Ross, the curb, and the Permobil c500 power wheelchair

I'm really happy with how well the c500 does on curbs and slopes.

W00t Permobil c500 power wheelchair.

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• Permobil
• c500
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• hill
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[danteand]

have you had problems with pressure sores previously?

how is the roho cushion when you go up to standing and come back down?

i tried a cushion which had a sort of "grabby" vinyl cover so i couldn't slide back to a good position when i came back down and i'm wondering if the roho would be ok for that.

[tastypossum]

@danteand I've had pressure sores previously. The roho is a good part of prevention, but of course not the only part. It does have a fabric cover that lets me slide over the rubber air "finger" things, which I've found to work well.

[danteand]

what kind of cushion do you have?

[tastypossum]

@danteand It's a Roho cushion. I've always had good experiences with them, comfortable, good on the skin and relatively simple to clean. I think I've got the Mid Profile Quatro cushion.

[tastypossum]

yeah, it's definitely done ledges i didn't think it could do. 3 inches safely, maybe closer to 4 if the angle isn't absolutely 90°.

that's a great idea for a new video...

[PsychoNaddel]

omg

[Randy123SD]

hey I'm thinking about getting a c500 or c300-- have you tried going up ledges/90° angle curbs? what's the biggest lip, you can get over? 3 inches?