ATTN: We Have New Chair!Sign!!!

[capri0mni]

Ostensibly, this is the same model as the one I was replacing, but the custom stuff is all new.

The "Anti-thrust" seat (aka, with the 'Butt depression') to keep me from sliding out is much better -- raising my thighs up higher, so I'm nestled in more securely.

The back has extra padding.

The joystick is very different; it's tilted up to be ergonomically comfortable for the hand. This is good. But the downside is that it doesn't slide under table and desktops, anymore. So it's a good thing I went with the shorter armrests (and I'll have to be careful, until I change my habits, that I don't turn the chair on by accident when I reach behind me, transferring into from bed or toilet). And I have a horn again! I missed my old horn that I had on my second chair (this is my fifth). The beep it gives off isn't as satisfying. My last horn gave a buzzy little "toot" -- this one sounds like the beep of a backing truck. Still, it will probably get pedestrians' attention in crowds better than my trying to shout "Excuse me; watch your toes!" everywhere.

The footrests are adjustible, so they now match my feet, better (I've already removed them, though, for inside the house, so I can have easy escape when I need to go to the toilet, and less fussiness pulling up to my desks and counters).

And the charger! Man, the charger is tiny. The old charger was 15 pounds, easy (maybe more); I could barely lift it. The new charger can't be more than 4 pounds. It's the size of a small paperback book, and it doesn't even have an on/off switch -- just plug it in, and it starts charging automatically. (capriuni does celebration dance in honor of the incredible shrinking electronics over the last 6 years).

The biggest downside I see so far is that the chair doesn't seem to have as much power for going over low curbs and high thresholds. But that could just be because I haven't figured out the indoor/outdoor speed adjustments, yet.

And the color? That's really the most important thing, right? ;-) The upholstry is all black, and the painted frame is about the same purple as this icon, and highly reflective and shiny. I think they use autobody paint on the frame.

So -- all in all: YAYNESS!!!eleventyone!

Comments

[leenah.livejournal.com]

ooooooh. shiny purple. nice.

congrats on the chair!!!!!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was thinking I needed a more exciting color than blue, this time (though raincoat yellow and candy apple red would have been too big of a change... If they'd had it, I would have gone with fuschia or salmon)...

[leenah.livejournal.com]

i'm green girl, all the way.

kelly green metal flake.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I think the only shade of green they had was called "Toxic green" (Probably named to appeal to the pre-teen boys) -- sort of a neon version of apple green.

The name of this color is "Razzleberry," BTW.

[judiang.livejournal.com]

*Kermie wave* YAY!!!!! Let's here it for progress!!! :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

:::Nods in agreement with your icon::: Geek love, ideed.

The habitual pedestrians tend to tutt with pity at the sight of someone in a wheelchair. What they fail to realize is that motor chairs are the shiniest of shiny tech.

"Wheelchair bound," my kiester!

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Yay!:):) Good enough to zoom around the galaxy with, I hope!:)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Well, I think I'd need the heavy-duty model for that. This is their light-weight.

But it'll do nicely down the corridors of a TARDIS.

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

:-)

[gordon-r-d.livejournal.com]

Yay! *happydancesyou*

You would've fit in perfectly with our Purple Drazi team at Redemption. :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Next time, then... :D

[ravenevermore.livejournal.com]

It gets all it's secret powers from the fact it is purple.

PURPLE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

/me nods.

Wizard hats are purple, after all.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!! And purple! I didn't even know they came in such groovy colors. :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Quickie was in the forefront of making their chairs in colors other than hospital chrome and brown vinyl.

Now, most chairs do.

[jekesta]

EEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:):):):):) ::DANCES YOU:: I'm so so so so happy it's there. Dude. ::GLOVES::

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

::::Dances you Back:::

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds like one tricked-out chair! How cool that you get to pick colors! (And your TARDIS comment has me picturing Peter Davison in "Castrovalva" ;) )

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

...um, Yeah. That chair wasn't nearly as cool as this one.

For one thing, it was Sooo last generation, and for another, it was last generation on a BBC budget.

This is the real deal.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I meant for those to be two separate things, 'cause obviously, not at all the same chair. I mean, his wasn't purple! ;)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

heh. My reply above was meant with tongue very firmly in cheek... sorry I didn't include a winky face.

[trinalin.livejournal.com]

Yay! It's purple! :-)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

yay! and shiny!!

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yipee-ai-kai-yay!