There are many varieties and styles of quickie wheelchairs on the market today. We won't review every model here, but will give a general review of Quickie wheelchairs. Depending on your specific needs, you can choose from manual and electronic wheel chairs to adjustable and even easy storing capabilities. Quickie chairs also offer its disabled clients wheelchairs for use in sport such as tennis or other sports based on courts.

Quickie wheelchairs offer the affordability as well as the rigid designability to encourage long life to their wheelchairs. With prices starting at $540.00 and ranging up into the thousands, the disabled have choices for varying styles and usability than in yesteryear were just not available. One other way Quickie wheelchairs make things inexpensive, is by selling used wheelchairs to their clients.

This cuts the expense for a client by removing the brand new price tag and lowering it to a more reasonable price, but also gives the disabled user access to the high end chairs with hefty price tags.

Some chairs rate much better in reviews than others. You should compare the make, size, price tag, features, and durability if possible.

There are about six different wheel drive systems for wheelchairs that you should become familiar with. These systems are track drives, front wheel, mid wheel, rear wheel, center wheel, and 4 x 4. In most cases, the mid or center wheel system is chosen due the fact that they provide excellent maneuverability without compromising speed and navigatability.

Your next considering factor is the seat height. Depending on the person and the chair, you will want the seat height to reflect the natural height commonly used in the community and world. Having a wheelchair that is either too high or too low, can exclude the disabled person from participating with others.

Capacity, length, width, and weight can also be contributing factors when choosing a quickie model as well. Giving insight to these selections will afford you the best possible seating arrangements for the disabled occupant. In determining these specifications of the disabled occupant, you can then figure in other areas such as weight requirements for the chair for longer use, capacity allowances for lifts and special attachments for use.

Drive controllers are very important for the electronic wheelchair. They should be understood so that you can define what is needed for the occupant of the wheelchair. Quickie has a Qtronix driver. And with this driver, we have noticed that others have referred to them as twitchy and have less features making them less programmable.

Other features to consider when choosing a quickie can be: Tilt in space, recline, elevated footrests, seat elevator, and standing wheelchairs. The disabled occupant is granted more options and choices in day-to-day living use of the wheelchair.

Some of the most highly recommended Quickie models on the market include the Quickie 626, Quickie 222, Sunrise Medical Quickie 2, Sunrise Medical Quickie p200, Sunrise Medical Quickie Shark, and Sunrise Medical Quickie GP/GPV. Many of those who have a Quickie recommend or at the least have had their models for over 10 years.

Some of the negative remarks that seem to be constantly brought to light are the fact about the brake systems and the bolts breaking on the arm rests. Looking on the internet and finding other's remarks about quickie wheelchairs seems to be easy enough and there is enough positive feedback involved to make anyone believe these are great wheelchairs to have for a long period of time.