Read this before the reviews. Most of the equipment on this page is a clinical decision before it is a shopping decision. Power wheelchairs, patient lifts, hospital beds and pressure redistribution mattresses should be specified by an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, a nurse or your parent's doctor, and an occupational therapy home assessment is very often the right first step ahead of any purchase.
That assessment is also the route to Medicare, Medicaid or veterans' coverage for durable medical equipment, which almost always requires a physician's order and an enrolled supplier before the equipment is bought. Buying at retail is usually the moment that route closes. We say so on every page, and it costs us the sale.
These reviews draw on published specifications, manufacturer figures and the consensus of verified owner reviews. We have not tested these products ourselves and we do not pretend otherwise. Nothing here is medical advice.
Power wheelchairs
Pride Jazzy Air 2 power wheelchair review
A mid-wheel power chair whose selling point is a 12 inch powered seat lift, and the evaluation you should get before you spend this much.
Read Review →Pride Jazzy Elite HD review
A Group 2 heavy duty power chair rated to 450 pounds, and why the weight rating is the whole point.
Read Review →Merits Vision Sport P326D review
A mid-wheel power chair with a 7.5 inch power seat lift and a 20 inch turning radius, aimed at small homes.
Read Review →Porto Mobility Ranger Discovery review
A folding power wheelchair built around one job: fitting in a car boot without a lift.
Read Review →Mobility scooters
Pride Jazzy Zero Turn 8 review
A dual-motor mobility scooter that comes apart by hand, for someone who can still stand and steer.
Read Review →Merits Pioneer 4 mobility scooter review
A four-wheel road scooter with lights, indicators and a 400 pound rating, for someone who can still stand and steer.
Read Review →Golden Buzzaround CarryOn review
A folding travel scooter with an airline-approved lithium battery, built around fitting under a bed.
Read Review →Pride Go Go Elite Traveller review
The take-apart travel scooter most families end up looking at, and what it does and does not do.
Read Review →Patient lifts and transfers
Joerns Hoyer Advance portable patient lift review
A folding electric full body lift rated to 340 pounds, and the assessment that has to come before it.
Read Review →Invacare Reliant 450 patient lift review
A powered-base electric lift with a 50 inch lifting range, for transfers a portable lift cannot handle.
Read Review →Invacare Get-U-Up GHS350 sit-to-stand lift review
A hydraulic stand assist lift for someone who can take partial weight, and only for someone who can.
Read Review →Beds and support surfaces
Medacure bariatric hospital bed review
An extra-wide full electric homecare bed rated to 600 pounds, and the rail question that comes with it.
Read Review →Drive Delta Ultra Light semi-electric bed review
A standard-width homecare bed with a 450 pound rating, and what semi-electric actually costs you.
Read Review →Drive Medical Med-Aire low air loss mattress review
An alternating pressure and low air loss replacement mattress, and why this is a prescribed category rather than a comfort upgrade.
Read Review →Lift chairs
Golden Comforter lift chair PR535M review
A MaxiComfort lift recliner rated to 375 pounds, and why a lift chair has to be sized to the person.
Read Review →Signature Design by Ashley power lift recliner review
A lift recliner with four-zone massage, seat heat and power headrest, and the one thing none of that changes.
Read Review →Bathing and toileting
Etac Swift Mobil Tilt-2 review
A tilt-in-space shower commode chair for someone who cannot sit unsupported, and the assessment it needs first.
Read Review →Drive Medical bariatric shower commode chair review
A 500 pound rated rolling commode that doubles as a shower chair, and why the rating is the reason to buy it.
Read Review →Mangar Archimedes bath lift review
A battery bath lift that lowers someone into the tub and, crucially, will not do so unless it can lift them out.
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