Walking aids: compare models side by side
The walking aids 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.
45 products
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Aidapt Ultra Narrow Walking Frame with Wheels
At 540mm wide and 2.2kg with a 180kg limit, the Aidapt Ultra Narrow is the slimmest and best documented frame we checked.
- Max user
- 180kg (28 stone)
- Handle height (medium, VP126)
- 780 to 880mm
- Other sizes
- Small 690 to 790mm; large 870 to 970mm
Full specifications for Aidapt Ultra Narrow Walking Frame with Wheels
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
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Ossenberg Big XL Comfort Grip Closed Cuff
The Big XL has the widest handle range we found, 73 to 103 cm, with a 150 kg limit and a 750 g crutch weight, and both the UK page and the Ossenberg instructions agree on those figures.
- Type
- Elbow crutch, closed cuff, double adjustable
- Max user
- 150 kg
- Handle to ferrule
- 73 to 103 cm
Full specifications for Ossenberg Big XL Comfort Grip Closed Cuff
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
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Rollz Air
The highest weight limit in our ranking, on a frame that weighs about 5 kg, with the same limit in every Rollz document we read. Plan on 5.0 kg for the Regular, not the 4.7 kg in the headline.
- Max user
- 175 kg, all sizes (manual, UK page and FAQ)
- Weight you lift
- 4.9 kg Small, 5.0 kg Regular, 5.2 kg Wide (manual); the UK page says 4.7 kg. Two bags come with it and the manual does not say whether they are included
- Seat height
- 52 cm Small, 62 cm Regular and Wide
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
byACRE Carbon Ultralight
The lightest rollator here by its maker’s own figures, with the same weight limit in every document and a lifetime frame warranty. If you are buying the Compact, check the seat and handle heights with byACRE: its documents differ by up to 4 cm on the handle height.
- Max user
- 130 kg (manual, size guide and UK page)
- Weight you lift
- 4.8 kg Compact and Regular, 4.9 kg Wide, without accessories
- Seat height
- Compact 56 cm (manual) or 57 cm (UK page); Regular and Wide 61 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Days Ergonomic Double Adjustable
The Days 124A is rated to 160 kg, the highest of the elbow crutches here, but its standard size stops at a 94 cm handle height and Days publishes no crutch weight.
- Type
- Elbow crutch, closed cuff, double adjustable
- Max user
- 160 kg (25 st)
- Handle to ground
- 69 to 94 cm (instructions)
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive DeVilbiss Folding Walking Frame with Wheels
The Drive folding frame reaches 99cm handle height and holds 180kg, but at 3.4kg it is the heaviest frame here with a published weight.
- Max user
- 180kg (28.3 stone)
- Height
- 81 to 99cm (32 to 39in)
- Overall width
- 62cm (25in)
Full specifications for Drive DeVilbiss Folding Walking Frame with Wheels
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Flexyfoot Soft Grip Double Adjustable
The Flexyfoot Soft Grip reaches a 1092 mm handle height, the highest here, but its 130 kg limit is the joint lowest and neither of its documents states a warranty.
- Type
- Elbow crutch, closed cuff, double adjustable, shock absorbing ferrule
- Max user
- 130 kg (20 st)
- Handle height
- 787 to 1092 mm
Full specifications for Flexyfoot Soft Grip Double Adjustable
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
NRS Walk Safe Walking Frame
The Walk Safe has the only 24-month guarantee here, but its own instructions give a user limit of 160kg in one place and 230kg in another, so plan on 160kg.
- Max user
- 160kg (25 stone) in the instructions’ first safety list; 230kg (36 stone) on the product page and later in the instructions
- Handle height (large, S58139)
- 850 to 950mm to top of handles
- Medium size (S58115)
- 750 to 850mm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Topro Olympos ATR
The best-documented outdoor rollator we found: big wheels, 150 kg, 7 years’ warranty and every figure you need to choose a size. Take the manual at its word: roads and paths, not rough or steep ground.
- Max user
- 150 kg, all sizes (manual, brochure and product page)
- Weight you lift
- With wheels and bag: Medium 8.9 kg, Small 8.7 kg, Medium Slim 8.3 kg (brochure; the product page says 8.9 kg for the Slim)
- Seat height
- 60 cm Medium and Medium Slim, 54 cm Small
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Aidapt Bariatric Walking Frame with Wheels
The Aidapt Bariatric is the only frame here with a consistent limit above 180kg, at 222kg, but Aidapt publishes no height, width or weight for it.
- Max user
- 222kg (35 stone)
- Handle height
- Not published by Aidapt
- Overall width
- Not published by Aidapt
Full specifications for Aidapt Bariatric Walking Frame with Wheels
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Days 100 Series
The second-highest weight limit in our ranking, in four sizes at around 7 kg. Measure the seat height yourself when it arrives: the maker’s two documents differ by up to 2 cm.
- Max user
- 165 kg (page and manual); the Amazon listing says 160 kg
- Weight you lift
- 6 kg X-Small, 7 kg Small, 7.2 kg Medium, 7.3 kg Large
- Seat height
- Page: 50, 53.5, 56.5 and 62 cm. Manual: 50.5, 54, 54.5 and 63 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Ossenberg Classic Soft Grip Open Cuff
The Ossenberg Classic weighs 650 g and takes 140 kg, but it is single adjustable with a fixed 23 cm cuff, even though its UK page talks about positioning the cuffs.
- Type
- Elbow crutch, open cuff, single adjustable
- Max user
- 140 kg (22 st)
- Handle to ferrule
- 76 to 96 cm
Full specifications for Ossenberg Classic Soft Grip Open Cuff
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Flexyfoot Carbon Fibre Folding
The Flexyfoot Carbon Fibre is the lightest crutch here at 620 g and folds to 615 mm, but a pair costs £214.20 including VAT on Flexyfoot’s own shop and the limit is 130 kg.
- Type
- Elbow crutch, folding, carbon fibre, shock absorbing ferrule
- Max user
- 130 kg (20 st)
- Handle height
- 780 to 980 mm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
NRS Easyfold Wheeled Walker
The Easyfold is light at 2.95kg and adjusts from 775 to 950mm, but its 158kg limit is 22kg lower than a standard frame’s.
- Max user
- 158kg
- Height
- 775 to 950mm
- Width
- 615mm (listed as “Length”)
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
TrustCare Let’s Fly
Consistent figures, big front wheels, a named standard and a light frame. Expect one year’s warranty, the period in the English text.
- Max user
- 130 kg
- Weight you lift
- 6.8 kg; the basket is an accessory
- Seat height
- 60 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Aidapt Folding Walking Frame with Wheels
The Aidapt Folding frame has a 133kg limit, the lowest here, and Aidapt publishes no height, width or weight for it.
- Max user
- 133kg (20.9 stone)
- Handle height
- Not published by Aidapt
- Overall width
- Not published by Aidapt
Full specifications for Aidapt Folding Walking Frame with Wheels
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
byACRE Carbon Overland
Air tyres, a 150 kg limit and a lifetime frame warranty on a 6.7 kg carbon frame. byACRE needs to settle its handle height: three documents give three ranges.
- Max user
- 150 kg
- Weight you lift
- 6.7 kg (the page does not say whether the bag is included)
- Seat height
- 62 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive DeVilbiss Forearm Platform
The Drive platform crutch takes 136 kg on a 97 to 122 cm platform height, and it is the only crutch here that keeps weight off the wrist.
- Type
- Forearm platform (trough) crutch
- Max user
- 136 kg (21 st)
- Platform height
- 97 to 122 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Aidapt Dual Riser Folding Walking Frame
The Dual Riser is the only frame here built around getting up from a chair, but its 133kg limit and missing dimensions put it last.
- Max user
- 133kg (20.9 stone)
- Handle height
- Not published by Aidapt
- Overall width
- Not published by Aidapt
Full specifications for Aidapt Dual Riser Folding Walking Frame
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive DeVilbiss Aluminium Underarm
The Drive underarm crutch takes 160 kg, but Drive’s instructions fit it to users 157 to 178 cm tall only, so anyone above 5 ft 10 is outside the maker’s range.
- Type
- Underarm (axillary) crutch
- Max user
- 160 kg (25 st)
- User height
- 157 to 178 cm (5 ft 2 to 5 ft 10)
TrustCare Let’s Go Out
A light, big-wheeled outdoor frame with a named standard. Its two 2019 documents disagree on four small figures, so use the less favourable one.
- Max user
- 130 kg
- Weight you lift
- 6.4 kg; the basket is an accessory
- Seat height
- 59.5 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
NRS Healthcare A-Series
Three sizes, consistent metric figures and a 135 kg limit, with the widest spread of handle heights in our ranking. It would rank higher with its maker still behind it: check who will honour the guarantee before you buy.
- Max user
- 135 kg, all sizes
- Weight you lift
- 6.5 kg Standard and Tall, 6.3 kg Petite
- Seat height
- 51 cm Petite, 58 cm Standard, 65 cm Tall
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Drive R8
A plain, documented outdoor rollator with a named standard and a published folded size. Plan on Drive’s 7 kg page figure when you think about lifting it.
- Max user
- 135 kg
- Weight you lift
- 7 kg (product page) or 6.4 kg (instructions)
- Seat height
- 57 cm
- on Amazon, paid link (opens in a new tab)
Aidapt VP178
The lowest seat in our ranking and a consistent 136 kg limit. Small wheels and Aidapt’s own instructions keep it to smooth pavements and indoors.
- Max user
- 136 kg
- Weight you lift
- 7.3 kg net (8.3 kg gross)
- Seat height
- 46 to 51 cm, three positions
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