Mobility aids come in many forms, and the right one depends on the person, the home, and the day-to-day routine. This guide walks through every major type we carry at our Tyler, Texas showroom.
For each one, we explain who it helps most, what to look for, and the brands we trust.
Walkers and Rollators
Walkers give steady support for people who can walk but need balance help. Standard walkers are light and simple. Rollators add wheels, brakes, and a seat for resting. Upright models like the UPWalker hold you tall on padded forearm rests.
Pressure moves off the wrists and lower back, and you look ahead instead of down.
Manual Wheelchairs
Manual wheelchairs are the simple, dependable choice for appointments, travel days, and caregiver-pushed outings. Weight matters most here — especially for whoever lifts the chair into the trunk. Modern designs like the Strongback build posture support right into the frame.
We carry Strongback Mobility and Everest & Jennings, a name with nearly a century of wheelchair history.
Power Wheelchairs
Power chairs suit people who tire quickly or lack the arm strength to push. They steer with a joystick and turn in nearly their own length, so they shine indoors.
Folding travel models such as the Jazzy Carbon now weigh little enough to fly with you. Our power chair brands include Pride Mobility, Golden Technologies, and Merits Health.
Mobility Scooters
Scooters fit people who can sit upright and steer a tiller. There are four tiers. Travel scooters come apart for a car trunk. Full-size models add range and comfort for daily errands.
Heavy-duty models carry up to 500 pounds. Finally, outdoor models like the Pride Pursuit 2 handle gravel, grass, and acreage. Browse our scooter lineup from Pride, Golden, and Merits to compare.
Lift Chairs and Power Recliners
Lift chairs raise you gently from sitting to standing — often the first mobility aid a household buys after a surgery.
Three-position chairs handle sitting and napping. Infinite-position and zero-gravity chairs recline flat and elevate the legs above the heart.
Golden’s MaxiComfort line and Pride’s VivaLift recliners both offer battery backup, heat, and memory positions.
All-Terrain Mobility
For hunting land, beaches, and trails, tracked chairs like the Action Trackchair go where wheels sink — and standing models raise you to eye level in the field. Many of our Trackchair customers are veterans; we are a VA-approved vendor and can help with that process.
The self-balancing Omeo takes a completely different path: you steer it with your body.
Stair Lifts and Platform Lifts
Stair lifts carry a seated rider up a staircase; we carry Bruno and Harmar straight-rail models. Vertical platform lifts carry the person and the wheelchair together — often the better answer for tall East Texas porches.
Compare the Bruno VPL against a 30-foot ramp. For two-story wheelchair access, Savaria’s Telecab through-floor elevator replaces the stair lift entirely.
Vehicle Lifts and Adapted Driving
Vehicle lifts load a scooter or power chair into your car, van, or pickup, so your equipment travels with you.
Bruno and Harmar cover every configuration: inside hoists, outside platforms, and pickup-bed cranes. Hand controls from MPS, Sure Grip, and Guidosimplex keep drivers with limited leg function safely on the road, and BraunAbility’s Turny Evo transfer seat swings the vehicle seat out to you.
We install all of it at our own shop as a NMEDA-certified dealer.
Ramps
Ramps solve steps and thresholds. Portable folding ramps handle single steps anywhere you go. Modular systems build a permanent-feeling entrance in days. Finally, threshold ramps erase the small doorway lips that stop wheels cold.
Our ramp brand is EZ-ACCESS, whose SUITCASE, TRANSITIONS, and PATHWAY lines are all American-made.
Patient Lifts and Pool Lifts
Ceiling lifts move a person safely between bed, chair, and bath — and they protect the caregiver’s back above all. Our roster runs from Prism Medical’s no-drill Pressure Post FIT for rentals to hospital-grade LikoGuard systems, plus Human Care and Mackworth.
In the water, Aqua Creek’s ADA-compliant pool lifts and Aquatic Access’s water-powered lifts put swimmers back in the pool at home or at public facilities.
How to choose the right mobility aids
Start with where the person struggles most: standing, walking distance, stairs, or transport.
Then match the aid to that problem first — not to the fanciest product. Think one step ahead: the walker buyer of today is often the scooter buyer of next year, and choices like a vehicle lift can serve both.
Frequently asked questions
How do I know which mobility aid is right? Describe a normal day to us — where it goes well and where it stalls.
Our Tyler team walks through this with families every day. Call (903) 592-6760.
Can I try equipment before buying? Yes. We insist on it for scooters, power chairs, and lift chairs. A ten-minute trial answers more than any spec sheet.
Do you install what you sell? Vehicle lifts, hand controls, and transfer seats are installed at our own shop — that is the core of our NMEDA certification. For home access equipment, we help you plan the right solution.
Do you help with funding? We are VA-approved for eligible veterans, and a financing application through Eastman Credit Union is available on our Accessibility Loans page.
