Motorized wheelchairs are very important investments. The perfect one will give you practically a regular life, and the wrong one could buy you more trouble than convenience. It’s always easier to decide what you need in Mobility Aids & Disability Aids and then locate the ideal product to fill those needs. What follows are descriptions of three particularly good motorized wheelchairs, every one of them perfect for their intended function.

Invacare’s Pronto M91 is a good mid-wheel drive chair that could be suitable for indoor and outdoor portability. It can run at 6.5 mph and could accommodate steps up to 3” high, which means that low door thresholds will be a snap. The leg rests could be easily adapted to answer your personal requirements and the frame is thin enough to go through standard doorways.

The two standard complaints seem to be that this chair’s battery charger can be a problem to reach, and the rear suspension is not particularly soft. This is one of today’s best daily use products which is also Medicare approved, though, so it could be that an additional pillow or two could solve one drawback. This chair will hold up to 300 lbs and Invacare offers a heavy duty version designed for holding up to 400 lbs.

If you’d prefer a high performance Power Scooter & Disability Scooter, you may want to take a look at the Bounder Plus H-Frame wheelchair. This product is able to maneuver just perfectly within a typical sized home, but it really shines outside. The Bounder Plus could support anyone under 500 lbs but still jet along at 11 mph on pavement. The battery can achieve a range of 40 miles in perfect conditions. The galaxy of options are too numerous to itemize, although mentioning that there are 9 seat options is illustrative. Medicare routinely will not pay for a Bounder, but you could get it by paying the difference between the amount Medicare allows and the purchase price of the chair.

If you can absorb the expense of a dedicated chair for travel, your finances might be well used for the Invacare AT’M Travel Electric Wheelchair. The seat frame will separate from the base and store flat like a lawn chair, and after the batteries are removed from the base it weighs a mere 34 pounds and the entire assembly will be stowed in many hatchbacks. The battery range is merely 12 miles, and capacity maxes out at 250 lbs, but for a lightweight motorized chair the AT’M is about the most efficient on the market.

Motorized Mobility & Disability Aids and Scooters are such essential vehicles that they must only be purchased after some thoughtful fact finding. These chairs will have a huge consequence on both your lifestyle and your finances. Select carefully, then sign the papers confidently.