Wheelchair parts are either stuff I can get at the hardware store or Medical Grade Stuff with one or two vendors in the entire world.
If I add together the chair, van, and maintenance of both I am probably around where you are in terms of net spend over the last decade and a bit.
If I didn’t have handy friends and an engineering degree and just bought a new chair every couple of years the way the company wants, I’d be waaaaaay over. Right now I’m at 4x the nominal service life for it, I’m worried that the fork the front casters are mounted in is starting to deform, I might have to make friends with someone who has a metal shop…
Wheelchair parts are either stuff I can get at the hardware store or Medical Grade Stuff with one or two vendors in the entire world.
If I add together the chair, van, and maintenance of both I am probably around where you are in terms of net spend over the last decade and a bit.
If I didn’t have handy friends and an engineering degree and just bought a new chair every couple of years the way the company wants, I’d be waaaaaay over. Right now I’m at 4x the nominal service life for it, I’m worried that the fork the front casters are mounted in is starting to deform, I might have to make friends with someone who has a metal shop…