Wheelchair Camber: Pros and Cons
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- čas přidán 24. 11. 2015
- In this video I discuss what wheelchair camber is and the benefits and drawbacks to negative camber. Depending on your needs camber can be beneficial for providing extra stability, however, it will add additional width to the base of the chair which could cause problems with navigating tight spaces.
jusr wanted to add a couple points.
I had 4 degrees on my first chair because I wanted it to turn easily, but on my second and now my third chair I’ve opted for 0 degrees as I just wanted my chair to be as compact as possible instead, and turn wise I don’t notice all that much of a difference to be honest as I can turn my 0 degree chair on a dime just like I did with my 4 degree chair. For me personally, 0 degrees is better as it enables me to get through smaller spaces and easily adjust myself by “hopping” around in my chair to get into a small elevator and still have space in there for a friend in a chair so that we can go together and not have to go one by one, and my 0 degree camber also helps in the car as I just lock my brakes and toss the chair sideways into the back of the Volvo V70 (I can walk a little bit) and it just lays there, with camber it would maybe not stay in place as well and I could possibly be forced to fold the back down and have my chair standing up instead during transport, and that would mean extra steps of messing with side guards and all that stuff that is nice to not have to do when having a station wagon type of car. Drove a Volvo 940 for the first 3 years of using a chair and had to take the whole chair apart every time, it’s so nice to not have to take anything off or apart any longer. At the most I may remove my cushion as the Velcro on my cushion doesn’t match the Velcro on my Panthera U3 chair (fit perfectly in the U2 and S2 chairs from same brand though) so the cushion falls off often during transport and then falls to the ground when opening the back of the car to take chair out lol I really need to do something about the Velcro situation because it’s maddening!
Your videos are so high quality--chock full of really useful info. :)
Your videos are so helpful--thank you for sharing!
Good information, I like the 2% camber too. Still get through most doorways and have some stability! Thanks Brian, hope your having a great Thanksgiving! Randy
Great Video!! I made the same video in german... two months ago and today i found yours😄👍
thanks for the info
I hope my English is good enough ... :
Camber also allows for greater power transfer I.e. straight line from arm through wheel.
This Video was really very helpful and i was looking for exactly one like this :) I would like to change my camber to 0 degree! Currently using Quickie Xneno one..Is it possible? i am from London anyways. Do you have any idea where shall I get this kind of service?
Hi - I happened upon your vids bc I was researching to learn about the different aspects of living with spinal cord injury. I have two colleagues and a friend who use wheelchairs; two bc of injury and another because of neurological disease. I wanted to understand more about their respective needs without being too intrusive. Mainly like if I have someone over what I could do to make it easy, you know? So anyway, it's Christmas Eve, so Merry Christmas from San Francisco! HNY 2016 too!
Bryan, I have a manual Colours Spazz-G and am in Canada. Colours is a horrible company to work with and here in Nova Scotia Canada, they will not work with a Colours wheelchair. I am going from a 2˚ camber to a 0˚ camber and Living Spinal is sending new camber plates (right now, I am having a toe in on one side and a toe out on the other side)...can you explain or do a video on how you change camber plates please?
2 degrees seems ideal. However, if you have a lot of torque and rear wheel drive, it could lead to oversteer if you accelerate out of a corner.
is it harder to push with negative camber? if so at what angle do you start to notice the extra resistance?
What about turning radius? Does a 0 degree camber allow for quicker and easier turns then a 2 or 4 degree?
Hey, Bryan! Great video. I know you've already done two of these, but any chance of you doing another wheelchair to car transfer video? Any difference with your new chair compared to your old chair?
Great video! Can you please clearly list the names of the two wheelchairs in the video. Again, really great video!
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hi bryan/brian- what do you think about a wheelchair with two tubes mounted at the same time? i'm asking because i'm thinking 4 degree camber for outdoor use, and zero camber for indoor use!
I have a new wheelchair and they took off the camber and gave me smaller castor wheels. I previously had 6 in. castor wheels. When outside on uneven surfaces I don't feel i'm going to tip sideways but do feel I am going to tip forward. Is this due to the lack or camber or because of the smaller castor wheels?