Featherlight Walkers: Lightweight Walkers For Easy MobilityFeatherlight walkers are designed for persons with disabilities in movement or in balance or persons who need body support while walking.
Advantages of Featherlight Walkers Over Other Medical Walkers
Most featherlight walkers are designed in a way that the structure provides a center of balance that prevents the walker unit from tilting forward. This center gives users stability, safety and comfort as they move forward. Most of them weigh only 12 pounds, hence the name featherlight. They are styled the same way as rollators, which roll freely indoors and outdoors. They support body weight well and help users avoid fatigue.
Featherlight walkers also provide faster mobility and smoother maneuverability. Users are able to take rest stops by sitting on the seat built into the walker. Spring loaded brakes offer greater control and ensure safety while users are walking on uneven and steep surfaces.
With featherlight walkers, people who have difficulty lifting a non-wheeled frame are able to walk without exerting too much energy. They avoid tiring their arm and back muscles. The front-wheel swivels allow them to easily turn without needing to lift the walkers.
The common features of featherlight walkers are hand brakes, hand grips, curved back, padded seat and wheels.
Featherlight Walkers With Enhanced Features
Manufacturers of medical equipment walkers constantly innovate and improve on the basic features of featherlight walkers. They add features to respond to the special needs of individuals. They make the height adjustable and they make the seats very comfortable with paddings and backs that follow the curve of the user's back. They add a folding strap to secure the featherlight walkers when transported and a folding bar to make storage easier. A large mesh basket secured under the medical walker seat is a common feature.
The newer featherlight walkers are now also using four five-inch or six-inch magnesium wheels with sealed ball bearings, including single rear magnesium wheels to enable faster breaking action. They also give the option of a push-down brake or a loop hand brake.
In addition, the front wheels of featherlight walkers can also swivel 360 degrees to make turning easier.
Featherlight Walker Height
The height of taller featherlight walkers adjusts from 32 to 37 inches while the others adjust from 30 to 35 inches. The seat height ranges from 19.5 inches to 21.5 inches. The lower seat height range is designed for users who are four feet and eight inches tall to five feet and four inches tall. The lower-height walkers are called demi walkers and their lower seat height enable users to keep their feet on the floor. The height ranges are meant to help users maintain good posture.
Height and Weight of Medical Walker Users
Featherlight Walkers are designed for at least two ranges of user height. Some models are specified for users who are five feet and four inches tall to six feet and three inches tall. The other models target users who are four feet and eight inches tall to five feet and four inches tall. Most medical equipment walkers are designed for users who weigh up to 250 pounds.
Warranties and Colors Available
Manufacturers of medical walkers, including featherlight walkers, offer lifetime warranties on the frames and limited-time warranties on the other parts. Most medical supply walkers are available in silver, teal, blue, forest green and red colors. |