Visibility and style matter for many people who use power wheelchairs. The LED lights package on Permobil power wheelchairs is designed to enhance safety, functionality, and fun—day or night. Here are a few ways these lights can help wheelchair users be seen, navigate the night, and express themselves colorfully.
Hazard Lights for Sidewalks and Driveways
Navigating busy sidewalks or crossing driveways can be tricky, especially where there’s low visibility. The lights package includes hazard lights that can increase visibility to others, whether it's a car pulling out of a driveway or a cyclist approaching from behind.
The bright yellow flashing lights on both the front and rear of the chair may potentially help catch the attention of any driver moving towards the chair. With the push of a button, the lights package allows the user to alert those around them, helping everyone stay safe and aware.
Wayfinding Lights for Better Visibility
These forward-facing LEDs can help wheelchair users navigate sidewalks in the dark while also making the chair and user more visible to traffic, pedestrians, and other motorized devices.
Colored Lights That Match Your Mood
This LED lights package now includes customizable colored lights for all Power Platform chairs. They can be turned into any color on the RGB spectrum from the MyPermobil app. The options are nearly limitless. Users can turn their chair into a green-hued spaceship, a soft powder pink unicorn or a turquoise sea turtle. With a full spectrum of colors, the wheelchair can now become a canvas for bright imaginations.
These on-board lights help individuals see and be seen while at the same time allowing room to express their personality. They aren’t just lights. It’s independence, peace of mind, and self-expression.
Hawken Miller
Content Marketing Specialist
Before joining Permobil as content marketing specialist, Hawken was a content strategist for the nonprofit CureDuchenne, creating blogs, emails, and social media content for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community. For most of his life before that, he worked as a journalist, writing feature stories for BioNews, and reporting on the video game and esports beat for The Washington Post. Following his passion for writing, Hawken graduated from journalism school at the University of Southern California.