I’m about ready to get a mobility scooter because I’m only semi-ambulatory at this point.

Which scooter do you recommend and why? I’m interested in something that will work in the house, outdoors, and that’s not too difficult to travel with. Also, I want it to be comfortable and reliable.

Thanks for your help!

Check out the mini Jazzy,it’s great and gives me great service.! I’ve had one for eight years with no problems at all.

I am 66 and diabetic. I have been overweight every day of my life (weighed 10lbs at birth) I dont eat bread, cakes or sweets, I am a vegetarian (hate salad!!!) Since I was 14 I have had arthritis in my spine and hips, and am not very mobile without an electric scooter and a converted motorbike. I went to see a consultant recently about having a metal section fitted in my spine, and he said that before he could do the op I needed to lose 6 stones (I weigh 15 st. 5 lbs) and that I had to take lots of nice brisk walks, go to dancing classes and take keep-fit classes!!!!!!! As I was in his office in a wheelchair, which has to be propelled by a friend, I was both grossly insulted and very humiliated. I am lucky if I am able to leave my house more than twice a week, and then have to use an electricscooter. I have lost weight over the last years, 2 stones, through being unable to eat (I feel sick all the time). Any ideas out there??? I am becoming very depressed.

Get started within your limits. If you don’t mobilise much, then even walking round the house regularly will be a start, start doing it four times a day, and increase over a couple of weeks to doing it ten times a day – once every hour that you’re awake.
Start doing arm exercises every half hour in the chair – enough to make you a little breathless.
Get a little pedal exerciser (teletrimmer) and start doing 5 minutes each day, increasing to 15 minutes each day after two or three weeks, and then to 20 minutes, and then half an hour.
Progress your walking to twice round the house at a time, or take your scooter to your nearest supermarket, and start walking round the shop floor – it will have an even surface and you can use a shopping trolley for support. Easy to do in any weather.
Arthritis in your spine and hips is no reason not to exercise – talk to your GP re getting adequate pain cover to enable you to do this.
Start a bed exercise programme – bending and straightening each leg, 10 times with each to start and increase from there.

If your consultant told you to do all those things, in a way that’s a good thing – obviously there’s no structural reason not to exercise a little every day.

Attitude is a huge factor – if you’re used to branding yourself as immobile or chronically sick, then you will unfortunately tend to react to most suggestions for change with "I can’t do that"….for whatever reason. The biggest challenge is to change that "I can’t" into "How" and "I WILL".

Another option to investigate is getting into your local swimming pool three or four times a week and start doing lengths. A very safe form of exercise.

It sounds like your activity levels are pretty non-existent. You will have to work really hard to motivate yourself to start doing more. Have a look at calorie expenditure tables – they’re a good way to pat yourself on the back for doing even normal daily activities – at least you’re burning some calories.

Bear in mind that although you say you don’t eat sweet stuff, you could still be overeating very much – you don’t need a lot of fuel when you’re burning very little. SMALL portions of nutritious food is what you need. If most things you eat tend to be fried or battered or have lots of butter on, you’re in trouble straight away.

Good luck – there’s no easy way out. A gastric band would only go so far, and my guess is that they would be very reluctant to go that route with you given your history.

Make a start – that’s the most important thing, and bolster yourself as much as you can to change your outlook.

A metal chain fastened on the back hasn’t helped and I know many people complain of such shocks.
He doesn’t run on nylon carpets but this occurs in all sorts of places (indoor and outdoor) and weathers.

I have never had this happened, so I have to wonder is this is a fault with the chair itself. I would take it to where it is serviced and ask them to look into it. This should not happen.

I am making a a cart for my sister’s team, and we would like to put a car stereo in it, but i am not sure how to get power to it, or even what to use to power it. It can’t be plugged in b/c it will be going from car to field and back; however, it is possible for it to be charged when not in use. Also i would like it to be low cost.

Would something like a scooter battery or wheel chair battery work?

Also a diagram on how to wire it or a link would be great!

Thank you for any help!

You will need a 12 DC battery. The bigger the battery the longer the radio will play between charges. If it is very infrequent use then I would go to a wreckers and get a second hand car battery. Keep the polarity (+) on the red and (-) on the black. You can get a smaller battery more portable from a farm supply store(TSC). A small 12 volt DC used with a electric fencer would do , It is much smaller and does not recharge. I think there somewhere between 10 & 20 bucks. Hope this helps.

I noticed in the manual and on a label on the plug that you cannot attach an extension lead to the charger of a mobility scooter, why is this and what can you do if you cannot get the lead close enough to an electric socket?

This is for safety reasons.

If you were to use an extension cable you’d have the following risks…

1) Fire because:
a)the cable may not have thick enough copper and so may over heat.
b)the cable may be damaged and so be thinner in one point and so over heat.
c)the cable may be coiled and a coil carrying large AC currents will get hot as it’s creating and reversing a magnetic field 50 times a second.

2)Electric shock – the extension cable or its connector may not be sufficiently insulated – especially if you let it get wet

3)Trip hazard…

If you can mitigate all of these and are sure there are no other issues then you’ll be ok. Possibly the best bet is get someone to install a socket nearer the scooter – or ask the scooter supplier to advise on / supply an extension lead (and don’t coil it )