Motorized Wheel Chair

If you want the best of the best motorized wheelchairs, have a look into the Jazzy 600 or the Jazzy 600 with the XL package.  These wheelchairs are manufactured by the Pride Mobility products company.  These two wheelchairs are high performance and provide maximum stability for you. Let’s look first at the Jazzy 600.

The Jazzy 600 features enhanced stability due to the Pride Mobility company’s patented mid-wheel drive, called the Mid-Wheel 6. The Mid-Wheel 6 uses ATX Suspension combined with OMNI Casters made from nylon which operate independently.  They are able to compensate for varying terrains, raising and lowering themselves when required.  This allows smooth shifts giving you more comfort as you travel.

Maximum weight allowed for the Jazzy 600 is 300 pounds.  Traveling speed is up to five miles per hour.  Its weight is 127 pounds and the two batteries (12 volt, deep cycle) weigh 38 pounds each.  The length of the Jazzy 600 is 36.5 inches and the width of the wheelchair is 23.5 inches in all.  Its seat dimensions measure 18 by 18 inches.  The intelligent braking system is comprised of regenerative, electronic disc brakes.  The on-board battery charger is the standard 4 amp and the total range you can travel on one battery charge is a total of 25 miles.  There are four colors to choose from, including onyx black, champagne, viper blue and candy apple red.

What’s the warranty on the Jazzy 600?  For the frame, there is a life time warranty and on the electronics, a two year limited warranty.  On the drive motors, for both the Jazzy 600 and the Jazzy 600 with the XL package, there’s an 18 month limited warranty.  In fact, the warranty is the same for both motorized wheelchairs.

Now for the Jazzy 600 with the XL package, you’ll find enhanced seating and the fact that it can bear more weight than the original Jazzy 600.  The Jazzy 600 with the XL package can carry persons up to 400 pounds.  This wheelchair delivers great performance and maximum stability, using the patented Mid-Wheel 6 design.  Options include a contouried high back seat, a solid seat pan, solid tires, cup holders, swing away joystick, swing away foot rests, leg rests that rise and lower, an oxygen tank holder, a cane or crutch holder and a walker holder if you want.

The Jazzy 600 Motorized Wheelchair

The Jazzy 600 with the XL package measures 37.5 inches in length, and 23.25 inches in width.  It also comes with the same braking system as the Jazzy 600.  The battery charger is also the same as the original wheel chair.  However, the distance you can travel in the Jazzy 600 with the XL package is only 15 miles as compared to the Jazzy 600 wheelchair which can travel up to 25 miles and the maximum speed is up to 4 miles per hour.  We’re looking at a lower battery weight for this chair and a slightly increased base weight of 133.5 pounds.  Both wheelchairs have a ground clearance of three inches.

The Jazzy 600 with the XL package motorized wheel chair comes in the same colors as the Jazzy 600 model.  So, analyze what your wheel chair requirements are, what your budget is and what color you like best.  Both of these motorized wheel chairs are excellent for anyone who likes to get away to the countryside for perhaps a little camping or any such uneven terrain.  And don’t forget to investigate your insurance coverage for wheel chairs and whether your government runs an assistive devices program which helps you pay for your motorized wheel chair.

Just because one finds themselves in the predicament of a disability, life must go on.  The person that finds themselves here has to admit that life goes on, it does not stop here.  Yes, life has changed as it always does, but we must adapt.  Owning a motorized wheelchair makes this change easier to handle and enables the user to continue one`s job, school, taking care of children.  Life goes on and we must participate in it.

By choosing an electric motorized wheelchair or “power”  chair, you can easily adapt to this change in your life.  Motorized wheel chairs have increased performance, extended battery range, enabling you to continue to work, go to school and pursue many activities outside of your home.  Extended battery life allows longer session use which prevents one from becoming stranded – a not so nice propostion.  Motorized wheel chairs have higher speeds which enables you to cross streets at a speed of 6.5 mph rather than 5 mph.  This makes all the difference when you could be exposed to moving traffic.  You life is safer.

Longer mile range of 16 or more miles compared to a light duty wheel chair which only offers a 12 mile range enables you to meet your lifestyle, work and school activities.  A three inch obstacle climb is provided in a power wheel chair which enables you to traverse uneven terrain out of doors.  A nine degree stability incline ensures your safety over outdoor terrain.  You will find that the motorized wheel chair will be designed with the durability you will need to continue your life as much as you must.

Power wheel chair brands such as Jazzy and Quantum make models of wheel chairs you can ask to look over.  I will be reviewing some of these models in a later posting.  But a few that come to mind when considering a motorized wheel chair include the Quantum 6000Z, the Quantum R-4000, the Jazzy Select 14, the Jazzy 600 and the 600XL and the Jazzy Select Traveller.  These are some of the best motorized wheel chairs on the market today.

Do not think that just because you have a disability that this will keep you from living a very rewarding life.  Life goes on as it should and you can remain just as active as you were before with an electric motorized wheel chair helping you in your life.