Navigator/Navigator XL - All Terrain Folding Electric Wheelchair - 6th Generation 2023 Model (Navigator XL)

Update 10/2018 - Many Flights with the Navigator and it's a joy to travel with. Fitting in normal trunks, the NAV travel well under all conditions from private to UBER Huge. The latter being ONLY unsuccess because the Yukon was jacked up. I have a small CURBSIDER that lifts chair into my SUV - perfect. Bolts and plastic covers are due for replacement and tightening. Also, the plastic covers etc need to be replaced. DO NOT wash seat cover on normal cycle - it will fall apart. Gentle cycle ok. Overall Awesome purchase and I would do it all over again!!The chair arrived 4 days early and I had it unpacked and working within 10 minutes w/o reading a single instruction in the user manual. The chair was well packed and shipped via FEDEX - quality delivery. The chair is sturdy and well-built. The rear-wheel solenoids are very responsive and, with the speed control, the chair adapts well to both indoor and outdoor use. The Li Fe battery is shockingly small and lightweight for the advertised range and I will be putting battery life and durability to the test so stay tuned for more endurance input.The seat cushion and back are "OK" - I wish the foam was a bit thicker on the back but the seat is reasonably comfortable and wide enough for my 250 Lbs. I will look at putting some memory foam in the seat and back cushion so extended periods in the chair are more comfortable.The chair folds and unfolds with ease and I'll be experimenting with how best to load and unload the chair in my SUV and rental cars. Overall marks are very high and I recommend the chair to anyone who needs a great chair that can travel.Loads of room, well constructed, easy to operate - this is a great power chair. I'll keep you posted on durability and endurance over the next few weeks.

My wife was told to not weight bear on her foot for over 6 months - I knew that was going to be a challenge and so an electric wheelchair was a perfect solution with a knee-scooter kept in the car for most excursions. If an excursion from home was going to be any more than 100 ft. or so, the Navigator XL was easily put in the SUV instead.My dad was one of the founders of the largest wheelchair company on the planet (Invacare) and as I worked there as a kid I learned a thing or two about factories, quality, intelligent design, etc. Being an engineer myself helps! This chair blew me away from the initial packing material onward. Ultra easy to unpack (2 people make it far easier as the protective foam "sleeve" really holds the chair tightly. Assembly was as easy with very few steps. Overall appearance and design quality was superb - truly. I haven't found one item on chair that I would consider compromised for cost management.The best surprise was the battery management. I had pre-read the manual online before getting the chair and read that the batteries had to be swapped with one side providing the power and the other available to charge. Well, despite the manual saying this, the chair actually surprised us with its intelligence. For instance, plugging in the charging cord using the very durable XLR connector just under the joystick control is easy, can be done WITHOUT looking - purely by feel and rotating until the connector mates properly. The batteries charge without further interaction. A quick press of the blue battery level button on the front of each battery reports its status with a series of green LEDs. Both read FULL after a charge. No battery swapping required.Draining a battery is done sequentially (maybe charging is too, I didn't determine that), however as the level meter dropped steadily over the day if finally reached two amber bars above the red bar (vs several green bars, then a few ambers, then the red displayed when the battery is full). Then, we heard a beep (I think) and the battery showed a full battery!! What a pleasant surprise! So I guess they stick to one battery until it's almost dead, then switch to the backup battery automatically. This is so cool and why I call this "smart battery management". Because it just is...We've had the chair 2 weeks now and wife just loves it around our 4,000 sq ft first floor. (Now, if we can just get it to climb stairs! ).Can't recommend this more highly. Expensive? Wife was mad I spent so much, but after 2 weeks she has looked at me with thankful eyes. She knows this was a good way for her to remain compliant with the doc's orders. So to me, the peace of mind and care of her body was well worth the XL's cost. The little things this unit does that others don't do really adds up quickly to make the purchase justifiable. Bravo!

I've had this chair for about 10 months and finally gave it a good test.I don't use a wheelchair all of the time, but if I need to go over 100 feet or so several times or am going to someplace like a Walmart, I need a ride.Up until now, the largest place I went to was the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin. It is big, but it has good floors and is fairly level. No problems there.Yesterday, I went to the House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Different story entirely.The House on the Rock was started back in the fifties or sixties and has been expanding ever since. It was not started out to be wheelchair accessible at all and it shows. There are about a million ramps where a step or two used to be. They are usually in the 10° or so variety and sometime tip quite a bit to the left or right. I weigh 320lbs or so, just so you know. Well, with this chair I was able to go almost anywhere. There are a few spots that are too narrow or have other issues, but if I had the width, I could make it. A lot of power. Easy to spin on a dime. Doesn't tip over too easy. A great way to get through a huge complex. One of my sisters who lives in Washington State and hikes a lot was winded by the time we finished it all after about 3 hours. The battery had been run down to about ¼ left, but it had been used a lot during the day.It folds and unfolds easily and I can manage to get it into and out of the trunk of my Subaru Sedan without too much trouble. If you have someone to take the other side, its 60lb weight is not an issue.Very pleased with the purchase.