Manual wheelchairs: compare models side by side
The manual wheelchairs we have checked against their makers' own documents. Filter by weight or user weight limit, then put up to four side by side.
Specifications are shown as the maker prints them in its own product page, leaflet or manual, read on the date given. Where a price is shown it names the seller and the date. We have not physically tested these products, and no maker or retailer can pay to be listed or placed higher. Not sure what suits you? An occupational therapist or your local wheelchair service can advise.
7 products
on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)Karma Agile
The Karma Agile is rated 125 kg in every seat width and wheel size Karma lists, up to a 20-inch seat, and is crash tested for use in a vehicle.
- Max user
- 125 kg
- Total weight
- 12.9 to 13.9 kg (22-inch wheels), 13.9 to 14.9 kg (24-inch quick-release)
- Heaviest part
- 8.6 to 9.6 kg (24-inch quick-release)
Days Whirl
The Days Whirl has the highest user limit of the self-propelled chairs here at 130 kg, with four seat widths and a crash test, but at 17 kg it is 4.5 kg heavier than the Days Swift.
- Max user
- 130 kg (product page)
- Total weight
- 17 kg; 15 kg without footrests
- Seat width
- 41, 43, 45, 48 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive Ultra Lightweight LAWC007A
The Drive LAWC007A weighs 12.9 kg with a heaviest part of 7.8 to 8 kg, but its 42 cm seat and 115 kg limit rule it out for larger users.
- Max user
- 115 kg
- Total weight
- 12.9 kg
- Heaviest part
- 8 kg (7.8 kg in manual)
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Days Swift
The Days Swift weighs 12.5 kg complete and 11.2 kg without footrests, with a 115 kg limit and a 28 cm folded width.
- Max user
- 115 kg (18 st)
- Total weight
- 12.5 kg; 11.2 kg without footrests
- Seat width
- 41 or 46 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive Lightweight Aluminium LAWC001
The Drive LAWC001 has the only pneumatic rear tyres of the self-propelled chairs here, at 15 kg and 115 kg, and a warranty of twelve months in the manual against 2 years on the product page.
- Max user
- 115 kg (18 st)
- Total weight
- 15 kg
- Carry weight
- 9 kg (8.5 kg in manual)
Roma 1300 Orbit
The Roma 1300 Orbit weighs 15 kg and takes 115 kg, and Roma’s two documents give seat widths of 45 cm and 41 cm for the same chair.
- Max user
- 115 kg
- Total weight
- 15 kg
- Seat width
- 41 cm in brochure, 45 cm on product page
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive Bariatric BTR22BLK
The Drive BTR22BLK takes users up to 200 kg on a 56 cm seat and weighs 16.2 kg, but it is a transit chair with no handrims.
- Max user
- 200 kg (31 to 31.5 st)
- Total weight
- 16.2 kg (instructions for use)
- Seat width
- 56 cm
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