How To Choose Your Wheelchair Lift

Wheel chair lifts are used to facilitate the wheel chair users to move through different floors and between ground and height. Wheel chair lifts are very good solution to make the places accessible for those who are not able t move without wheel chairs. There are normally two types of wheelchair lifts available, one is permanent wheelchair lift and the other is portable wheel chair lift. Permanent wheel chair lifts are used to be placed where the frequent use of wheel chair use is expected, normally at commercial places or at the home where wheel chair users lives. While the portable wheel chair lifts are used to support the occasional wheel chair users or to sever the temporary needs. You must take time and evaluate all the possible factors before purchasing the appropriate wheel chair lift. You cannot shop this product everyday and it’s a major and expensive decision to be made so proper considerations are much more important. Therefore I tried to summarize all the basic reasoning which should be in your mind before selecting the wheel chair lift for you.

Technologically there are two major types of wheel chair lifts available, electric lifts and hydraulic lifts. Electric wheel chair lifts are cheaper and have emergency batteries to serve in case of power failure. While the hydraulic wheel chair lifts are durable but are difficult to maintain. Wheel chair lifts are easy to install and reduces the effort of wheel chair users through increasing his mobility. Following mentioned are some of the parameters which need to be considered while selecting the appropriate wheel chair lift for you.

1. Ensure that wheel chair lift is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance.
2. It can easily accommodate the size of the wheel chair you have.
3. It must have all the known security and safety features.
4. In case of portable wheel chair lift it must have tie down straps to hold the wheel chair securely.
5. You should be pretty clear about your needs that at which place you have to install that wheel chair lift and what are your requirements.
6. Size of the lift should also be appropriate as to the place where you need to install it.
7. You should know that what type of material is used in the lift so that if the user has some allergies then it may not harm him.
8. You must see your budget and needs both in proper way, as buying a wheel chair lift is an expensive decision and you must get the best return of you money in the form of satisfaction.
9. Have a market research and try to find out that which is the best company providing the right choice deal and durable product.
10. A proper guarantee period to have surety that the lift will be providing you services for a longer time span and especially battery backup surety so that in the absence of power you will not get stuck with its operations.
11. Do consult and discuss with the people who are already using such lift or have the knowledge about this device.