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Standard Electric-Powered Wheelchairs
With nearly two-dozen choices from a wide range of top-quality manufacturers, the power wheelchairs for sale in this category are the best electric wheelchairs available. Electric-powered wheelchairs have been improved by leaps and bounds in the past decade, now sporting smaller footprints, greater comfort, better stability, more maneuverability and more power (and speed).
Some of these chairs can cruise at 5+ miles per hour and, with a single charge, travel 15 to 20 miles distance. A power-base wheelchair offers outstanding stability, and these units can turn on a dime.
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Power Wheelchairs: Power-Base
Power-Base Chairs have great maneuverability. Most Center-Wheel-Drive chairs like these can turn-on-a-dime, making them the most popular for use inside a home and the most maneuverable outside. If you need a power chair to run up and down the street at 4, 5, or 6 mph, you'll want to pay attention to "Drive Wheel" size. The larger diameter the drive wheels perform optimum outdoors. 14" rear wheels on a Jazzy Power Chair will run easy 5-6mph. Driving range averages about 15 miles on a charge.
Batteries are an important component on all power chairs. Sealed Gel Batteries are what you want - no leaks, no odor, no fuss. Lead-Acid Batteries have slightly higher amperage ratings then Gel batteries, but GEL batteries have a longer lifetime. Get Gel batteries if you travel with your chair, especially on airlines. Gel batteries have a full year longer lifecycle then lead acid batteries.
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