Mobility equipment, explained without the sales talk
If you are shopping for a scooter, a power chair, a toilet lift or a walker for someone in your family, this is where we put the numbers side by side and tell you which ones we could not confirm.
Store pages are written to sell. They skip the awkward details: what the battery really holds, how wide the thing is, whether two pages for the same product agree. We check those. When two sources disagree, we leave the number out and say so.
Flying with a mobility scooterThe FAA battery limit, the arithmetic to check your own, and three models that pass it.
Hills, grass and gravelWhat "all-terrain" actually gets you, and what to measure first.
Toilet lifts comparedFour Dignity Lifts models, what each needs from your bathroom.
Walkers for people over six feetOne that adds up, and one that does not.
Questions to bring to your therapistPlain questions for the appointment, plus what Medicare says it needs.