Giving you a light Lift!

One of the major issues for beach wheelchairs with a higher centre of gravity is that beaches are not flat, I have seen more than 1 occasion where a ‘beach chair’ has caused the person sitting in it to ‘faceplant’ or tip over. That was one of the major reasons we made the Getabout Buggy seat lower to the ground, its far more stable. This though makes it more difficult to transfer from a wheelchair to the Getabout buggy if you are heavier than a child (or dont have a transfer sling- which I certainly found was invaluable to have all the time). We initially were asked to look at integrating a bath lift into the rear of the buggy, but these can cost thousands of dollars- and more critically weigh 20-30Kg. This means that once you transfer the person into any beach wheelchair its just about impossible to move it!

We were asked to look for a solution, and having worked on it we have a lifting cushion that weighs less than 1Kg and will lift you to level with the armrests- making transfers in and out far easier. It pumps up with a 12/18V car tyre compressor- the one in the video is a Ryobi as it does high pressure and high volume, so one pump to inflate them all (yes corny lord of the rings joke) so it will do the balloon tyres, seat cushion and pontoons. As an advantage dont let it down all the way and you have an inflatable seat cushion to sit on. Ok its not the fastest with the Ryobi pump but it works and does it very well.

The use of the Getabout Buggy Transfer cushion to make getting in and out of the buggy and transferring from and to a wheelchair far easier and safer for everyone.