A simple monthly maintenance checklist for your mobility scooter
Ten minutes once a month prevents most of the faults we get called out to. None of it needs tools and none of it needs any mechanical knowledge.
Advice & guides
Plain-English guides to buying, using and looking after a mobility scooter, powerchair, wheelchair or riser recliner — written by the team who sell and service them.
A simple monthly maintenance checklist for your mobility scooter
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Where will you keep it? Storing and charging a mobility scooter at home
The question people answer last and should answer first. Where the scooter lives, how it gets there, and where it plugs in decide more about whether you enjoy owning one...
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Will a mobility scooter fit in my car boot?
The question we are asked more than any other. The answer depends less on the scooter's total weight than on its heaviest single piece — because that is the bit...
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Using your mobility scooter through winter
Cold, wet and dark all work against a mobility scooter at once. None of it needs to stop you going out — but a few small habits from November to...
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Powerchair or mobility scooter — which one do you need?
They solve different problems. Scooters are for getting further outdoors; powerchairs are for people who need to be seated all day and to move about indoors. The steering is the...
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Where can you legally drive a mobility scooter?
Pavements, roads, cycle lanes, bus lanes, dual carriageways, shops and buses — what you may and may not do on a mobility scooter, and the rules people most often get...
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How far will a mobility scooter really go?
Quoted range is measured in ideal conditions — flat, smooth, mild, a light rider at steady speed. Here is how to translate the number on the page into miles you...
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Class 2 or Class 3? Choosing between a 4 mph and an 8 mph mobility scooter
The single most useful thing to understand before you buy. Class 2 scooters are pavement-only and need no paperwork; Class 3 scooters can use the road but must be registered...