I purchased the Vela chair as I have a very small alcove between a hallway and the entrance to the master bedroom. A typical wheelchair can’t make the turn as the back wheels don’t rotate. Not being able to see the vela chair before purchasing,I purchased an office chair with a wheel base the same as the vela chair. It worked, but the wheelbase kept rotating and was just physically difficult for me to push and keep it straight. My husband was 6’2” before being hunched over by Parkinson’s and has a lot of issues with freezing and not being able to move. He finds this chair a little high for him to scoot and thinks that feature might work better if it was the lower chair, but likes the added height that actually lets him look down on things at the counter height eating area. I use the push bar and the foot rest and easily push him into the bedrooms and two bathrooms if he can’t move fast enough. The pushbar does interfere with the mechanism that lets the seat swivel to the left when the brake is on, but works ok if it is off. This has enabled me to avoid alterations to entryways that maybe would have worked, and the frustration of dealing with a company that didn’t really respond like Vela does.