Problems are:

1) I don't like the tilted back - it's more difficult to push when  
tilted back a bit.
2) The back wheels are too far back, thereby requiring me to push in  
shorter strokes and therefore more pushes just to get where I want to  
go.
3) The footrests are two low down and can't be adjusted any further  
to accomodate my short legs.
4) The armrests are not flip-back so I can't get closer to a table or  
desk w/o completely removing the arms.

I could write more but I have to get out of here and go to work.

Later!
Kat

On 31 Aug 2006, at 07:34, Meir Weiss wrote:

Umm

Can I do a little research before you move to a FINAL DESCISION

Can you send me full details re the chair you are having problems with?

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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On  
Behalf Of
Kathleen Salkin
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 07:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Wheelchair

Hey, y'all -

I'd like to bend the ear of you manual wheelchair  users.  I am in  
the market
for a new chair.  My brother-in-law was so kind and tried to help me  
by buying
me a Guardian Escort chair which has turned out to be a rather hard  
chair to
use.  The basic problem is, it seems to be a chair designed more for  
someone to
push a person in it, rather than for the user to push himself.  The  
back wheels
are too far back and the back is angled backwards which drives me crazy.

I loved my B-I-L and he's a real sweetheart and I hate to disappoint  
him but I
need to find something else and I see two chairs that are  
possibilities at
spinlife.com:

	http://www.spinlife.com/critpath/spec.cfm?productID=115
	
	http://www.spinlife.com/Sunrise-/-Quickie-Breezy-Ultra-4-Lightweight-
Wheelchair/spec.cfm?productID=74650

Has anyone  used either of these two chairs?  What was your experience -
positive or negative?

Many thanks!

Kat

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