| Lightweight wheelchairs can make traveling and getting | | | | average powered wheelchair, travel wheelchairs that |
| around a lot easier for a disabled person and their | | | | are motorized can generally only make it about 12 |
| loved ones. Travel wheelchairs are designed to be | | | | miles before the battery needs to be charged. |
| easy to use, lock into folding position to fit into a smaller | | | | Ultra light travel wheelchairs can be a great purchase |
| trunk, and can handle rough terrain such as grass or | | | | for a disabled or elderly person. They make |
| gravel. While an ultra light wheelchair sounds like a | | | | transportation much easier and can be used in many |
| dream for a lot of disabled persons, it may not be the | | | | different situations, no matter how small or tight the |
| best fit for some. It is important for a consumer to | | | | turns may be. Lightweight wheelchairs can make a |
| know whether he or she will be comfortable using | | | | person feel more independent and free because he or |
| travel wheelchairs before looking into purchasing a | | | | she can generally use the device without help from |
| model. | | | | others. The user can also usually experience new |
| Many travel wheelchairs are manual wheelchairs. They | | | | situations and destinations because traveling is made |
| may have a weight capacity that they can handle | | | | much easier with the help of a folding wheelchair. |
| which a consumer should research before thinking of | | | | Many travel wheelchairs are much cheaper in price |
| purchasing a specific model. There are also lightweight | | | | than full sized wheelchairs. A consumer should keep in |
| wheelchairs which have a light battery and are | | | | mind that this is because these chairs are not meant |
| powered. These ultra light wheelchairs do not have a | | | | for everyday, all day use. The chairs are great for |
| full sized battery like most power wheelchairs but are | | | | excursions or shopping but the smaller seat and lighter |
| still able to provide assistance without a person having | | | | stature may not be comfortable for a disabled person |
| to manually gain momentum. Travel wheelchairs that | | | | who will be in the chair all day long. |
| are motorized are also known to be extremely easy | | | | If travel wheelchairs with batteries are purchased, a |
| to maneuver in tight situations. | | | | consumer should also keep in mind that the battery is |
| They are smaller in size and can usually only hold a | | | | smaller and less functional than a full sized battery. It |
| person up to 250 pounds in weight. Most lightweight | | | | may not last as long or have as much power as an |
| wheelchairs are folding wheelchairs or can be broken | | | | average sized wheelchair's battery would. There are |
| down into pieces for transport. Although some of the | | | | many types of travel wheelchairs and the consumer |
| travel wheelchairs that have batteries may be heavier | | | | should decide where and how often he or she will be |
| than manual ultra light wheelchairs, they are still light | | | | using the wheelchair before deciding which one to |
| enough in weight to be lifted into the trunk of a car for | | | | purchase. |
| transport. Since the battery is smaller in size than an | | | | |