The Powermax by Lomax

Company Blurb.......

The Powermax is not like a traditional square-framed indoor chair. It's nothing like a typical bulky outdoor chair. Narrow and short, with an agile turning circle, it's at home in awkward spaces like the average kitchen. At just 22 inches wide - three inches narrower than most powered chairs - the uniquely streamlined Powermax can nip up kerbs and get through internal doorways that would stop some manual chairs.

Control options include the new, fully programmable Lomax system, which can be integrated with personal communications aids and with household and environmental functions such as door opening or curtain closing.

The clever new onboard charging system means it's no problem to top up the power when you're out and about. Other neat features include seat tilt, back recline, tension adjustable back, and new highly-styled alloy drive wheels and castors.

We've even included unique anti-bump protectors, to protect your walls and doors.

# Ideal indoor/outdoor chair

# Exceptional value - hundred of pounds less than its nearest rival

# Rear wheel drive

# Central kerb climbing facility and rear stabilisers

# 20" seat-to-ground height gives stability and access.

# 22" overall width - narrower than many manual wheelchairs

# Low maintenance

# Designed and manufactured in Britain

# Suitable for users weighing up to 25 stone

# Tested to ISO standards

# Fully transportable - including seated transportation

# Ease of access for maintenance

# Sealed-for-life castor bearings

Kind thanks to Mohammed Qureshi, Chair, Rotherham Wheelchair User Group for his thoughts on the chair.....

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Product Review--POWERMAX powerchair, manufactured by Lomax

I am the only person in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, to be given this chair by the local wheelchair servicce. They had initially offered me the Harrier Plus, but I chose this because it appeared to be well-built--good for outdoor use.

Later I found out the following faults:

1. The rubber compound used in making the rear tyres are too hard. Result is loss of traction on slightest dusty or wet surface. Imagine going down a slight slope, wet surface, and not being able to manuever left or right--scary!!

2. The wheelchair chasis is too rigid--user feels every bump on the road. The company brochure shows these chairs being tested on various rough surfaces for durability, without anyone in them. Slightly flexible frames tend to soak up minor bumps on the road, but not this one.

3. This super-rigid chasis makes driving dangerous on slope+camber surface. We all know those those drop curbs where one wheel lifts off the ground. Some chairs more than others, perhaps. On this cair, if one of the driving wheels lift off in the air, it results in loss of traction and control.

4. No control for roll. Imagine stopping at a drop curb to wait for the traffic. You let go of the joystick, the chair rolls for a bit, then catches the gear and stops. This chair rolls a lot more than others, leaving it up to you to quickly reverse or get run over.