Ah, clumsy writing is always fun. Clumsy chairs, not so much ;-)

I meant to post the following in reply to -- and as a continuation of -- Don's post, above (but I think I clicked a wrong button prematurely, or something):

I, myself, have a Quickie GPS Titanium for my manual chair (though I use my motorized -- also a Quickie -- most of the time). According to the manual, it weighs in between 22.5 pounds and 20.5 pounds, depending on whether you get the wire spoke wheels or the performance sports wheels.

A good wheelchair, that matches the user's needs, is about as "confining" as a really sexy sports car, or powerful racing truck: it get give you the ability to get to places you'd never reach, otherwise.

Unfortunately, as Villian has noticed, many institutions operate on the "One size fits nobody" system. But it doesn't have to be that way.

As much as I disagreed with Dick Cheney's politics, while he was in office, it still saddened me a bit to see him put in one of the hospital clunker models* for the Inauguration ceremony, especially with his wife delegated to "caretaker" duty, pushing him around. He at least deserved to be served by one of the honor guard, so that his wife could walk beside him, with some dignity.

*Then again, it would have been awkward, I suppose, if a member of the secret service had been overheard to say: "Can we get a Quickie for the Vice-President?" >;-)