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A couple of weeks ago I posted about my new wheelchair so I wanted to follow up with a review.

My goal was to get something that I could use outside the house on bike paths, museums, the mall, music festivals, etc. Not specific to Whill but having a power chair has been an incredible blessing. I didn’t realize how hard things had gotten trying to get around on crutches. I couldn’t enjoy anything because I was exhausted and had to think about every step. It’s been amazing to have some freedom back.

Now the review:

Pros:
It turns pretty tight on a smooth surface

It has several speed settings one of which is perfect for crowds and one that is faster than a brisk walk

The joystick is amazingly comfortable and intuitive as well as super responsive. I was a pro inside of ten minutes.

It fits easily into my wife’s Subaru Outback.

It travels well over grass, cobbled paths, the bike path, packed gravel, and so far everywhere I’ve been.

I’m new to a power chair so idk if they all fit in store aisles and the rows at the library but this one does.

The seat cushion it came with is comfortable enough not to need a replacement and I prefer over the one I was using in my manual chair. The armrests also do not need any enhancements.

The crutches holder is perfect. This was an add on. I love the basket under the chair too. It came with that.

Cons:
I’m 6’ tall and it seems just a smidge too small for my legs. I have the seat up all the way and I’d be more comfortable with another 1-2” from the footrest to the seat.

Because I’m so high, I can’t pull up to tables and eat at the food court or to a table to read at the library. The arms go up but my chair and lap are way too high to get under a table.

I used to work out with weights and could lift a lot. The heaviest piece when disassembled is just over forty pounds but still wears me out. I didn’t realize how far things have deteriorated so it’s not as easy as I expected to take apart and set up.

It fits in the hatchback easily but putting it in the trunk of my legacy is difficult to fit. It’ll work but everything has to go in just right.

The seatback reclines to 100 degrees. I wish it were more.

On grass you can’t make right turns. It must be gradual.

If the front tire gets caught in a groove, it can be a little bit of a pain to get it out of it.

This may be true for all wheelchairs but you really have to go 90 degrees over something like a hump.

Summary

I’m putting this here because when I was deciding what to buy, any review was helpful. If I had a vehicle that a power chair could roll into, I would have purchased something else. Since I don’t, the weight and outdoor ability for me seemed a better match than something like a Jazzy light. The other serious option was a Robooter but there are a lot of reviews panning the reliability of the motors. The Whill C2 isn’t perfect for me, but I still think it was my best match and has provided me the freedom I haven’t had in years.

I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user. Actually right now I’m mostly a forearm crutch user, but am transitioning to give myself more freedom.

My question to people who have purchased the C2 is did you buy it from a retailer or direct from Whill? If i buy direct, I can get a free extra battery which normally costs $599. The second battery is important so I will have to pay for it if I go through a retailer.

My concern in not going through a retailer is where I will get the C2 serviced. There’s a retailer in my area that will only service what they sell. As background, I bought a recumbent bike for $1,700 and the screen stopped working so it’s unusable. I have to get a guy to come out from our major city to fix it. The Whill is more expensive and more important and I can’t afford to buy a new chair every year.

What do you guys recommend?

I’m selling almost my entire collection of about 7,000 books. My plan is to start with MyComic Shop and see what they offer me.

I have long runs of some popular books. Not just 80s/90s but 60/70s too. In the past I had a handful of books graded and sold them. For that I looked up recent eBay sales. I then discounted the value for the margin I thought the retailer would need. That worked well. For this lot, the size of the collection makes that impossible.

Everything is logged into one of two instances of CLZ. The books aren’t graded and I have zero plans to add estimated grades in CLZ.

Question: is it worth upgrading to get CovrPrice through CLZ to give me some ballpark of the value? Does CovrPrice only give values for graded books?

Even if 100 books were worth $250 and everything else was a dollar book (which they’re not all), the value could be quite high. I just want to have some reasonable starting point.

We read the title. It’s right above the body of your text. You don’t have to refer us back to it with your opening line.

I saw an article today that said in North Carolina, Medicaid billings for one type of service went from $1.4 million or so in total billings to more than $660 million.

If the government wants to stop medical fraud from being paid out, I can introduce them to my insurance company. They’re experts in not paying for claims. Hire them as consultants and Medicare billing for that service would have gone down to $700K. Everything is covered before you sign up. After that, it’s one surprise lack of coverage after another.

After a long wait I was finally tested and diagnosed with dysautonomia and small fiber neuropathy. My primary symptoms are orthostatic hypotension, physiological exercise intolerance, difficulty walking (crutches mostly, WC when needed), sudomotor dysfunction, hypocapnic hyperventilation, general fatigue, and back pain from the circulation issues.

My mobility has steadily degraded over the last two years and I’m saving for a power wheelchair. I’ve learned to be ok with this. The things that I’d really like relief from are the fatigue, and the chest pain that comes from the hypocapnic hyperventilation. My condition is complicated by the fact that I had hypertension before dysautonomia and still do when lying down.

After many calls and a year of waiting, I have an appointment Monday with the only dysautonomia expert in my six state region. I’m very grateful for this opportunity. I’ve been told that there’s not much that can be done. I’m a glass half full person though, and I still have hope for some relief.

Has anyone with similar symptoms had an appointment at a dysautonomia clinic that can share what to expect?