The Advantages Of Battery Operated Wheelchair Lifts

The Advantages of Battery-Operated Wheelchair Lifts

More and more individuals and institutions around the world are using battery-operated wheelchair lifts. This is because such a machine has many disadvantages, not only to its users but also for caregivers.

One of the most obvious benefits of using battery-operated wheelchair is its ability to transport the wheelchair and its user to various places and at different levels of inclination. This provides the wheelchair’s user to have greater mobility.

Battery-operated wheelchair lifts can lift wheelchairs over staircases and other elevated areas, thus enabling the wheelchair’s users to reach high and hard to reach areas.

Of course this task can also be done by hydraulic wheelchair lifts. But the main advantage of battery operated over hydraulic wheelchair lifts is the price: battery wheelchair lifts are definitely cheaper. Moreover, they are easier to maintain than hydraulic wheelchair lifts.

Battery-operated wheelchair lifts also come in handy during times when there are power outages. This is the advantage it has over wheelchair lifts that are relies solely on electricity.

There are many kinds of battery-operated wheelchair lifts available in the market today. Two of the most popular are the home stair wheelchair lifts and the automobile wheelchair lifts.

Home stair wheelchair lifts are probably the most widely used kind of battery-operated wheelchair lift. It can be installed either inside or outside the house and, unlike commercial wheelchair lifts, deigned to use less space and to be more comfortable and quiet. The common home stair wheelchair lift can elevate up to 23 feet in height and can carry up to 350 pounds of weight. There are custom-built stair lifts that can accommodate heavier loads. Home stair lifts cost from $2,000 to $5,000.

Car or automobile wheelchair lifts are lifts that are fitted into vehicles to carry wheelchairs inside. Automobile wheelchair lifts can be fitted into most types of motor vehicles including cars, vans and sports utility vehicles. They are very easy to operate and to install in cars, requiring very minimal alterations or none art all on your automobiles. Automobile wheelchair lifts cost from $600 to $3,000.

Another good thing about battery-operated wheelchair lifts is its durability. Most of these wheelchair lifts are made of very strong materials that can stand all kinds of punishment. They are also self-oiling as to prevent it from rusting or corroding. Battery operated wheelchair lifts also come with special features such as hand-held control, rocker options, a manual back-up systems in case the battery runs out, limited wiring and emergency crank through handles.