Transit wheelchairs: compare models side by side
The transit 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.
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Karma Ergo 3
The Karma Ergo 3 is the safest general choice in this list: crash tested to ISO 7176-19, rated to 115 kg with its attendant brake and offered in a 51 cm seat.
- Total weight
- 11.9 to 12.9 kg by seat width
- Heaviest part
- 8.0 to 12.6 kg by set-up
- Max user
- 115 kg with Push & Pull attendant brake, 125 kg without
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Karma Ergo Lite
At 8.8 kg for the 18 inch seat and crash tested to ISO 7176-19, the Karma Ergo Lite is the easiest chair here to lift in one go, as long as the user is under 100 kg.
- Total weight
- 8.6 kg (16 inch seat), 8.8 kg (18 inch seat)
- Heaviest part
- 8.6 kg or 8.8 kg (same as total)
- Max user
- 100 kg
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive Expedition Plus
The Drive Expedition Plus carries 135 kg (150 kg as the HD) for 12 kg of chair, which is the best capacity-to-weight figure in this line-up.
- Weight
- 12 kg (standard), 12.5 kg (HD)
- Max user
- 135 kg (standard), 150 kg (HD)
- Seat width
- 47 cm (standard), 51 cm (HD)
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Karma Ergo Lite 2
The Karma Ergo Lite 2 folds to 635 mm long with a heaviest part of 6.7 to 8.3 kg, the smallest package here, but its 100 kg limit is low and Karma’s page makes no crash-test statement for it.
- Total weight
- 9.2 kg (16 inch seat), 9.3 kg (18 inch seat)
- Heaviest part
- 6.7 to 8.3 kg by set-up
- Max user
- 100 kg
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive Ultra Lightweight Transit (Enigma)
The Drive Ultra Lightweight Transit gives a 51 cm seat rated to 125 kg for 11.6 kg (10.4 kg to carry), though Drive’s own transit page describes the wrong rear wheels.
- Weight
- 11.5 kg (17 inch), 11.6 kg (20 inch)
- Carry weight
- 10.2 kg (17 inch), 10.4 kg (20 inch)
- Max user
- 115 kg (17 inch), 125 kg (20 inch)
Full specifications for Drive Ultra Lightweight Transit (Enigma)
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Roma 1485X
The Roma 1485X is rated to 204 kg with 56 cm between the arms, but at 20 kg it is a two-person lift for many households.
- Weight
- 20 kg
- Max user
- 204 kg
- Width between arms
- 56 cm
Roma 1235
The Roma 1235 is a low-cost 110 kg transit chair, but Roma’s page says 12 kg and its brochure says 11 kg, so plan for 12.
- Weight
- 12 kg (page) or 11 kg (brochure)
- Max user
- 110 kg
- Seat width
- 46 cm (brochure only)
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive Steel Travel Chair
The Drive Steel Travel Chair folds to 20 cm wide and carries 115 kg, but at 12 kg in one piece it is no lighter to lift than a full-size aluminium transit chair.
- Weight
- 12 kg
- Carry weight
- 12 kg
- Max user
- 115 kg
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive S1 Steel Transit
The Drive S1 is a cheap 18 stone transit chair, but at 14.6 kg and with Drive’s own documents disagreeing on whether it can be used as a vehicle seat, it ranks near the bottom.
- Weight
- 14.6 kg (manual) or 13.5 kg (crash test summary)
- Max user
- 18 stone (250 lb)
- Seat
- 45 cm wide, 40 cm deep
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Days Transit Wheelchair
The Days Transit Wheelchair is crash tested but weighs 21 kg and Performance Health publishes no maximum user weight, so it ranks last for anyone lifting it into a car.
- Weight
- 21 kg
- Max user
- Not published
- Seat
- 51 cm high, 40 cm deep
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