Does anyone have an all terrain wheelchair that they can recommend or alternatively one that they recommend to avoid please?

[ww-wibblywobbly]

If anyone can recommend an all terrain wheelchair I'd be very grateful. I'm looking into purchasing one with aide from the state (France) here.

I'd like to know what type of terrains you've managed to do with it too if possible please.

Thanks very much

Love Alison xx

[wobblybee]

🙂 I’m not currently a wheelchair user, but this looks interesting.

The Hippocampe®, is a leisure wheelchair that supports you all year long in all your open-air activities. All terrain able, it rolls on sand, pebbles, hiking trails, and it even slides on snow ! Since 2002, the Hippocampe® beach and all terrain wheelchair enables people with reduced mobility to access terrains that are difficult or even impossible to navigate with a city wheelchair: Beaches, hiking trails, snow covered paths...


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[ww-wibblywobbly in reply to wobblybee]

Thanks very much Beryl xx

[ww-wibblywobbly in reply to wobblybee]

Having looked at this one Beryl, I don't think it'll meet my needs. I can't use my arms to manoeuvre it and my husband can't push it either as he has serious back problems.

Also looks like it would be very uncomfortable over bumpy terrain - bit of a bumpy ride ;).

But thanks anyway, much appreciated xx

[wobblybee in reply to ww-wibblywobbly]

🙂 It’s always going to be a case of ‘horses for courses, isn’t it. Recently I read about somebody diagnosed with ataxia doing a 5k walk using a U -step walker 😯 There’s no way I could attempt that, or indeed would I find it helpful to use a U-step walker. But we’re lucky that there is so much choice out there, I hope you find something suitable for your needs 🙂

[crackerwest]

My son uses a Batec attachment on his manual chair, with chunkier tyres. This will allow him to go on footpaths / woodland walks with us.

[LuisRodicioRodicio]

Hi wobblybee!Our experience, always for compact surfaces:

We used mechanical wheelchairs with seat belt and anti-bedsore cushions (our anti-bedsores cushions: SYSTAM and JAY - Sunrise Medical Ltd or similar). Make suitable changes in the bathroom. Set up handrails on each side of the bed. Make use of an articulated bed. Also use a plastic wheelchair (type ETAC) special for hygiene and shower.

During the time that the patient was not in bed, we used an articulated chair (power recliner) with an anti-bedsore cushion that allowed the legs to be arranged horizontally.

To transport the patient we regularly used a wheelchair since June 2016 (abrupt decline four and a half years after the onset of the first symptom on 2012 and after the hip fracture and the corresponding surgical intervention). The wheelchair is made of aluminum and is foldable, easily transportable in the car trunk (aluminum wheelchair is Ergo Lite 2 from KARMA Brand or similar). Weight supported: at least 70 kilogram.

Hoping to be useful.

Hug and luck.

Luis

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