QUICKIE XENON 2 LIGHTWEIGHT FOLDING MANUAL WHEELCHAIR REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2021
- As a part-time wheelchair user with Spina Bifida, I wanted to take you through the process of getting a wheelchair and show you some of the features and options of my wheelchair.
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I chose the Quickie Xenon 2 Lightweight Folding wheelchair after a lot of research. I'm very happy with the wheelchair overall. The video will take you through a number of different features/options to explain to you why I got them and what I like about that particular option.
Timestamps to help guide you through the video:
1. Wheelchair Frame - 1:14
2. Schwalbe Tires & Spinergy Wheels with Aluminum Push Rim - 5:45
3. Soft Roll Front Casters - 8:09
4. Scissor Brakes - 10:05
5. Wheelchair Fender/Clothing Guard - 10:48
6. Carbon Fibre Foot Plate - 10:33
7. Blake Medical GeoMatrix Cushion - 12:27
8. Quickie Backrest - 14:40
9. Wheelchair Aesthetics - 15:08
10. Wheelchair Accessories - 15:43
11. Wheelchair Handles - 15:50
12. Wheelchair Arm Rests - 17:30
13. Wheelchair Wheelie Bar - 18:00
14. Wheelchair Storage - 18:53
15. Wheelchair Cup Holder - 19:58
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I like the folding handles and your comments about people grabbing your wheelchair to 'help' without being asked...I hate that! Not only do I dislike being 'kidnaped', with COVID still around & mutating, I don't want other people touching my chair!
Thanks for such a great video. I'm currently looking because I need to change from a rigid frame to a foldable. Your personal experiences were very thought provoking and useful.
Let me know if you need anything else. I have additional thoughts since this video. I still like the chair and would buy another one.
Thanks very great informative w/c video! I had a few questions but by the time you finished you had answered 👍🏻👏🏻🤗
That’s an excellent review😊. My husband and I have had a foldable quickie for years and we love it, it has been a game changer.
I believe that if he was to change it, it will look just like yours🤝.
Thanks so much for being honest and humorous about using a wheelchair. I have childhood polio and not able to walk with crutches anymore due to multiple cancer treatments. This is a model I will consider. You are right, most people are trying to help a fellow human being, not to look down on the disability.
Thanks for your comment. For me, the wheelchair is a symbol of freedom and gives me so much more ability than I have without it! Good luck on the search for a new chair. Also check out the Motion Composites Veloce if you have a dealer in your area.
@@ChasetheJourney would u go with the veloce over the quickie xenon? I’m up for my 5 years on my Ki Rogue and qualify for a new chair, went to try a folding chair. Also, on the quickie, I’m having trouble getting the xenon bc My rep says with the quickie he’d rather me get the older quickie 2 instead of the xenon bc he thinks newer chairs are just made to outdate the old ones and get people to buy a new chair and that the new versions are just gimmicks. He also says I should stay with a rigid bc of the durability and ride but I would like a folding chair for my pregnant wife’s ease of use when she needs to load it and not fumbling removing tires and playing Tetris in the back of the Nissan Cube 😆
So I got my new chair and I love it even more than the previous one. That wasn't quite to my size (measurement error) but i still liked it. This one? Bloody awesome! Fits my body so well and rolls smooooth!
Did you get a Quickie Xenon2?
@@ChasetheJourney I sure did! My options were all worse than this baby. And it also got ía slight facelift (different caster forks, sideguard, etc)
I hope it works well for you. I'm still loving mine!
Thank you for informing we don't need help every time and because we are a larger person our centre of balance is different,
Awesome review of your Quickie Xenon 2. And thank you. I am in the process of getting one myself. It will take 3 to 6 months before I can have it, as I was told. I currently own a Quickie Q7, which I love. But this thing is nearing 10 years, and it has some squeaking every now and then.
I hope you like the Xenon when you get it. I still love it.
@@ChasetheJourney thanks. I’m excited. I hope everything goes well with it.
Great review! As a fellow owner, I can wholeheartedly agree. Great chair, recommended, it is surprisingly rigid and very cleverly designed. My social security is about to expire on mine, so I'll get a new one jut because servicing isn't for free after expiry. Other than that it is still like new, rigid and tough yet lightweight. When going to work, I pop on the electric Triride and woosh. 20km/h for years now, over potholes and curbs and still it doesn't squeak. I will get froglegs castor forks though, wanna try if they make a difference.
Thanks for commenting. And I agree. It is quite rigid, especially with the folding foot plate option. I had another chair that was destroyed in a car accident and it had the flip up foot plate, which I did not like as much as the folding footplate.
@@ChasetheJourney Oh yes, that is something I'll change on mine too. Although to transfer to another seat (be it my bed, a car or toilet) I stand up by putting my feet between the seat and the footplate. Does the folding version take more space?
It pretty much folds up the same. I tend to transfer out "wrong" by going out for front. My wife says it looks like I'm going to fall. I'm "ok" on my feet most days. Lol
@@ChasetheJourney yes, you are much more ligh t footed th an I am, hehe. I can stand, maybe step a few times too but i need solid handles to grab onto or my weight evenly on both legs.
What a great video. Thank you so much! I started the process of getting a wheelchair for part time use and I'm doing research. My challenge for a decent, visually pleasing manual wheelchair will be for my heavy frame as well as my limited hand use. I didn't want a power chair; I didn't want to scooter because the small SUV will fit in neither of those. I have my eye on the Quickie brand and this model looks like it might be the right one. My only question is what's it's weight limit. I still have not met with physical therapist so we'll find out when we get to that point. But again, thank you so much for this informative video.
There is a version of the Xenon 2 called the Hybrid, which is what I have. It has extra tubing and can hold up to 140kg. Around 300lbs.
Excelent
Thanks for commenting.
I'm 'iffy' about wheelies too! Lol..maybe something to do with becoming a wheelchair user in my mid-sixties
Lol. It would be handy to know how, but it just feels risky! 🤣
I have a Tilite ZRA with ROHO air cushion, Jay low back, side guards, and soft roll castors. I got it through Motion Specialties on Adelaide 4 years ago. I drove past awhile ago and they’re not called Motion Specialties anymore. Can’t remember the new name. I went through ADP for funding. The OT I worked with put in the paperwork for why I needed the titanium. My biggest gripes are the sagging fabric seat and the aluminum rims. My footplate is a little too low as well. I didn’t know it was going to slope down. That’s great if you’re paralyzed but not helpful for me. I’m a PT user, mostly on flat flooring (malls, grocery store), so it works well enough for now.
Titanium! Impressive. 😉 Mine is just aerospace aluminum. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@ChasetheJourney have you found anywhere in London area to wheel that isn’t covered in goose poop? Lol
@@WholeFoodSpark Lol. Inside the grocery store. 😂 Springbank park is pretty much covered in goose poop. If you are able to get out of London, Stratford is nice and clean.
@@ChasetheJourney hubby and I walk Springbank fairly often or we’ll just sit in the car and people watch. I think I wheeled there once in the spring before the geese started procreating 😂 I feel bad asking hubby to push me, plus then I don’t get a workout, but it’s the only way. We like to hike Westminster Ponds too if it’s not muddy.
@@WholeFoodSpark the ZRA is fully adjustable, contact your therapist or dealer to make the adjustments so you can be comfortable.
Great review!
I have to start looking for a wheelchair and haven't the slightest idea where to start.
The advice I get seems to be linked to kickbacks, that's why I appreciated your comments and advice so much.
I am unable to fully close one of my hands and thus will be unable to grip the corresponding push rims. Can you think of any solutions?
Thanks!
There are a few options. 1. Grippy covers for the push rims. 2. Some kind of power assist option for the wheels or the back of the chair. I would start by getting an Occupational or Physio/Physical Therapist to assess you and see what your needs are. Check this out. www.google.com/search?q=power+assist+wheels+for+manual+wheelchair
@@ChasetheJourney Thanks!
Hi There are special push rims with axles that allow you to use one hand yet move both wheels. Try Spin life , or New mobility magazine to find them.
Thanks, Josie. 🙂
We actually looked into that and was taught how to use the part of the palm adjacent to the wrist to control the wheel with a wider pushrim.
Oh, I just thought of one question, you mentioned the foam filled tires being more difficult to push on carpet, are all solid core tires more difficult that way? Thanks!
I only know the ones I had and they certainly were hard to push. As soon as I switched to regular air tires it was so much easier to push. You just have to keep up on filling them with air. We carry an electric pump in the car and put air in them every couple of weeks. I was afraid of flats - it's only happened one time and I was able to buy some flat repair at an auto parts store nearby and I was back in action.
Hi Happy. Holluday Wbat do you think about Frog legs casters? Thanks josie
I looked at getting them. They seem like a good idea, but in the end I didn't want to spend the extra money. I'm happy with 5 inch soft roll casters. 🙂
Hello I heard in your video that you have a wheelie bar does that help you get up curbs? it would really help me if I could get one when I get my wheelchair instead of having to be pushed .
Yes. It has one. But I don't know if that will help you. It takes quite a bit of arm strength to get up curbs in my opinion.
@@ChasetheJourney What is the wheelie bar?
@@wendydowker3346 It's a bar that will prevent you from tipping backwards if you lift your front wheels off the ground too far.
Have you ever ridden a public bus with the Xenon and had the safety straps attached to it? Where do they usually attach the straps in the back? My current manual chair is a rigid chair with an axle tube they strap to but the Xenon doesn't have one of those.
I've never been on a bus with it. It folds very fast, if you take the cushion off.
@@ChasetheJourney hoping to find out because I would need supportive seating elements while riding the bus
@@ShaynaPulley There's a cross-brace underneath the seat that I think they would attach it to. It sits fairly high up, under the cushion. Send me a PM on IG and I can send you a pic of the back of the chair and a few angles.
@@ChasetheJourney thank you!
Thanks for your video and info about this wheelchair. I have Spina Bifida and I am about to go to a wheelchair clinic for a new wheelchair.
I'm glad you found it helpful. I did a lot of research before I bought this one, and after almost 5 years with this chair, I would buy the same one next time. It's light & easy to transport.
Can COG be adjusted?
Yes. You can make lots of adjustments with this model including centre of gravity.
You probably can't do a wheelie bc your center of gravity is too far back. In the Xeon you can adjust it through moving your wheels a bit more to the front. But be aware, it can get really trippy. The weight distribution should be around 80/20 up to 95/5 (weight on caster wheels to weight on pushing wheels)
Thanks. I will check that out! I've made a few adjustments since this video was made and it feels a better. I raised my front casters slightly which tilted the chair back. That has made it lighter in the front end. I think I'm a little paranoid of falling backward, so I don't practice wheelies much. 😎
@@ChasetheJourney To adjust the tilt you can simply adjust the seat height in the back: if you sit deeper in the chair it is easier to grab the pushrims (like a sport wheelchair), but it is a bit more pressure on knees and hips. With the Xeon you can adjust nearly everything so go crazy :). To practice wheelies I suggest testing them in grass, your wheels sink in the mud and thus it is a lot more stable and easier to find your center of balance.
I will give that a try, once it gets warmer again...in March or April. 🤣
Hello Sir,
I would like to purchase this wheelchair how can I get it.please help to know me the information
Hello! You will need to find a Quickie or Sunrise Medical dealer in your area.
You might want to lose the weight before it kills you prematurely.