Umbrella on Scooter

[serenitynow]

Reserved a ECV (scooter) from Care Medical. They no longer have the canopy covers because they didn't hold up in the Florida wind and rains. The Care Medical rep suggested hooking up a golf umbrella to the back of the ECV for shade.

Has anyone out there ever done this? And how? With a man's belt or something???

Thank you all for your great advice!

 

[Talking Hands]

I would think that this would not be particullarly safe to do. The umbrella would be at the level of people's eyes and could potentially poke someone accidentally in the eye. I would strongly suggest that it not be done. The canopies were safe, an umbrella would not be.

 

[SueM in MN]

I agree with Talking Hands.
If the things that were made for scooter sunshades didn't hold up, I wouldn't try to rig up something.

 

[serenitynow]

But with an umbrella, you could put it down or take it off in bad winds, which they couldn't do with the canopy. I think they recommended a golf umbrella because the shaft is so much taller than a regular umbrella, allowing the umbrella to be set up higher, out of others eye level

 

[pugdog]

BUt they are also so much wider. ONe idea that might work is to go to Bed Bath and Beyond, they have a shade canapy that is designed for the back of folding beach chairs but it also happens to fit the back of DW wc. so it might work on a scooter. I think they are only 10 bucks.

 

[serenitynow]

Great advice! I'll try to get over there to get one of those.

Thank you!