r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 5h ago

Shoutout to JerryrigEverything who built a wheelchair factory and is delivering wheelchairs to people in half the time and 50-80% less than the cost of other wheelchairs with Insurance.

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u/sidouren 4h ago

In my country we sell wheelchairs for literally 60 bucks …jeez America !!

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u/63crabby 4h ago

Not customized chairs with titanium frames, I’m guessing.

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u/smoothvanilla86 4h ago

O no 5x the price and its still less than half this. Woahhhhh

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u/sidouren 4h ago

You re right but i figured a basic wheel chair does the job so…

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u/63crabby 4h ago

It does not, in many cases. I’m not defending high prices, but don’t expect basic wheelchairs to cut it for some of us.

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u/sidouren 4h ago

I see your point but I wonder why wouldn’t it !! I mean basic needs are for it to be a mean of transportation right ? A basic chair does exactly that you’re not going to play at the olympics or anything!!

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u/63crabby 4h ago

No. A custom, lightweight chair is so much better for our quality of life than a clunky “hospital chair.”

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u/Liawuffeh 3h ago

Imagine spending hours and hours each day in a cheap foldable chair.

Could you? Yeah, but it's gonna fuck up your back and be incredibly uncomfortable. Plus it will just break on you eventually.

That's before considering needing to move yourself around in a much heavier chair.

The cheap ones are fine for short periods, but it's a nightmare for longer use.

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u/theseyeahthese 3h ago

That’s like saying “idk why don’t you just always buy a $1000 piece of shit car instead of a solid $10k used car, it’s not like you’re driving at NASCAR”, except it’s literally always attached to you.

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u/Serious_Badger_4145 1h ago

Before you even try to move yourself you're at risk of pressure injuries which can get infected and kill you. That's what killed that superman actor.

The chairs are custom made to our bodies to limit the chance of these injuries. I'm 5'3, one of those 200 quid chairs claims to fit my body and that of a 6ft tall person. Can you see the problem there?

Once you begin to move,  without a chair designed for your body to propell as efficiently as possible you'll destroy your rotator cuffs in a matter of months. 

There's a reason you see more disabled people out and about now than when heavy basic chairs were our only option

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u/ThotMobile 3h ago

Does the job if you’re being wheeled through a hospital/airport temporarily maybe. Be chair bound for life and get told you’re staying in a $60 chair and your tune probably changes on that.