New Wheelchair: PART 2 | fitting and demos
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2019
- Welcome to the NEW WHEELCHAIR series! I'll be documenting the entire process of getting a new power wheelchair thru insurance in the U.S. Come along for the ride! if you have any questions.. comment below!
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Just got word - yesterday (11/11/21) - that my PAPERWORK finally cleared and the supplier FWD to my Ins. Company for Prior Authorization - 7 weeks from my original F2F with my PCP to this Step with DME Local Provider!
I just found your VID this AM and it was right on point. THANX .
Stepping up from a used (2017), Craigslist "Orphan", Q6 Edge 2.0 to a Permobil M3 Corpus which might be here by the first of 2022! We at least selected the "Multiple Power Function Base " for present and future expansion as my conditions progress/deteriorate - 😁The Chair Needs to Get Better As I Get Worse!
DRJ in Vermont
Good news all around. To me, I think all features are invaluable. I use mine as a mobility scooter because walking is painful and shopping is painful and I find
all features of tilt, recline, legs, all extremely useful and necessary. The whole thing just seems asinine to me that someone who is permanently bound to a chair is not given these functions standard. It's really just mind bogglingly ridiculous.
I had to get a chair from Medicare and they didn't approve anything but tilt and power legs because of my swelling in my legs. I am really upset I didn't get the recline feature but I need the chair for mobility so I had to accept it. I was told I could buy the seat elevator for 1500.00. Not going to happen. Thanks for the video's they really help with information. All the best, Sean
$1500 is cheap I paid $2900 for my seat elevator in my Amysystems altrack M
You are lucky that your people where willing to go through this for you. When I was getting my chair the guy called and said he was leaving on vacation. So i could either take what he had ordered with out even seeing me. Or i would have to wait unit he got back from vacation, then he would start the process. The first time i ever saw my chair was when they showed up at my front door with it. Hell I didn’t even get the color I wanted.
Wow! I am truly grateful that I am able to get my powered wheelchair needs fulfilled from the VA. While the process is still a process it is clearly much easier! A whole lot less layers.
got mine fulfilled from VA the whole process was 4 weeks QM-710 with all the features so far it is the worst chair I ever had as far as breakdowns back has been replaced seat controller and the front lights burn out every 2 months
now I find myself leaning to left in hunch position ouch
All right we’re onto the second chapter of your process of getting a new chair. Can’t wait to see your new set of wheels in the future.
Good luck Buddy!
I cant commend you enough on this video Dan... Awesome !
I hope you get approval for this. It seems like you went through a lot!!!
I hope everything works out for you Dan. It took me a little over a year to get my Edge Z going through the process you are doing. The trouble with mine was, everything got denied that I needed, tilt seating, swing away joystick, power leg rest and cushion etc because insurance deemed it "medically unnecessary." The wheelchair company took my folder and put it in the denied folder and did nothing with it. I called one year to the day to find out what was going on. I had to redo my wheelchair assessment for the third time. My wheelchair lady split everything up and then within three or four months I had the chair. So far the Edge is doing okay and the motors pull like a tractor up the steep hills where I live. My only complaint is that loading in my van can be a little tricky at times because I do not have that gyroscopic steering. I was going to pay for it out-of-pocket but, Quantum Rehab strongly recommended that I don't put it on the chair because it will not work due to the joystick. It is mainly for people that use a sip and puff or chin control. Overall, it tracks straight as an arrow with very little feedback of the joystick. It took me four years, a few written letters and a court order to get my Omega Trac paid for. That's why I waited for one year in case you are wondering.
Good to see things moving, Dan! I got everything but Recline on my chair, my seating specialist thought I needed it but my rehab hospital doesn't like to give people recline because it gets people out of position. I might still try to see if I can get it added on because when I had a hand-me-down chair with recline I often used it in conjunction with tilt and legs to stretch. I also had to pay for my seat elevator myself, but I'm grateful for the features that I have because it really makes a difference in my life. I use my seat elevator a lot for basic functioning, same with tilt and legs. There is no way my body would be able to handle not having power positioning.It's not right for anyone in a wheelchair, and especially those who need a power wheelchair to be in the same position all day I don't get why medicaid considers any of these features a luxury, for many of us that are in the chair all day these features are what enable us to function relatively well. I really hope you get a fully loaded wheelchair, you deserve it. The 4front looks really nice. I would have gotten either that or an f3, if I could have. I'm just glad they didn't stick you in an edge, I wasn't given much of a choice.
I'm pretty happy with mine though, There are a lot of things I don't like about it, but I count my blessings because even though it's not ideal, I'm still much more comfortable and less limited than I was before before and I'm beyond grateful for that.
I eventually plan on saving up and getting an offroad chair for the distances and terrain my edge can't handle, what do you reccomend.
Good luck with everything, keep on them!
I have a permobil m300 and wasn't able to get a seat lift. Can you do a video on replacing the post with a power lift post along with the wiring cabling and programming? I'm picking up a seat post on eBay. Thanks
Thank you for the video, I am attempting to get a new power wheelchair. Already I am running into difficulties. My Doctor has sent the proscription in and now the company. Carelinc is stating I need a medical PT evaluation. Accord to carelinc this was done a month ago. I am wondering why carelinc can not use it or maybe my doctor did not fill the form out properly. So back to the drawing board as they say. Contact the doc and see what is up. Look like this is going to be a long draw out process. Your video is very helpful. Thank you.
Hi Dan, how fast were you on the date's path? It even seemed to be in a car so fast.
I had a Quantum Q6 Edge 2.0 and had nothing but issues with it. After 18 months I'm getting another new chair. Hopefully the 4front will be a good. Chair for you and yoh won't have any issues
How did you manage to fight for a new chair, I'm on Medicaid and my q6 edge 3 is Already having some little issues and for 2 months of me having it. Did you get to choose your next one? I'm gonna try hard to keep it running as long as I can, but I'd appreciate any info you can give.
I'm so happy I live in the uk and not the Usa for my chairs
I've never been allowed to check out or trial chairs before getting them. They don't even give me a choice. I was hoping for a permobil this time and they are like 'your insurance now will only cover Invacare' which is why I now will be stuck with an Invacare TDX SP2......We'll have to see how I like it and then I'll watch videos on how to fix it up to my own way haha
My current chair is a Quantum 610 and it did NOT hold up well to 5 years of hard use from me
Dan, what do you think the average time it takes to get a new chair ? Is it always that difficult to get the insurance to pay for the chair? Do you think it would be just easier to purchase use chair and custom build it yourself, You have talent in electronic and mechanic abilities.
In all about makeing changes I had to go thrue it to get my angel changed ya to get elevation I had it put as needed for transpher to my bed
What drive is best, front, rear, or mid wheel ?
I live in a small home so chair needs to be maneuverable and have a short turning radius.
I have used manual chair all my life and now I’m older and getting constant pains in shoulder and elbow and think an power chair would help.
Thanks,
Ron
For maneuverability a midwheel drive is unbeatable. I’ve got a Permobil M5 corpus on loan, so I can test it. (I’ve got 4 weeks to test it out, amazing!) and a midwheel drive can turn on a dime (it turns on its axis). I can finally use this chair inside my house without wrecking my home🤩
I'm waiting for my very first chair (an M3 w lift)so these vlogs are extremely helpful and well done. How often does one get a replacement chair?
thanks! typically every 5 years for a new chair. (though they'll try and repair the old one if they can get away with it)
@@TotallyNormal- tanks
Shoot if you get a Quantum let me know how. Cause the guy told me they couldn't do anything about changing the programming. That's what they told me. My left and right movement is mad slow. But I think it's cause of my condition. Even though on my last Quantum my left and right were fast you know. (Hope that made since) I have a Quantum Edge2.0
oh trust me - ill figure it out!! lol
I have to ask, why did you choose a Quantum 4Front? I know you often are in FWD Permobil chairs and you have a decent working "new to you" F3. I'm an avid FWD chair user, and tried the 4Front there are a few things I just couldn't handle long term. Ps, I also enjoy learning about different types of chairs, how they work, and the pros and cons of each chair depending on manufacturer, drive wheel, power seating position options, driving controls, etc. I am definitely not an expert, and have a wee bit more difficulty working on chair than you (I have Arthrogryposis and upper extremities are loosely similar to a c5 quad)
Ooh an quantum dam it looks good,what color/ colour are you looking at and no doubt you will put your usual Nik naks
flat black :^)
@@TotallyNormal- Nice, that's one good thing about quantum chairs, They look good in just about any color. I've seen the black ones, they look pretty cool! I have an Orange edge 3, myself. I love the way it looks.
Is the quantum motor reliable now? I heard quantum motor are notorious bad that's why I didn't bother to try them out.
Thanks for another interesting video!
thats the one thing im not sure about.. they started using this new design on the Q6 edge 2 chairs.. so will be interesting to see how they hold up.. they are running a higher RPM and gear ratio to make up for the smaller size of them. however, the wingdings are notably longer than even the older 4 pole motors... sooo *eh...? wee shall see! im HARD on chairs!
@@TotallyNormal- lol, good luck with new chair shopping.^^
@@TotallyNormal- I have an Edge 2 and so far the motors haven't given me any problems. Haven't been extremely rough on the chair but I have taken it threw some rough terrain. I am interested to see how the 4 front holds up to you using it though.
Hi, I got my new wheelchair. My aide wanted me to ask in one of your videos you had a camera on your chair. Would you please let us know the name of it? My backpack was stolen off my old chair. I don’t know if you have a camera on the front as well. This guy said something sideways to you in the store and you were able to share video.
Thanks love all your videos and good luck with your new chair.
ive got an old samsung VR camera on the back of the chair right now.. its not really designed for how im using it lol but works ok - still need to buy a bunch of them and see what works the best. before, i used a go pro hero3+ (in looping mode) and them some random knockoff one after that. i wire them into chair chairs electrical system, or just just a 20,000 mAh battery pack in the backpack and charge it once a week. eventually ill do some more testing and make a video about it. - you can get some luggage straps, or even the Velcro cable ties - or regular zip ties to attach the back to chair.. usually one tug wont make it come loose if someone tries to grab it.
Do you know how old the Permobil m300 is?
maybe 2013-14 ish is when it was first introduced? (i got one 3 months after it first came out, and was around then)
Okay, I was just molded for my chair last week and I thought she said I was getting an m300. Those are quite old as I suspected.
I am going to be getting an m3 in gold. This will be my first chair since my tdx storm 20 years ago. This is going to be a big upgrade with all the functions!
I need a pressure mapping bad but I think there mad at me over batteries I told the tech to check a battery you have to have a load tester not a ohm meter he put it in the joystick changing port he said its 12 volts its good I laughed so hard I said do you know what your doing man and he's not been back I told them I want mk batteries not the china ones there junk . I got 3 sores now going in the morning for surgery 2 are stag 3 other one is stag 2 they going to work on it in morning . They did that when I got my v6 frontier I got all the bells and whistles with mine not the off road one. Its 7 months old had to replace batteries and now the joy stick holder the bolts broke on it lol
Hey Dan. Please document the factory settings. I have complete confidence you will be able to hack that thing and change the settings. Look forward to your review.
Are you going to get a seat elevator with this chair?
ah! i forgot to mention that! - no im not gonna get a seat elevator.. trying to keep this chair as light, and uncomplicated as possible. the iLevel or whatever they call it adds over 90 lbs to the chair.. and also requires some additional hardware and cables to mechanically lock out the suspension when the seat is elevated. - less complicated moving parts, and weight is fine with me :^)
@@TotallyNormal- 90 lbs.... WHAT !!!
Dan I've missed a few episodes actually I was on it subscribe and I just put you back on again when I saw that you posted. Why question is what happened to the Bounder and that why you are not replacing it with another Bounder I have a Bounder Plus in love it it has a different controller than yours just wondering
oh i've still got the bounder.. put almost 300 miles on it in the last 30 days! i use it for getting around - but its not as good for indoor use, plus it doesn't fit in either of my vans. so the "new chair" will be my indoor daily driver, and one to use in the van as well (edit: spelling)
Where did you get that awesome baseball cap?
Dm me on Twitter..
I couldn’t find the conversation thread on twitter.. but got it during this video :-). ruclips.net/video/WtArGUOOVv4/видео.html
hey handyman, you are lucky. just don't buy motors for magic mobility motors, they are 4pole motors are costly
you have to replace yours??
@@TotallyNormal- I don't if this is due to tariffs or not, each motor cost me around $880 with discount. I have to replace my because it was time. I almost have to sell my kidney to buy those motors.
were they making a lot of noise? or what kinda symptoms were ya having? im curious what the failure mode of those motors is! :^)
all kinds of symptoms that you mention. I don't think that powerful motor would go out that easily since motors isn't made here. I did self maintenance year ago. But, unlike you, I ride my chair/treat my chair lot roughly. so, I don't want to risk it breaking down. I I did get the motors, but I am not going to replace it until weather cools down. Oh yea, have you ever try to separate black rim from tire vs silver color rim from the tire? it's very different.
yea theyre a strange split rim arrangement.. with allen bolts that dont wanna come loose!!