Transport Chair vs Wheelchair
Wheelchair and transport chair are common ambulatory devices. For a person who has a disability in legs and cannot walk or move without help, a wheelchair is an ideal companion that allows him to be ambulatory without any difficulty. Disabled people can have a more fulfilling life if they have a wheelchair for help. If you want to buy a wheelchair to make your life easy, you will find that there are two types of devices available in the market. One are the standard wheelchairs while the other kind are known as transport chairs. While both perform similar functions, there are differences that you must know before finalizing one of the two types of ambulatory devices.
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a common ambulatory device that is used by patients who have become weak after a major surgery or have disability that impedes them from moving on their legs. With some support, patients can plant themselves on the seat and then using their upper body strength and their hands, they can propel the chair that has two wheels attached to it. Seat dimensions of a wheelchair are 16 x 18 inches and the device weighs around 35 pounds. The chair is sturdy being made of steel and is easy to operate.
Transport chair
This is a special device that has been designed to provide assistance to those who have problem in their legs and also do not have upper body strength to propel a wheelchair. These chairs are lighter and more compact than standard wheelchairs and need to be pushed by another person once the disabled person has got seated on them.
Differences between wheelchair and transport chair
The biggest difference between a wheelchair and a transport chair is that a person cannot move forward in a transport chair and needs assistance of another person. One advantage with a transport chair is that it is lightweight and smaller in size enabling people to carry them along. On the other hand, a wheelchair is more beneficial for those who can use their hands and upper body to propel the chair without any assistance. Thus a wheelchair provides more freedom in this sense. While a transport chair is customizable as a person can vary arm length and also its style, it is not possible in the case of a wheelchair.
The New Heights Electric Elevating Manual Wheelchair, and the New Heights Electric Elevating Power Wheelchairs, available exclusively from Bromac Assistive Technology, were developed to resolve the single greatest problem encountered by all wheelchair users, which is that of being stuck at one level, and not being able to access things in a world that was designed for people who could stand.
These wheelchairs are designed as general purpose utility wheelchairs, to be used in, and for, your day to day living and transportation. With them, you can go anyplace and do anything that you can with any standard conventional wheelchair, however, these wheelchairs will also change your life. These wheelchairs are designed to easily, and temporarily elevate you, at the push of a button, from a standard seated height, to a height greater than that of a person standing, or any height in between. They will do this safely and securely, while remaining within the same size and performance constraints as any standard conventional wheelchair.
Now, for a cost that is far less than that of properly adapting your home to a conventional wheelchair, you can have a wheelchair which will completely adapt you to any home, as well as provide the same easy access to everything outside of your home as well. With these wheelchairs you can access the highest shelves in any store or kitchen cabinet, you can come up to the height of any counter or workbench and work comfortably. You can now have conversations with people at eye level instead of constantly having to look up at them, and these are only a few of the many new things the New Heights wheelchairs will enable you to do.
These wheelchairs will enable you to function independently in virtually any environment, and will give you the freedom to do what you want to do, without the need for assistance from other people.
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This is not the forum in which to promote your services/products. For shame.
For people such as I that are trying to decide what to buy for a newly disabled husband, any information any where in any form or forum is welcomed. I didn’t know they had a wheelchair that went up and down like that. All though right now we are just trying to get him Mobil. He doesn’t have to be that fancy. I’m going between transport chairs and wheel chairs. Didn’t know they had this one.