Our Wheelchairs.
‘Reach the Beach’ provide free hire of 4 different specialist wheelchairs, all designed to travel easily on difficult terrain, one even designed to go into the sea.
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Have a look at the details of each chair below and see which one might best suit your needs.
You can hire the beach wheelchairs for up to half a day and set off independently to enjoy your time at the beach.
(apart from the floating Mobi chair, when we will need to remain with you).
The Mobi-Chair.
The innovative, amphibious Mobi-Chair, is suitable for users of any age (up to max. weight of 95kg), and the balloon tyres guarantee a smooth ride across the matting and beach, and down to and into the sea. The flotation armrests provide buoyancy and stability while in the water.
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Uniquely, ‘Reach the Beach’ will provide a trained swimming coach and additional volunteers with Mobi hire, who can bring you into the shallows of the sea and will stay with you at all times.
The Hippocampe.
The Hippocampe is a three wheeled buggy-style beach wheelchair which is suitable for younger users and adults, who can transfer to and from a lower position.
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There is a lap belt and shoulder harness, and neck support. It’s a light easily manoeuvrable chair with balloon wheels, that can travel across the beach and down to the shoreline, but not into the sea.
The Sandcruiser.
The beach blue Sandcruiser is an upright, manual, beach wheelchair, suitable for older people, adults, and teenagers. The Sandcruiser seat height is the same as a normal wheelchair and the arms lift up out of the way, to allow for easy transfer from chair to chair.
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The Sandcruiser has large balloon tyres for a smooth ride off the matting, onto the beach and down to the shoreline, but not into the sea. (The Sandcruiser will require either a strong carer/2 carers if venturing off the matting onto the sand)
The Trail Glider.
‘Reach the Beach’ is rightly proud of the Trail Glider, a ramped wheelchair carriage which is unique and very special, as it provides beach access for those who need to remain in their own wheelchairs.
Your own wheelchair can be pushed up the ramp onto the Trail glider, safely secured, then the Trail Glider can be pushed beyond the matting and across the beach. Getting onto the Trail Glider can be done on the matting, and due to its size, will require two carers.