* Overall Length: 32 inches (ATS: 36.5")
Driver / Hand controls, Car a Ford Fusion, jazzy will go in leaving one rear seat in use with room for the wheelchair ramps, 6ft folding down to 3ft.
I live in a small hamlet on the banks of the river Trent in South Derbyshire, Ingleby, no buses, shop or school, only very short run of pavement, two street lights, very narrow road, it does have a great pub with two wheelchair spaces near the door, BUT steps up to the door and no accessible loo!!! Do go with a friend but limited to two pints max!!! so carn't get leg less!!! Not in that sense anyway.
The Jazzy I got from a seller on ebay to get around the garden, mostly grass, adjacent one field then the river Trent, wanted to view the river and wild life.
The JAZZY cost £550 it had had very little use, previous owner past away, not sure how well the batteries have been looked after but seam OK.
They must be kept charged if chair not used for a week, still recharge, and don't ever fully discharge the batteries you will ruin the cells.
Ebay can be a good place to buy it's particularly good for power scooters I think people buy the wrong thing and then after sell. I was tempted to buy a scooter but they are no good for accessing disabled loos, or getting in shops, restaurants, or the all-important pub. I do have a Bromikin wheelchair that’s brilliant and this power chair will get-into places that will. I live in a old stone barn / cow shed that I converted.
before the onset of MS single story, standard size door openings, and getting around in this chair would not be a problem if I wished to use it for that. I have used it on a local canal path just 2 miles away that goes to Derby a further 5 miles and the river Derwent 4miles, I went to the Derwent. Apart from shopping in Derby I have used it for trips to a local country park over grass and it was fine about 6 hrs use, there is thought an area of granite set cobbles at this park and it is no good over them far to bumpy. Near where I live is Calke Abbbey just two miles away I was based there and love to go back, from the Abbey to the formal gardens there is a steep path and it went up it no problem. But its not made for going over rough ground, but use this chair for what its made for and I would say its great. And its readily available thousands have been made so getting parts or servicing should be no problem cost new about £2300 or so, other Jazzy's go up to over £3/4 thousand.
Has I am I lover of the great outdoors and the Peak District especially where I have worked often. I do need a another chair, a road going chair as we have no pavements and one that’s at home over hilly and bumpy ground, that my well be the Alber Adventure? anyone got more info on that.
I do wonder how you charge the batteries when camping by a stream as per catalogue, I want to buy reality not a dream!! But it still looks a great chair.
Luckily we do have lots of cycle paths thanks to the work of Sustrans and the local authority including the one that goes along the old canal and then by the river Derwent into the very centre of Derby 7miles away. But I will most certainly be keeping my Jazzy for its brilliant access capabilities great in town thats what its made for not the Peak District, no one chair will do it all.
Re Mileage and power chairs/scooters has any manufacturer got the Balls to tell use how they arrive at the mileage's per charge they do.
A suggestion if someone is looking for a "transportable" Jazzy - look at the model
1113 Mini Jazzy. This model can break down in less than 5 minutes for the average
person (with experience I can actually take it apart in less than 1-1/2 minutes).
The heaviest part when it comes apart is 32 lbs. (one side of the frame and motor)
and has a carrying handle. The batteries come in at 26 lbs. each (there are two)and
they have carrying handles. All the parts just clip or plug together - it doesn't take
any tools.
When you compare the weight of a standard manual wheelchair which can be 30 - 40 lbs.
plus being aukward to handle, to the smaller pieces of the 1113 Mini Jazzy, it really
isn't much different. How many times have you tried to throw a manual wheelchair into
the trunk - I even struggle with them. The difference is manual power vs. electric
power. The 1113 Mini could be the solution if you go out occasionally and want to
take your powerchair.
Hope this helps,
Tom
Ok, its been a few weeks with my Jazzy 1113 ATS. Pros: Easy to steer, tight turning radius, 16.5" for indoor manueverability, nice looking, compact, can take apart for travel (an able bodied individual is a must!) midwheel drive, active track suspension. Mine has optional solid tire inserts, headrest, seat belt, cupholder. You can equip it with full rehab gear. Cons: Slow, 4mph. Footplate is a little hard to swing up if you can't bend much and don't have good leg strength. Mine was impossible to get in freewheel mode, without the assistance of a very strong man to pull the required levels upward. When taken apart, it is nearly impossible to get the seat back on, the fittings are very tight, and although they said it could be done in a minute, both people at the dealership were visibly sweating and took at least 7 minutes just to get it apart (I won't mention how long it took to put together). They even sprayed WD-40 on it, with little improvement. The horn is a joke: it beeps ever so slightly. No real warning even in a crowded store, no one would even hear it.
Suggestions: Up the speed to 5.5-6 mph, devise a holder for the seat belts when not in use, they fall to the ground, and if you're on the thin side, the belt is way too long on the side, and can get wrapped in the wheel. Develop a louder horn.
I haven't had it long enough to comment on the maintenance aspects, but I will edit the review when I find something interesting worth mentioning.