's manouverable enough that I can even use it inside most shops. The handlebars keep my arms in a pretty neutral position, around waist height, which may be more tolerable for you? (However, I'm short and if I fully lean back into my backrest, my arms end up fully extended, which may raise a different issue)
It’s interesting to see the difference and just how personal a wheelchair’s fit can be! I have a Ki Rogue2 as well (i’m in the USA) and personally, mine has a bucket/dump as well as bigger casters. I have the bolt-on pushrims which are just like the ones on your new panthera, but the ki version lol. Had a slimline cushion as well, also borrowed, and I personally hated it- so stiff 😭.
I also have EDS and i’ve faced similar issues with thinner pushrims, but it’s more of a tendon and wrist problem for me than dislocating my fingers. I ended up getting thicker pushrims but they haven’t been delivered yet.
A tip for the smartdrive: you can adjust the speed settings and the velocity that builds up to that speed in the app. Out of the box I think the speed limit is 70%
hey, do you have any issues when someone is pushing you on the panthera? For me the sideguards dont hold the backrest steady, so when someone pushes me, the backrest leans forward.
@@wotchras that's not something I have experiences. people do find putting the side guards on more difficult than on other chairs.
@@emelie.elizabeth thanks!