Quickie Life R Teens

Quickie's Life R Teens is designed for an adolescent's body size and needs, with smaller seat widths available. The high levels of adjustability make the Life RT the ideal wheelchair for children and teenagers, being able to adapt to changing needs and developing wheelchair skills.

Product Description

Seating

The Life RT is a teenage version of the popular Quickie Life R, available with smaller seat sizes and additional features suited to adolescents. The seat ranges in widths from 28 - 48 cm, and depths from 32 - 46 cm, allowing for a perfect fit. A wide range of cushions and backrests are available, plus an array of sideguards and armrests. This includes the popular Safari brake sideguards, which are carefully integrated into the skirtguard to allow easy braking without the need to lean forward.

The Life is available with either a fixed front frame for a lighter, more rigid chair, or with a swing-away front for ease of forward transfers.

Adjustability

The high levels of adjustability make the Life RT the ideal wheelchair for children and teenagers, being able to adapt to changing needs and developing wheelchair skills. This includes the centre of gravity, seat height, camber and more - many of the adjustments don't need additional parts.

Frame and Transport

The Life has a range of lightweight and high-tech customisation options cascaded down from these models, such as Nitrum-style carbon fibre sideguards and foot platform. This weight reduction helps to minimise the energy needed for everyday activities, reducing the load on your child's shoulders, arms and hands.

The Life range is a popular choice in the NHS for its robust, long-established design - it is fully crash tested, and features three stabiliser bars for outstanding rigidity and to ensure it stands the test of time. Once the wheels are popped off, the Life RT has a compact frame that can fit in the back of most cars, and has the option for a double-locking backrest for an easy lifting point.

Style

Appearance matters, and the Life RT is a good looking wheelchair. It is able to be customised with a vast number of frame colours, with additional accent colours available for highlights. The frame has a sporty look to it, and can be inset for a sleeker appearance.

Our Verdict

The Life RT is a good first active chair for teenagers looking to develop their wheelchair skills. When budget allows we would suggest considering Ki Mobility's Rogue XP instead, as this offers an even lighter mono-tube frame that makes self-propelling easier. The Rogue XP also features seat width and depth growth, ensuring it'll continue to fit after growth spurts - the Life RT lacks this feature.

Key Features

Teenage seat sizes
Ideal for developing wheelchair skills
Quickie styling
Robust and rigid

Our Service

We passionately believe we provide a level of service above and beyond other retailers that gives you real value for money. Our in-house experts can provide you with impartial advice on the right wheelchair for you, and none of our staff are on commission.

All aftercare is carried out by our experienced specialists, with a fleet of mobile engineers, and a fully stocked workshop at our HQ - we don't get a third-party company to carry out our work. In the unlikely event your wheelchair needs to come back to us for repair, we will provide you with a loan active wheelchair from our fleet to keep you mobile.

Try This Wheelchair

Our Chessington Showroom is stocked with a wide range of wheelchairs for you to try out and compare, and our product specialists are on hand to answer all your questions, and carry out a full assessment. Visiting our Showroom allows you to see the widest possible range of products before making your decision on which wheelchair to buy.

We are also able to carry out home assessments and demonstrations - please call us to book one in. A home consultation comes with the benefit of trying out a wheelchair around the environment in which you will be using it.

Product Specification

Weight10kg / 1st 8lb

Crash TestedYes

Frame MaterialAluminium

Max Seat Depth46cm / 18.11in

Max Seat Width48cm / 18.90in

Min Seat Depth32cm / 12.60in

Min Seat Width28cm / 11.02in

Weight Capacity100kg / 15st 10lb

Active Wheelchair TypeChildrens Active Wheelchair

Pricing

£2,195 exc VAT / £2,634 inc VAT

Children's wheelchairs like this one are built to order following an assessment with one of our Prescriptive Assessors. They are available with a wide range of customisation options, including safety, seating and style upgrades, and these can affect the price - our Prescriptive Assessors will run through all the options at your assessment. However it is possible to get a fully functioning and desirable wheelchair at the base price!

Paediatric wheelchair purchases will often qualify for zero-rated VAT. If the child using the wheelchair has a permanent disability, terminal illness or chronic sickness then they will be eligible for 0% VAT. Our Prescriptive Assessors will be able to answer any questions you may have about VAT.