The Quickie Q700M Sedeo Pro Advanced Powerchair sets the bar for mid-wheel drive technology, combining advanced seating functionality and tight indoor manoeuvrability with superior outdoor performance. It offers an enhanced driving experience exceeding it's predecessors, providing a range of power seat functions, memory seating, and advanced seating technology. The wheelchair is designed to address specific clinical powerchair needs, offering enhanced adjustability and adaptability to suit individual requirements.
The Sedeo Pro Advanced seating system, which provides a wealth of power seat functions, including power recline, power elevating leg rests, and C-Me (power seat elevation for social interaction). Additionally, the wheelchair features independent movement and suspension of all six wheels, ensuring stability over challenging terrains and obstacles.
The power chair is equipped with 4-pole high torque motors, offering power and speed at the user's fingertips. Users can choose from standard speeds of 3.7 or 5 mph, with the option to upgrade to 6.2 or 8 mph for ultimate performance. Additionally, the wheelchair provides a choice of 60 Ah or 80 Ah batteries, allowing users to maximize their range of up to 25 miles and experience an enhanced outdoor performance. The motors feature metal gears instead of plastic, polished for low noise and high efficiency, ensuring durability and reliability even in tough conditions.
The Sedeo Pro Advanced features memory seating, which allows users to save up to six programmable seating positions and transition to them with a simple press of a button. This eliminates the need to navigate through menus to find the desired seat position. Additionally, the Switch-It Remote Seating app can be used to monitor seating positions, track the time spent in each position, and receive alerts when it's time to change position. This information can be shared with medical professionals and caregivers to develop individualized pressure relief plans.
The wheelchair offers a selection of easy-to-use controls, including assignable buttons, which allow users to change the function of any joystick button to any desired command. Additionally, the wheelchair features a large, easy-to-read HD display and simple-to-control paddle switches, providing intuitive operation and convenient access to programmable power wheelchair functions. The advanced controller technology, including the R-Net advanced joystick as standard, ensures that users can control their environment with ease. Furthermore, you can also assign a second (long-press) function to buttons, giving you quicker, simpler and smoother access to functions you commonly use without having to handle the joystick.
Our Verdict
The capacity to adjust and customize the seating make the Q700 M Sedeo Pro Advanced a hugely impressive vehicle with a range of advanced features for an enhanced user experience. The wealth of powered features make it more pricey than many of its competitors and it's certainly an upgrade on the Q700 M but you might want to look at that model too to assess its suitability and possibly save some money. The highly versatile and more affordable Permobil M5 Corpus Powerchair is also worth considering for its comfort levels and premium functions. The Dietz Sango Advanced might also be interesting for its seating configurations and performance levels.
