There are basically 3 classes of electric wheelchairs available on the market today.
1) The Travel Electric Wheelchairs
2) The Standard Electric Power Wheelchairs (aka Center Drive Power Wheelchairs )
3) The Heavy Duty Power Wheelchairs
This website is designed to give you some basic information about the three versions of electric wheelchairs available today. Do your homework about each class of electric wheelchairs and select the one that has the features that best fit your situation. Each class is built with a particular user profile in mind. So, find the electric wheelchair that has the features you need.
Travel Electric Wheelchairs
This group of electric wheelchairs is designed to be compact and portable. They work very well in smaller spaces like an apartment, at the mall, on a cruise ship, or in a crowded department store. They are very mobile with speeds up to 4 mph and a driving range of up to 10 miles.
This group of electric wheelchairs can be easily transported because they disassemble into smaller pieces each weighing about 35 lbs or less. They feature a comfortable seat, but not one designed for fulltime use. These electric whelchairs also feature flip up armrest for easy transferring into and out of the power wheelchair.
The Standard Electric Wheelchair
(a.k.a. Center Drive Power Wheelchairs)
This group is full of many different wheelchair manufacturers and any one of them will make an excellent choice. This group of electric wheelchairs offer the user a good dual purpose electric wheelchair. They are ideal indoor electric wheelchairs because of their tight turning radius and overall maneuverability. Built along the same basic design as the travel electric wheelchairs, but they are much more powerful and rugged. Outdoors they are capable of handling a more challenging terrain by offering better traction, stability, and power. With speeds of up to 6.5 mph and an overall range of up to 25 miles these are and excellent choice for the active individual who is in need of an electric power wheelchair.
This class is much heavier than the group mentioned above and therefor harder to transport. For you to transport one of these electric wheelchairs you would need to have a power lift installed on your vehicle.
The Heavy Duty Electric Wheelchair
This group is, as the name implies, built for the higher weight capacity users. Generally designed for individuals with a weight of 300 lbs and up. These heavy duty electric wheelchairs are available in many different makes and models offering many of the same features that are found on the standard electric wheelchairs.