Don F

also have one of THESE, a Pride "Jazzy" 1122, ... Don't know how much it weighs, but I think it's about 85 lbs.

We have "inherited" a Pride "Jazzy 1120" that a relative needed to get rid of and couldn't find an "agency" that would accept it as a donation. My guess would be that it's closer to 185 lbs, and quite likely a bit more. The batteries alone look like around 50 lb.

Lin started to need a "mobility assist" after a stroke in 2000, and since we couldn't get an immediate¹ "disability" approval I bought one at retail from Pep Boys. Pep boys went out of business here, and stopped carrying the no-name 3-wheelers elsewhere, so when Lin tried to find out whether it would float after a rainstorm it died and was non-repairable. (Although I think I've found a source for parts, when I get to it.)

The replacement was an "obsolete but new" 3 wheel Invacare Zoom 220, about the same size as the first one. Both of these list as "travel scooters," and "disassemble" for transport, down to the power section at about 35 lb and three or four smaller pieces.

Total on either of the scooters is 105 to 115 pounds (empty - of course). Neither of these two has a "rated load capacity" really adequate for Lin, her dulcimer, her pot of tea, and a music book or two, and the tiny wheels are almost useless in grass or where there are garden hoses and extension cords lying about at the festivals.

My guess would have been that the Pride "Jazzy 2200" is "more than twice" the weight of either of the scooters, although I haven't found specs on it or tried to weigh it (It's apparently an obsolete model.)

I will agree that it's got "oomph out the a**" though. I tried to get Lin to "ride it onto the trailer" to bring it home and she moved several massive pieces of furniture - with much screaming and hollerin' - before fleeing and leaving the loading to the rest of us.

(Others, with more nerve, did only marginally better at driving the thing, but I think it's manageable once one gets the hang of the speed control. But NOTHING gets in its way - and survives - which might partially explain why the care homes and veterans orgs didn't want it.)

¹ Formal application for Medicare Disability, begun in 2002, is still "in process," with an expected "few months" remaining before we may be able to get anything resolved.

John