VS Wheeleo® Rollator

Since the advent of wheels under walking frames, the rollator or walker has become an essential walking aid. It is used by many people around the world. The choice of a walking aid must be adapted to the user’s abilities and the environment in which it will be used.

The rollator has several advantages:

🔹It provides permanent support on the ground (the frame must not be lifted).
🔹It is stable (important base of sustentation)
🔹It allows support with both hands (for stability)
🔹It is generally equipped with large wheels allowing movement on uneven ground.
🔹It comes with a bag or basket
🔹It’s usually possible to sit on it (to take a break if needed)
🔹There are brakes in case….

The rollator is particularly suitable for outdoor use:

🔹Distances are greater than at home.
🔹The ground is + irregular (gravel, cobblestones, …), with slopes, rises, tilts.
🔹Transporting equipment (jacket, groceries, etc.) is often necessary.

Indoors, the use of the rollator becomes less optimal for several reasons:

🔹The rollator is often too bulky to fit between the furniture in your home.
🔹It monopolizes both hands. Interaction with the environment is limited (e.g. carrying an object).
🔹Distances are shorter than outdoors. Walking indoors is less tiring. The rollator gives too much help. No need to sit on it when I can sit on a chair at home.
🔹The floor is flat and there is furniture/walls to stand on. The person often doesn’t need that much help.
🔹The rollator is unwieldy.

Faced with this situation, the person using the rollator outdoors has several options for indoors:

🔹Continue to use the walker indoors.
🔹Use a classic cane (which has to be lifted with every step and falls to the ground when dropped against furniture). Comfort is often reduced.
🔹Don’t use anything. The person will then lean on all the furniture and walls. Risk is increased and comfort is reduced.

Wheeleo® offers an additional solution to this situation:

✅ Admittedly, it gives less assistance than a rollatot, but it’s still sufficient given the environment (indoors, flat floor, short distance, …).
✅ It frees up one hand to interact with the environment (open a door, pick up an object, …)
✅ It’s less bulky than a walker. Greater manoeuvrability. (see video)
✅ It stays upright when released (to wash hands, cut fruit, …)
✅ It offers the same type of assistance as a rollator (constant support, does not need to be lifted).