First of all, I can’t believe you gave this over 7,000 notes. Especially since this was just a personal post about how excited I personally was to personally receive this personal wheelchair for my personal needs. I get that other people may want to use this but seeing this many notes—it’s actually really distressing. I mean, I’m excited that you’re excited but there was a really good chance this could have all been a giant scam and the wheelchair could have shown up defective or, worse, could have never showed up at all. Please, please, please be cautious when looking at mobility equipment and medical supplies. I know it’s exciting to see new designs and innovations but it’s extremely dangerous to blindly put your faith in medical supplies without thoroughly researching them. That’s how so many people with disabilities end up getting scammed with faulty equipment that breaks down and breaks their bank accounts. Please be smart and be careful.
Anyway, mother henning aside, THIS CHAIR IS AMAZING AND I LOVE IT!
I’ve only had it for a day but I already love it so much. This afternoon, I took it all the way from my apartment to my campus (about 40 blocks). And this evening, I took teh challenge of going to a grocery store about five blocks away and getting some groceries.
- It’s going to take me (and you) a long time to get used to the driving mechanics. You definitely need both hands for this. If you’re like me and you like using your feet and twisting your body and grabbing the walls/furniture to help you move, you can but it’ll only get you so far. You need to have both hands on the levers and believe me, it’s hard to remember this. There were times when I’d slow to a halt and look around, wondering what was going on, before realizing my hand had casually gone to my lap. Additionally, the act of pushing and pulling both levers simultaneously to go forward/brake and alternating to turn is a very strange process and while I like it, again, it takes some getting used to.
- There are three speed options which I affectionately dub slow, “now we’re cooking”, and ludicrous speed. Slow is just what it sounds like, a slow coast, which I used in my apartment, the deli, and the grocery store so that I could easily maneuver around things. When I felt comfortable on the sidewalks, I switched up to the next speed which is noticeably faster than my own self-propelled speed in my manual chairs. And at one point, on the downtown stretch starting at 135th and Broadway (those of you who know it know exactly what I had to do and why), I turned it onto ludicrous speed and let me tell you mates, for as many books as I’ve written featuring wheelchair-using superheroes, for a moment, I actually felt like one. I was flying down that hill. Literally flying. I mean literally I think my wheels came off the ground. 100% recommend this speed button for this specific stretch of blocks but honestly, unless I have to book it to a class or an event, I’ll stick to the speeds that don’t make me feel like my soul is being ripped from my body.
- Doors were tricky as again, it requires two wheels to maneuver, but I think I can manage with some practice. Doors going in is nothing. I destroyed them. Doors that come out was a bit harder.
- Asphalt really confused it??? Like we hit a road that was covered in it and it just sort of spluttered and whined and made it clear that it was not a fan. I mean it coaxed through eventually (my motivational speech to it definitely helped I’m sure) but yeah, just so you know, certain textures seem to be better than others. I’m honestly not sure how well it’s going to do in the heavy snow or on something like grass. Luckily NYC seems to lack either so—I’m personally good.
- All in all, today, I wheeled about 3 miles and the battery showed that it was on a half charge which sounds about right.
- You don’t understand I wheeled 3 miles, 50ish blocks, without so much as breaking a sweat! My back/arms/shoulders/hands aren’t aching any more than the chronic pain, I’m not overly exhausted, I wheeled 50 blocks like it was nothing! Even better, my hands aren’t covered in dirt and mud and hair (why do you all shed so much hair?). These calloused appendages definitely deserved this break.
- Getting it on the bus was admittedly difficult but I think that was on me more than the chair as I kept stalling on the ramp, causing it to slide back down. But I was eventually able to get on and still be strapped down so that’s definitely still a possibility.
- I went up hills, down hills, up ramps, down ramps, into uneven elevators, down uneven curbcuts, over potholes, over cracks, into one of those side-sidewalk construction zone things, etc. and the chair handled it all like the boss it is, I love it and am proud of it.
- I’ve affectionately named it Zing. This is important for you to know.
- Yes, it’s $2100. Yes, it’s worth it. Yes, it’s still one of the cheapest chairs on the market. Yes, the person who reblogged this a few days ago to complain about the price doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
- I almost took out a row of Christmas trees and a fruit stand (typical). Again, it’s definitely going to take some getting used to.
- IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN DOING FURTHER RESEARCH ON THIS CHAIR TO SEE IF IT’S RIGHT FOR YOU, HERE IS THE LINK: zingerchair.com
- YES, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE REBLOGGING THE LINK FROM THE ONE BLOG BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THERE’S A REASON I DIDN’T SHARE THE LINK WITH YOU ALL. SEE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.
- Also Zinger has a promotion where you and I can both get money if I refer you so seriously, if you’re really interested in it, check out this website and message me so that I can give you my details: https://www.zingerchair.com/rdo
IN CONCLUSION, THIS CHAIR IS AMAZING, YOU ALL NEED TO EXERCISE PRECAUTION WHEN SEEING RANDOM POSTS ABOUT MEDICAL SUPPLIES ON THIS WEBSITE, AND I ALMOST CRASHED INTO A FRUIT STAND IN THE MOST CARTOONISH WAY POSSIBLE!
I’ll make an update in about a week to tell you how things are going but in the meantime, PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST THIS VERSION OF THE POST!
(By the way, I made the original post five days ago and it is currently 11:02 PM on December 17th, 2017. Just putting it out there because tumblr never does.)
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