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Handsfree Off-Road Wheelchair

41 点作者 chris1993大约 6 年前

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oblib大约 6 年前
This is certainly cool tech, but I don&#x27;t think they&#x27;ll sell many of these.<p>I worked on advanced mobility products for over 15 years and with hundreds of quadriplegic folks in wheelchairs and listened to all of them.<p>Over those years I saw a lot of very cool products designed for them that they didn&#x27;t want, need, or have any interest in using.<p>A wheelchair that goes off road is one of them. Most of those folks have no interest at all in that, and most will tell you, if you get to know them well enough, they&#x27;re afraid of it.<p>There&#x27;s good reasons for that too. We&#x27;re talking about people that cannot pick up a sandwich or open a can of soda. They cannot lean back and forth much, or turn side to side. They don&#x27;t have the muscle or muscle control to handle the shocks of bumps of going off pavement.<p>Now I have met some paraplegics that would love those. Not many, but a few. They were all &quot;Type A&quot; personalities who loved risky behaviors even after braking their backs.
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zerto大约 6 年前
My wife, who is a wheelchair user, and I tried it a couple years back (when it was still named Ogo). She said that it was really nice to be hand free and while the prototype was still rough, she really liked it.<p>Plus the inventor is super nice and does this for all the right reasons.<p>We wrote a small review about it back then : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iwheeltravel.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;ogo-wheelchair-new-zealand&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iwheeltravel.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;ogo-wheelchair-new-zealand&#x2F;</a>
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bluGill大约 6 年前
Instead of a wheelchair try a trackchair <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;actiontrackchair.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;actiontrackchair.com&#x2F;</a>. When you are off road wheels are not the best idea.<p>I&#x27;m friends with the inventors son who was paralyzed some years back. Designing something so that he could do all the outdoor activities he enjoyed before the accident was their goal. I have been watching their iterations for years, and seen pictures of him doing more and more things that I&#x27;d consider normal. (our lives moved in different directions so we haven&#x27;t got together)
escapologybb大约 6 年前
On a completely separate note, why on earth have you used able-bodied people advertise this product?! I mean really, were there no quadriplegic available? My email address is in my bio!<p>&#x2F;Rant<p>(PS. It looks really cool and I would really like one!)
benj111大约 6 年前
Note they specifically disclaim this as a medical device at the end.<p>This isn&#x27;t a &#x27;wheelchair&#x27; as I would understand it.<p>And the hands free element seems to rely on whole body movement, so wouldn&#x27;t be of use for people without the use of their muscles.
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