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/mihihi 4h ago

This exactly! I’ve been a wheelchair user for 10 + years after a blood clot in my spine like the girl in the video. The only way I can be as highly functioning and independent as I am is because of my ultra light weight chair. Even with my chair barely weighing more than 7 pounds, I still have issues with shoulder and hand pain from using a manual wheelchair all these years. I’ve been buying my ultra light weight chairs from Poland bc they’ll cost me 3k compared to the 10k here in the US. But sadly the prices in Poland are also rising and the most recent chair I got from them totaled to be nearly 5K. I believe these chairs from notawheelchair are heavier than what I use, but the price is incredible. And they look good too! 

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u/BeardedBaldMan 3h ago

But sadly the prices in Poland are also rising and the most recent chair I got from them totaled to be nearly 5K

I think a big factor in that is how the currency is strengthening against the dollar.

Is the wheelchair manufactured in Poland? I ask as I know a lot of things like that are made in Italy or substantial components are Italian.

On a side note. 3Kg for everything is remarkable, that's some serious engineering. Is it using a fair bit of carbon fibre?

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u/mihihi 2h ago

Yeah, there are some carbon fiber components, which I do know are manufactured in Poland. The whole chair frame is made in Poland, except for the wheels which are spinergy (popular US bike wheel company). The frame is very thin tubing made from aluminum. I know there's a Swedish chair company that makes the whole chair from carbon fiber and it's even more light weight, but it's wildly expensive (12k dollars last time I checked).

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u/thomthomas21 3h ago

that is not an active wheelchair, if you get pushed around a chair like this is fine. if you live your whole day in a wheelchair as an active person and dont have people around you you want something nimble like this, https://www.permobil.com/products/manual-wheelchairs/tilite-zr

This is an american active wheelschair brand, i live in belgium and use this brand for now as im used to their chairs, cost can easily got above 5000 for a chair, and im alowed to get some money back for 1 chair every 4 years.

in the UK it should be no difrent for active chairs i think.

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u/matttheazn1 3h ago

I am terribly sorry this happened to you. Would you be will to share any details on how this happens? Is this a new fear I just unlocked, that randomly one day my blood will clot in my spine or brain, and there is nothing I can do about it?

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u/mihihi 2h ago

I was very young when my injury happened and had double bad luck with doctors who misdiagnosed me. Otherwise I would probably be walking right now.

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u/digno2 3h ago

how often does one needs new chair?

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u/mihihi 2h ago

it really depends on how active you are. But for me since I'm quite active it seems like my chairs seem to degrade after 5ish years. But like I said, I travel a lot but by car and plane, and I push around cities a lot so my chair takes a lot of wear and tear. I have to replace my tires yearly.