[Blind-Rollers] new wheelchair

[Erica Cole]

 Hi Becky

The one thing I really wish my chair had is the ability to raise my legs up like my friend's chair has. I've been upgrading mine piecemeal since I got it because all my powerchairs have been secondhand. I'm not able to get one from the NHS because they have rules relating to sight levels etc, which with no vision at all I fall foul of. I would love it if my chair could go up and down too for reaching into cupboards etc  I have a handy set of clip things on the back which I think are for storing the seatbelt, but I use them for hanging bags on 
Make sure the chair you get doesn't have a touchscreen, or if you're anything like me you'll be adjusting things by accident. My chair came with a controller that had a screen, but I swapped it out for one that didn't, because it was hard for the people around me to read the battery status indicator. 
My footplates are also really heavy, and to transfer I have to lift them slightly and swing them out of the way.. They're bain of my existance and I'd dearly love to have some different ones but I'm only 5ft tall so the central footplate the company doo won't go  up as hi as I need it.  
It's a Pride Quantum  6 Edge. It's a bit of a beast with a fairly wide turning circle, but it takes my overweight frame with ease. 
Good luck, keep us updated. 

Erica 
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> On 16 Nov 2025, at 4:38 pm, Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Maureen, this is exactly what I want to hear and keep in mind. Thank you dear lady, thank you.
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> Keep thinking gang.
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> I know I do not want the T shaped arm rests. They break. They may look nice, but the arms are what I use to get up to transfer. I had a friend make me covers for the arm rest as the leather like cover split and crack.
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> Warmly,
> Becky   
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of maureen Pranghofer via Blind-Rollers
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2025 8:25 AM
> To: 'Blind wheelchair users list' <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: maureensmusic at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [Blind-Rollers] new wheelchair
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> Hi
> I have had a chair for six years and have complained because to transfer I have to slide to the edge of the seat which has caused skin issues and the whole deal is the chair is too high. It is at the height it is because of the tilt, recline and foot raising options which I use all the time. Anyway I would have liked to know if ther are longer footrests so more of my foot could be on the footrest for transfers and just found out last week after asking two different places several times that they can make the chair deeper with a different seat which will it lower, so check into footrests and how the height of the chair can be handled and what options there are like tilt etc. Also when I got the chair it didn't come with push handles for hanging things on because they said "It’s a power chair no one is going to be pushing it." However I had no way to carry things. They said I couldn't get them unless I bought them which I did so know exactly what you want on your chair before ordering it because the way insurance is now things that were just normal parts of the chair like push handles don't come with it.
> Maureen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2025 8:56 AM
> To: 'Blind wheelchair users list' <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Blind-Rollers] new wheelchair
> 
> This week I am going to be measured for a new wheelchair. Any tips you all have speak up I would like to hear. Things you like about your own. Things you wish you had thought of to ask or get.
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> Warm thank you,
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> Becky and retired Holden the golden
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