Drive Medical Cruiser III Light Weight Wheelchair with Flip Back Removable Arms, Desk Arms, Elevating Leg Rests, 16'' Seat

My wife has lung cancer and COPD. She can walk but requires oxygen and walking anywhere makes her completely winded. This wheelchair is fantastic. We have had it for a couple of months now and for the frequent doctor's appointments it has made both of our lives so much better. It is light and easy to wheel her around yet is made very well. I have a small SUV and it collapses easily and fits into the back with no problem at all. It is not too heavy to lift in either. My wife is only 5'4" and weighs about 120 lbs. but the 16" wide chair is perfectly comfortable for her and it fits through doorways without any problem at all. In fact, I sat in it and it is very comfortable for me (and I am 6' tall and weigh about 225 lbs.)It maneuvers well when there is not a lot of room and when I take her out, she has to have oxygen so I have to coordinate her and the carriage for the oxygen. This wheelchair allows me to coordinate both with no problem. It came basically assembled and is very easy to open and fold down for putting in the car. The feet rests are easily detachable and adjust very easily.The best thing was the price. I wasn't sure that for this reasonable price, it would be made that well or stand up to extended usage but so far it is perfect. I could have spent a lot more on another wheelchair with a few more fancy features, but for something that really works well and is reasonably priced, I am extremely happy with our purchase and how well it works for us.

I wanted to write a review because everyone keeps saying the box is enormous and hard to open. The box is the size of the wheelchair folded up. Use a butter knife to open the side and the chair slides right out fully assembled. You do need to attach the leg rests which takes about a minute for both. The chair fits folded with leg rests attached in the back of my Suv wagon. Its lighter without the leg rests attached but not bad either way. It looks really sturdy and stable and a really good value for the minet. It was a week late in arriving so if you ate planning to take this on a trip, plan early. Other than that, this is a good, safe chair and will make life much easier.Update; have used the chair twice now. Its bery sturdy and stable. It lifts into the car very easily with thr leg rests off. Hint. Mark your left and right leg rest with colored tape then you can quickly grab the right side and easily snap onto the chair. I am very happy with this purchase. So I wanted to update.

This was one of the smartest purchases for our family. It arrived quickly. We have had this for a couple years now and the quality seems to be holding up well. It goes together quickly and is easy for my family to get in and out of the car. Side note - we have a crossover with a hatchback. So we can not say how it would do going in and out of a truck. We did purchase a handle extension that would raise the hight where you push it, because my husband is tall. I will say, I don’t use this constantly. I have some medical conditions that cause pain and issues with movement, standing and life in general. So we use this on my high pain days. Normal errand days that would involve a lot of walking or standing. Family functions, because we know I may start off feeling like I can tackle it, but then get worn down. When I get sick on top of my medical conditions and we need to go to doctors appointments. Sight seeing when the family comes to town. Which is what we originally purchased this wheelchair for. But now it’s something we are so thankful to have. When we have used it for extended periods of sitting, it does NOT seem to get uncomfortable. However , we do plan to add a seat cushion, just to give it more cushion. We would 100% recommend this wheelchair.

CON: The left wheel rubs up against the armrest's side-panel. This make the chair harder to push and also makes it veer off to the left. This is why I gave the chair 4 stars instead of 5. As far as I can tell, this is the only design flaw the chair has. I noticed a couple other reviewers mentioned the same problem. Without this problem, the chair would be flawless.PROS: Aside from the wheel rubbing the side panel, this chair is perfect. It is well constructed and much sturdier than I expected it to be for a folding chair. When I shift my weight from side to side, the chair isn't wobbly. I purchased the 20" seat and it fits through most doorways (although it's a tight squeeze and I have to watch my fingers don't get jammed in the doorway). The seat as well as the backrest is much more comfortable than I expected. Today I went to the mall and had lunch in a restaurant. The armlegth arm rests allowed me to pull up close to the table and I was as comfortable sitting in the chair as I would have been sitting in a booth. I was in this chair for about 2.5 hours and remained comfortable the entire time. Unfolding and folding the chair is a breeze. To unfold you basically just push down on the seat. To fold, you just grasp the two handles on either side of the seat and pull up. This folds the seat and the chair for easy transport. Though you do not have to remove the leg rests in order to fold the chair to transport it in a car, I do remove mine simply because it makes the chair lighter to lift into the car. I am a middle-aged woman with several upper body orthopedic issues (in addition to my orthopedic leg issues), and despite this I'm able to lift the chair into my car. I won't lie, it's a bit of a struggle for me, but it's perfectly doable. The chair fits in the back of my SUV. Taking the leg rest off and putting them on is really simple too so I don't mind having to remove them to store the chair in the car.All-in-all, I'm happy I purchased this wheelchair. I just wish the wheel didn't rub on the side panel. I plan to contact a local wheelchair repair shop to see if there's some sort of fix for this.For the price, you can't beat this chair.