When it comes to wheelchair mobility solutions you basically have to decide between traveling using a wheelchair strapping option, or traveling using one of the many passenger transferring solutions available. This article will explore the different transfer seat options in order to give you a better perspective of what might the best fit for your particular needs.
B & D Independence Seat Bases. Hands down one of the best transfer seat options right now is the B&D Independence Seat Base. Unlike other solutions, B&D Transfer Seat Base integrates to the vehicle floor using the original seat. This is a great plus because allows maintaining all the seat features. However, besides using the OEM seat, B&D Transfer Seat Base has another huge advantage over the competition. The fully automatic transfer process is done once you are comfortably positioned inside the vehicle. Other transfer seat solutions are designed in a way that the user remains on the side of the vehicle which means that during rain or snow the user is exposed to the weather during the process. If you are looking for a convenient, fully motorized transfer seat option, then B&D Transfer Seat Base won’t disappoint you.
BraunAbility Turny Evo. This is another great solution for people looking for an automated transfer seat. The BraunAbility Turny Evo is an electrically operated rotating seat that lowers from the vehicle until it reaches a preset level. Then with a touch of a button, it gets you inside the vehicle. Besides its adjustable height, this fully automated solution offers the benefit of flexibility since its available for over 150 different makes and models of trucks, vans, and SUV vehicles. However, the convenience of the BraunAbility Turny Evo comes at a somewhat high tag price. The electric transfer seat mechanism also requires a fair amount of space for its installation which limits this system from being adopted on smaller vans and SUVs.
Adapt Solutions XL-Board. This practical transfer seat option is specifically designed for compact vehicles like the Mazda 5 van. It’s a completely manual system, really easy to use, which takes very little space. Consist of a foldable rotating board which includes a retractable support arm that helps the user to get into the vehicle. This excellent transfer seat option could be ideally paired with the optional Adapt Solutions Speedy Lift to add a convenient way of handling the wheelchair.
Adapt Solutions XL-SEAT. You can think of Adapt Solutions XL-SEAT as the motorized version of the XL-Board. It’s design, simplicity, and flexibility are the same but with the added benefit of a lifting mechanism that allows the board (seat) to lower at a preset level and with a touch of a button lift the user at the same level as the OEM seat.
Adapt Solutions XL-Base. The XL-Base is a very similar solution to BraunAbility Turny Evo. It’s a motorized seat with the ability to pivot and lower the user to the wheelchair level. However, the XL-Base is designed to fit only in the passenger seat or the second row, not the driver seat.
Adapt Solutions LINK. As you may guess, Adapt Solutions LINK is the evolution of the XLBase specifically designed for installation on the driver’s seat position. Has the advantage of transforming the OEM seat in a totally motorized solution that pivots and lowers to the wheelchair level.
Adapt Solutions Speedy Lift.
Adapt Solutions Power Pull.