This is a cool machine too but I wonder if the handles could be lengthened if you're one that has short arms like me, I wouldn't want to be leaning forward all the time. Very cool little thing, will be interesting to see how much the price is when available.Originally Posted by SCI_OTR
Thanks for the link. Thats pretty genius, I mean really outstanding - good job. If I had one of these things I'd mainly use it for traveling cuz if I used it everyday I'd probably get really gordo cuz I like to eat.
The Zinger has been around for atleast few years now. For one reason or another the inventor seems to have abandoned it. The link you posted only shows the most recent posts but people have been posting for years and the inventor never responds to anyone. It does look cool but I don't think it would be an option for quads or even paras with little trunk control. Also you need to get out of the chair and remove the wheels to seperate it from the wheelchair.
Based on what I found out today, he may have sold or licensed the rights for it.
As it appears in the video, power is applied using a motorcycle-style throttle on one of the levers and the user needs to push on both levers in order to brake. It may be possible to re-design the levers & throttle slightly so they would be more quad-friendly (probably C6 or lower since some triceps would be still be necessary).
True.
I hate to keep picking at such a great product but we just all want it to be the best it possibly can be. Do they make the tires in black? That would blend in better like the rest of it does pretty well. Do you have to remove the anti tip levers?
This us actually a lot better looking that I imagined.
Keep picking on it, it's just a prototype and you have some very good ideas.
Actually Steve from HOC(D's Locks) makes these sick wheels that are polished aluminum with black tires that have a cool tread design. He is one of the people at the abilities expo that showed a lot of interest in doing something together with my power add-on. We're suppose to meet up soon.
To be honest I never thought about anti-tip bars because I don't use them. You wouldn't need them with the device attached because it has a built in anti-tip feature. If you need them when it is not, that could be a problem. I'll have to look into it further but there is room between the drive wheels and the manual wheels so it may take something like an offset bracket.
That is so cool. Much better than older products on the market (my mother had one that attached to the front of the chair and had to drive it like a scooter....the Roll-Aid. A problem for turning radius, arm strength, and transfers. The only good thing was that the heaviest part was only 35 lb. so it was pretty easy to load into a car.
How about attachment points so you could load this in a car or truck with a trunk hoist without risking a rupture??
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Because it uses the standard wheels on the wheelchair to transfer power to the ground, the Zinger is lighter and mechanically less complicated than the Alber products. At the same time, it yields the same degree of perfomance that is depicted in the video.
ok pat,
you got me sold. can you build one for me? how much $$ do you need to get started.
are you pursuing this as a business too? where are you at with that?
signed,
a very intrigued jesse
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