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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / September 2005scooter question
Do all these scooters operate with the thumb thingee (which hurts my thumbs) Are there brands you van drive like a motorcycle where the power control is in the handle grip? TIA Kate > Do all these scooters operate with the thumb thingee (which hurts my > thumbs) Are there brands you van drive like a motorcycle where the > power control is in the handle grip? TIA Kate I wonder how hard it would be to modify a scooter to use an electric wheelchair joystick control.  Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ 2005-09-10, Responding to spodosaurus... >> Do all these scooters operate with the thumb thingee (which hurts my >> thumbs) Are there brands you van drive like a motorcycle where the >> power control is in the handle grip? TIA Kate > > I wonder how hard it would be to modify a scooter to use an electric > wheelchair joystick control. Not easy, or cheap. You'd need wire-controlled power steering for starters... If thumb control is a problem, you'd think there would be aftermarket alternatives yes? Google maybe? Signature---- * Another squeaking wheel @ http://tinyurl.com/6bf56 * Mike's (curious) Brain @ http://tinyurl.com/4872c - Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) > 2005-09-10, Responding to spodosaurus... > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > You'd need wire-controlled power steering for starters... No, as stearing isn't a problem for Kate. You'd simply use the forward and backward motion of the joystick in place of the same motions in the lever. > If thumb control is a problem, you'd think there would be > aftermarket alternatives yes? One would hope! I've been looking at scooter places in the US (to see what I'm missing out on) and the number of online places (or brick and mortar places with online shops) is amazing, including online second-hand dealers. I wish we had the population to support that sort of thing here. All we get is the local free-ad paper, and the prices people expect to get based on what they originally paid for two or three years ago are ridiculous! Tonight one lady was telling me that the scooter she wanted $1500 for, brought in from the UK several years ago, was a fair deal...it RETAILS for $1600! Argh, the frustration! I only want one of these until the grant money comes through for the motorised wheelchair. It's not ideal, but at least I'll have some independent movement until then. > Google maybe? Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ >> If thumb control is a problem, you'd think there would be aftermarket >> alternatives yes? Indeed there is! http://store2.partsforscooters.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.22/.f Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ guys! the link is for 'scooters' as in 'street' machines - not for [most, if not all] 'tiller' medical scooters. it is theoretically poss. to rewire one of the more expensive 'medical' machines - rascal, sterling, golden technologies etc. top end models' - with a street twist throttle. the scooter tiller unit does have a small breadboard inside for the voltage regulation - the standard 'control lever' is a toggle with limited swing to increase voltage, also, remember that this involves accommodating 'reverse' mode - standard confg simply has 'two' levers - going to a throttle means a crossover switch. but to do so would invalidate the medical scooter's warranty. with that said, there are some medical type on the market that do have a twist throttle - just a 'very' small part of the market share so far, so you don't see them on the street very often - if at all. most are made by 'recreational' type companies - and are quite small/bare bones style the 'badsey cruiser' comes to mind [http://www.badsey.com/emx_cruizer.html] and the razor e300s [http://www.electric-scooters-galore.com/] most of these are 'two' wheel, with 'some' three or four wheel models. one larger/more expensive three wheeler that i have seen in 'elder communities' a lot is: http://www.noboundaries.tv/chop1.htm and: http://www.electric-scooters-galore.com/zap-mobility.html the way things are looking these days, expect to see more models - worth checking with the manuf. of any model you like, to see if they've made the upgrade avail. yet! > >> If thumb control is a problem, you'd think there would be aftermarket > >> alternatives yes? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > http://www.abmdr.org.au/ > http://www.marrow.org/ 2005-09-10, Responding to spodosaurus... [...] >>> I wonder how hard it would be to modify a scooter to use >>> an electric wheelchair joystick control. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the forward and backward motion of the joystick in place > of the same motions in the lever. Oh, kind of like a throttle-only thing? Wouldn't that make steering and controling speed a tad cumbersome? [...] > ...and the prices people expect to get based on what they > originally paid for two or three years ago are ridiculous! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ideal, but at least I'll have some independent movement > until then. This is due to how the "market" is organised. Double the price for equipment that is almost instantly zero-valued on purchase. The price of second-hand chairs in the UK is typically not that much less than a new one, but just enough to find customers who have extremely tight budgets. Having said that, there does seem to be an emerging lightweight scooter "class" appearing in the £800/2000gbp range. I don't think they'd go that far though as they typically only have small single batteries, and no suspension! Signature---- * Another squeaking wheel @ http://tinyurl.com/6bf56 * Mike's (curious) Brain @ http://tinyurl.com/4872c - Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) Thanks for the website url on hand throttles. Does anyone have a rascal and does it operate with the thumb toggle? I have the same problem with my thumb. My Pride Revo has (and I got it) an accessory that change the forward/back control from thumb to fingers pull. John Mc > Do all these scooters operate with the thumb thingee (which hurts my > thumbs) Are there brands you van drive like a motorcycle where the > power control is in the handle grip? TIA Kate Thanks guys for your input...love the no boundaries scooter complete with flames!! but the price :-(( did like the zap scooter tho and I've emailed them with some questions. Do you suppose you can use it for indoors and outdoors? Kate |
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