awkwardbydesign
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I have recently started pushing my wife around in a wheelchair, as it is faster and less tiring than trying to walk holding her arm. But a couple of days ago we saw a woman in a CareCo Zora Carbon powerchair. I didn't know they existed, so we started looking at them. Tried a Pride I-Go Lite folding chair in Plymouth, which my wife quite liked for the single foot rest, but at 19kg + battery it is heavier than our manual chair at 16kg. So we are off to Exeter today to try the Zora Carbon, 13kg + battery.
As we are flying to Barcelona on June 14th for 4 nights, we have decide what to do fairly quickly. The manual chair is already booked in, so we would need to change that.
Does anyone have experience of powerchairs in general, and either of those two in particular? What should we look out for, pitfalls, advantages, kerbs, hills, rough surfaces, reliability and so on?
As we are flying to Barcelona on June 14th for 4 nights, we have decide what to do fairly quickly. The manual chair is already booked in, so we would need to change that.
Does anyone have experience of powerchairs in general, and either of those two in particular? What should we look out for, pitfalls, advantages, kerbs, hills, rough surfaces, reliability and so on?