| Finding the perfect electric wheel chair for each | | | | wheel chairs which is well respected for its durability. |
| particular situation and patient requires doing some | | | | Purchasing an Invacare wheel chair also gives you |
| research, knowing the different types of chairs | | | | piece of mind because they have a network of over |
| available, and finding out which type is best for the | | | | 15,000 independent equipment suppliers around the |
| specific use it is required for. There are many | | | | country that can help whenever you need to buy parts |
| companies which manufacture electric wheel chairs, | | | | or accessories for your chair. This ensures you'll be |
| but there are three main companies which cover the | | | | back on the road in the shortest possible time. |
| majority of the market as well as have the best brand | | | | The Hoveround Corporation based in Sarasota, Florida |
| name recognition in the United States. These | | | | is probably the most familiar brand name to average |
| companies are well-known and respected in the | | | | people, as they advertise on television and radio |
| industry and subsequently sell a vast majority of the | | | | frequently. These branding efforts have almost made |
| mobility products used by people in the U.S. today. | | | | the brand name synonymous with power mobility |
| Pride Mobility Products Corporation is headquartered in | | | | equipment, whereby many people refer to an electric |
| Woburn, Massachusetts and specializes in varying | | | | wheel chair as a Hoveround no matter which brand it |
| types of vehicle lifts and power mobility chairs. They | | | | is. (In the same way that people call flexible fabric or |
| make several lines of electric wheel chairs, including the | | | | plastic bandages Band-Aids no matter who makes |
| Jazzy, the Jet, and the Quantum series. Their most | | | | them.) Hoveround chairs, as well as parts, equipment, |
| popular line of chairs is the Jazzy series, which includes | | | | and accessories can only be purchased directly from |
| the Jazzy 1103 Ultra with its built-in seat lifting | | | | the Hoveround Corporation, which sometimes can |
| mechanism. Between the Jazzy and the Jet series, | | | | cause a slight delay in receiving them, though the |
| Pride's lines represent the two most common types of | | | | company does offer excellent customer service. |
| wheel chairs on the U.S. market today. Their high-end | | | | There are a number of smaller manufacturers who |
| Quantum series is tailored to specialty needs and | | | | also make electric wheel chairs, and they certainly are |
| rehab patients and clinics, and is designed to be extra | | | | worth looking into. Sometimes smaller companies will |
| durable and strong for constant use. | | | | offer their products at a substantial discount as they |
| Invacare Corporation, based in Elyria, Ohio, is the | | | | build their businesses. Be sure to compare apples to |
| durable medical equipment and is the number one | | | | apples however. Look at comparable quality chairs |
| home medical products supplier throughout the United | | | | with the correct features, and also make sure that |
| States. Their products range from home oxygen tanks | | | | parts and repair services are readily available should |
| to walkers, canes, and bedside commodes to wheel | | | | they be needed. Broken, non-mobile electric wheel |
| chairs. Invacare produces the Pronto series of electric | | | | chairs are certainly not mobility devices! |