Loads of the time this wasn’t a difficulty. I’d say that 99% of the time the additional width that is high quality. At residence all my doorways had been large sufficient because it’s a brand new construct and once I’m out, I discovered that almost all venues had been okay too. However there are a couple of events, primarily in older buildings once I could need to squeeze by a doorway or I couldn’t get in in any respect. This occurred a few occasions when travelling which is an additional faff that I may do with out.

With a purpose to get the very best of each worlds, I made a decision to order an additional axel that had zero camber, giving me the choice to make my chair narrower and simpler to get by a few of these tighter areas.

This does require some ahead fascinated about once I’m going to want the narrower chair, plus about 10 minutes and a few Allen keys to modify the axels over.

Getting a brand new chair

My new chair arrived and it’s a terrific match. It definitely feels higher that the one I used to be utilizing earlier than. It did, as at all times, want a few tweaks placing new brakes on and shifting the axel barely additional forwards.

When evaluating the outdated chair and new within the pics above, you’ll see that visually there doesn’t appear to be a lot of a distinction. However once I sit in them, they really feel worlds aside.

These adjustments are going to make a distinction to how my chair works for me, however on the similar time are fairly particular to what I would like.

If you’re planning on getting a brand new chair, take into consideration the scale of your chair and what it’s that you simply want. It may be that your wants have modified otherwise you may need been making small adjustments through the years like me.

There may be a great deal of info on the market from suppliers, well being professionals and extra importantly different wheelchair customers with lived expertise.