Tᴀᴋᴀɴᴀsʜɪ Hᴏʀᴏ on Nostr: ffs I now think most North American wheelchair vendors are just a bunch of money ...
ffs I now think most North American wheelchair vendors are just a bunch of money grabs. This replacement one I got from Air Canada (after they broke mine) is made, low and behold, in the same literal city in China as my old ones, yet the price is about 5x and the controller is shit. Like literally it takes 500ms or more for the wheelchair to do anything after I move the joystick.
And guess what, it has an absolutely proprietary charging port and they sell their chargers for a completely ridiculous price. My old wheelchair uses the XLR port (yes, the audio one, weird, but it's kind of a standard in wheelchairs and scooters), so I was able to just make my own XT60 - XLR converter and charge it from PD using a smart battery charger from ISDT. Now? If I want to do the same shit, I will have to destroy my official charger, or I'll need to shell out over $60 to buy a backup one.
And guess what, it has an absolutely proprietary charging port and they sell their chargers for a completely ridiculous price. My old wheelchair uses the XLR port (yes, the audio one, weird, but it's kind of a standard in wheelchairs and scooters), so I was able to just make my own XT60 - XLR converter and charge it from PD using a smart battery charger from ISDT. Now? If I want to do the same shit, I will have to destroy my official charger, or I'll need to shell out over $60 to buy a backup one.