Essential Mobility Scooter Accessories
Mobility scooter accessories are the icing on the cake when it comes to enjoying the freedom of your Pride mobility scooter. For regular users of mobility scooters, accessories can keep you warm and dry, help you carry heavier loads than normal, and protect your overall investment in your scooter, maintaining it in good condition and protecting it against the elements.
The perfect mobility scooter accessory will also enhance your comfort and overall user experience of your set of wheels.
It is important to choose from the range of accessories for a mobility scooter as supplied by the manufacturer. These accessories have been integrated into the overall design not to impede or affect the overall performance of the scooter. Many of our clients also like to personalise their scooters with more unusual mobility scooter accessories.
Unusual Mobility Scooter Accessories
Be aware when adapting your scooter with third party accessories. If not fitted properly they could impact the functionality of the scooter with trailing wires or loose connections. The last thing you want is for a trailing wire to get caught up in the wheels risking an accident as well as lasting damage to the scooter itself.
That being said, have fun and enjoy using your scooter as an outward display of your personality. A mobility scooter is there to allow you to get out and about, to enjoy your independence and freedom despite physical restrictions. Showcasing this by personalising your mobility scooter is great fun!
What Are the ‘Must-Have’ Mobility Scooter Accessories?
Making sure that you are comfortable while using your scooter is not just important for the sake of comfort itself, it can also protect you against wear and tear on your body such as sores and pressure ulcers. Choose a flexible combination of cushions and back rests that help to alleviate any pressure.
You also want to make sure that you can use your scooter whatever the weather. Come rain or shine, a rain cover is probably the most essential mobility scooter accessory. Not only will it protect you from getting a drenching when the clouds open, but it will also protect you against too much exposure to the sun on hotter days.
Most importantly, if you have health challenges that go beyond mobility issues, you may need to equip your mobility scooter with attachments to ensure that any lifesaving equipment is close to hand. For example, if an oxygen tank holder is a vital piece of equipment to keep you alive as you go about day, then including this as one of your mobility scooter accessories is not just important – it is lifesaving!
Pride Mobility can also fit your mobility scooter with a dedicated cane or stick holder. The stick needs to be safely secured and stored not to fall off during movement; however, it also needs to be within easy reach so that it is to hand when you get off the scooter.
Is Storage One of the Mobility Scooter Accessories?
Here at Pride Mobility, we do not consider storage to be an accessory, but an essential. All our mobility scooters are fitted with capacious fully integrated storage compartments within the overall design. This storage has been carefully calibrated to ensure that the mobility scooter remains fully balanced and calibrated even when carrying heavy bags of shopping, with no risk to the stability of the scooter during use.
Should you require additional storage, Pride can fit an additional rear basket, which is perfect for carrying heavier loads. There is no need to be restricted when shopping if you have one of these baskets attached.
Mobility Scooter Accessories to Keep You Moving
Your scooter runs on batteries – and as a result, you need to make sure that you have the right equipment to keep your mobility scooter on the road at all times. Like any other piece of equipment, batteries can and do wear out over time. Equally, it is reassuring for you to know that you have a spare set of fully charged batteries in the event that your current batteries run out of charge.
Safety and visibility as you are going about your business is crucial, both for yourself and for other road users and other pedestrians. Careful driving is not always enough if there are other people in the vicinity who are distracted and not paying attention.
Making sure that you have a horn, lights, reflectors, and other attention-grabbing items are probably the best motor scooter accessories you can have to guarantee the safety of both you and those around you.
Mobility Scooter Accessories to Make Your Life Easier
Whatever your individual needs, we will want to make sure that your enjoyment and use of our mobility scooters is first rate. If you have particular needs then do ask, drop us a line, and we will endeavour to accommodate those needs.