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mobility feature wheels to go The new SmartDrive chair opens up a world of opportunity, writes Permobil Australia senior advisor and ambassador, Malcolm Turnbull. In January the MX2+ with the amount of time your SmartDrive PushTracker was launched. The has been active and the distance MX2+ SmartDrive looks exactly the your SmartDrive has powered you. same as the MX2. The big change is the PushTracker which replaces There are two buttons on the I have been a wheelchair user since the wristband, the functionality PushTracker, the one on the left 1980 due to a spinal cord injury the PushTracker allows and the connects and disconnects the obtained in a motor vehicle accident. free App that connects to the PushTracker to the SmartDrive. The If I was to nominate the best product PushTracker via Bluetooth. one on the right allows access to the development I have seen since 40 settings menu. The settings menu my injury it would have to be the The first thing you will notice about allows the SmartDrive performance SmartDrive from Max Mobility® the PushTracker wristband is that to be customised to individual Inc. I have never seen a product it looks great, a bit like a Fitbit preferences. The highlights are the capture the imagination of manual Charge™. A tap on the PushTracker ability to set the maximum speed, wheelchair users in the way the screen will wake it up, and adjust the rate of acceleration and SmartDrive has. So when new models subsequent taps will scroll through adjust the sensitivity of the tap. of the SmartDrive are launched it the time, the number of pushes you Pairing to a SmartDrive and the App creates a buzz that very few assistive have done, the battery level of the is also done through the settings. technology products can. PushTracker and the SmartDrive, mobility feature linkonline.com.au