29 Mar 09 Beach wheelchairs

Normal wheelchairs normally require a hard surface to travel over due to there design, but Beach wheelchairs are specially designed to allow you to move over terrain that you would of never would have considered before. You will have access to new places which you would never of dreamed of and you not limited to crossing over just sand, the likes of snow, mud, gravel and uneven surfaces can be easily navigated over.

The difference between a normal wheelchair and a beach wheelchair are the tyres, they have been modified to allow the beach wheelchair to cross over the even terrains. The tyres are made of a puncture resistant rubber that’s highly durable and they are filled with air with these modifications they will not sink into the soft terrain.

Wheelchairs that are made to be used at the swimming pool or the beach will have their tyres made our of plastic due to the water corrosion. Even the frames can be made out of plastic and are designed for easy dissemble for transportation in your car.

If you like to go to popular locations such as beaches you will be able to rent a beach wheelchair and you require someone to push you. Beach wheelchairs are normally designed with four equal sized wheelchairs therefore you will not be able to push yourself around.

Owning a electric wheelchair can be expensive and if you live at the beach then you will require to have a beach wheelchair too but this can be expensive. If this become to expensive then we can give you two alternatives.

First you can buy a wheelchair dolly, this will fix to the bottom of your existing wheelchair, and one drawback is they are unstable but it’s a very cheap way to modify your existing chair to a beach wheelchair.

Another alternative would be to convert your wheelchair into a beach wheelchair, this will come in the form or a kit, it’s the most economical option but you will expose your wheelchair to the elements of the sea and potentially turn your wheelchair into a rust bucket very quickly.

With a beach wheelchair you can gain access to the beach and other areas you could of only imagined of before and access them areas where a normal wheelchair can’t reach.

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