YEC35EBR Power Wheelchair: a Dependable Chair With a Seat Width to Suit You
The Electric Power Wheelchair With Electromagnetic Brakes YEC35EBR helps someone with limited walking get around the house and the compound under their own control, with a joystick instead of somebody pushing. It is the steel-framed, standard-sized chair in our powered range, and the reason to choose it over the lighter folding models is the seat: it comes in five widths from 16 to 24 inches, where most powered chairs come in one.
That matters more than most buyers expect. A powered chair is sat in for most of the waking day, and the width of the seat decides whether that is comfortable or whether it causes pressure and leaning. Tell our pharmacist the measurement across the hips and we will order the right width for you rather than the one the box happens to come in.
Which Width to Order
Measure straight across the widest part of the hips and thighs while sitting on a firm chair, then add about 2 cm in total so there is roughly a finger’s width of clearance on each side. Our pharmacist will convert that to the nearest of the five widths for you, and will check it against the doorways at home before you commit.
The seat depth is 42.5 cm, and the footrests want setting so the thighs rest along the seat with the feet flat. If the footplates sit too high, the weight slides back onto the tailbone, which is where pressure sores start. Ask us to set it up with the person in it.
What It Will Carry, and What It Weighs
The published maximum user weight is 125 kg, so please give our pharmacist the weight of the person who will use it and let us confirm it before you order. If they are close to that figure, say so and we will talk you through the alternatives rather than sell you something marginal.
And the honest number on the other side: this chair is 34.5 kg on its own. That is a two-person lift into a car boot, not a one-person job, so if the chair needs to travel in a saloon car every week this is the wrong model and our YE200 lightweight folding chair at 27 kg with a 37 cm folded width is the one to ask about. Where this chair earns its keep is as a steady daily chair at one address.
The Battery Is Lead-Acid, and That Changes How You Look After It
This chair runs on a pair of 24V lead-acid batteries, which is why it costs what it does. Lead-acid is heavier and gives less range than lithium, and it has one rule that decides how long it lasts: charge it every night after use, and never leave it standing discharged. A lead-acid battery left flat for weeks loses capacity permanently, and no amount of charging afterwards brings it back.
So put it on charge when the day ends, charge it even on days it was barely used, and if the chair is going to stand unused for a long stretch, ask our pharmacist how to keep the batteries alive while it waits. Expect to replace the pair eventually, as you would a car battery, and we stock them.
How Far It Really Goes
Plan your days around 12 km on a charge. The higher figures you will see quoted are measured on flat, smooth ground with a light rider, and real use here is kerbs, slopes, rough murram and a full shopping bag, all of which take their share.
The maximum gradient is 12 degrees, which is roughly one in five, and that is a genuine limit rather than a suggestion. For anything steeper, go round. The top speed is 6 km/h, which is a brisk walking pace, and it starts from 1 km/h so a nervous first-time user can begin slowly indoors.
What the Electromagnetic Brakes Do for You
The brake is built into the motors and works automatically. Let go of the joystick and the chair stops and holds, including on a slope, and it stays held when the power is switched off. That is the safety behaviour you want in a powered chair, and it is the difference between a chair that waits where you left it and one that drifts.
The practical consequence is worth knowing before you need it: with the power off the drive wheels stay locked, so the chair stays put rather than pushing freely. There is a way to release it for manual pushing, and we will show whoever is caring for you how to do that, how to fold the legrests and how to flip the armrests back for a transfer, when we set the chair up.
Sitting All Day, and Looking After the Skin
Anybody who spends the day in a chair needs the skin over the tailbone, the sitting bones, the hips and the heels looked at once a day, and it takes a minute at bedtime. Redness that stays red after the pressure comes off, or a patch that is warmer, firmer, darker or more tender than the skin beside it, is the early warning and it wants our attention that week rather than next month.
Shift your weight often if you can, by leaning forward or from side to side every half hour or so, and if that is beyond you, whoever helps you should reposition you regularly through the day. Ask our pharmacist about a pressure-relieving cushion at the same time as the chair, because the cushion does as much work as the chair does.
What We Can Honestly Tell You
This is the practical choice for a person who needs a powered chair they will use every day at home, around the compound and to the shops, who wants a seat width chosen for them, and who is not planning to lift it in and out of a car. It is also the one we recommend to families buying several at once for a home or a facility, because it is the most chair for the money on this shelf.
What it is best at is dependability rather than portability. If travel, flights or daily car journeys are the point, say so and we will point you at the folding models instead. Bring the hip measurement and the weight and we will get the right one to you. If a reclining seat is what you need for pressure relief, ask about our MK608GC reclining high-back wheelchair, and for a powered chair that reclines and lifts under the controller there is the YE245CR.
Is This Power Wheelchair Right for You?
Please talk to our pharmacist or our doctor before you buy if any of these apply to you.
- The user is over 125 kg, or close to it. Tell us the weight and we will confirm the model before you order.
- You have not measured across the hips yet. Send us the measurement. Five widths are available and the right one is worth waiting for.
- The chair has to go in a car regularly. At 34.5 kg this is a two-person lift. Ask us about the lighter folding models.
- Redness that stays red, or a firm, warm or tender patch over the tailbone, hips or heels. Please come in this week, and ask about a pressure cushion.
- Steep ground at home. The limit is 12 degrees, about one in five. Describe your approach and gate to us and we will tell you honestly whether it will manage.
- First time using a powered chair. Come to the counter and try the joystick with us before you buy. We start people at the lowest speed indoors.
Where to Buy the YEC35EBR Electric Wheelchair in Kenya
Order online and we deliver countrywide, or collect from our pharmacy at Kahawa Sukari Shopping Center, Nairobi. We send orders to Nairobi and every neighbourhood around it — the CBD, Westlands, Parklands, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Runda, Rosslyn, Kitisuru, Lower Kabete, Lavington, Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Karen, Langata, South B, South C, Eastleigh, Buruburu, Donholm, Embakasi, Ngong Road, Kasarani, Roysambu, Zimmerman, Githurai, Ruaka, Banana Hill, Two Rivers, Village Market and Pride Lands — and across Kiambu, Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru and Ngong.
Beyond the capital we deliver to Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Machakos, Athi River, Kitengela, Kajiado, Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kisii, Migori, Homa Bay, Siaya, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Vihiga, Webuye, Kitale, Nandi Hills, Iten, Kapenguria, Embu, Meru, Chuka, Kerugoya, Murang’a, Othaya, Nyahururu, Nanyuki, Maralal, Isiolo, Marsabit, Moyale, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Lodwar, Kitui, Mwingi, Makueni, Emali, Kibwezi, Voi, Taveta, Wundanyi, Mariakani, Diani, Ukunda, Kilifi, Watamu, Malindi, Lamu and Hola. A wheelchair travels boxed and we deliver it assembled wherever we can reach you by road, so tell us where it is going and whether anyone there can help lift it in, and we will arrange the delivery around that.
Across Africa, ask us before you order. We have sent orders to Uganda, Tanzania, Somaliland and as far as Malawi, and we will quote for Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the rest of the continent. Tell us the destination and we will confirm any import paperwork before the parcel leaves us.
Living abroad? Order from wherever you are and we deliver to your family here in Kenya. Kenyans in the UK, the United States, Canada, South Africa and the Gulf order from us regularly for parents and relatives at home. A powered wheelchair has to fit the person who will sit in it, so tell us their hip measurement and their weight and we will make sure the right size arrives, set it up at the house and show whoever is caring for them how to fold it, brake it and transfer safely.
Why Buy Your the YEC35EBR Electric Wheelchair from HealthAlone Kenya?
HealthAlone is a pharmacist-led health ecosystem licensed by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, and our stock is original, sealed and correctly stored. Kahawa Sukari is a real counter with real pharmacists behind it.
Our pharmacists will order the seat width that fits rather than the one in stock, check it against your doorways, and show whoever is caring for you how to release the brakes, fold the legrests and transfer safely. Our doctor is here too if you would rather have the whole question looked at properly.
It is one more step in our vision: building Africa’s most trusted health ecosystem, accessible to everyone, everywhere.
YEC35EBR Electric Wheelchair: Your Questions Answered
What weight will the YEC35EBR carry?
The published maximum user weight is 125 kg. Tell our pharmacist the weight of the person who will use it and we will confirm it before you order.
What seat widths can I get?
Five, from 16 to 24 inches. Measure across the widest part of the hips while sitting, add about 2 cm, and our pharmacist will match it to the nearest width.
How far does it go on one charge?
Plan on 12 km. Kerbs, slopes, rough ground and a heavier load all take their share of it, so treat the higher figures as laboratory conditions.
How fast is it?
Up to 6 km/h, which is a brisk walking pace, and it can be set as low as 1 km/h for a first-time user indoors.
What kind of battery does it use?
A pair of 24V lead-acid batteries. Charge them every night after use and never leave them standing flat, because a lead-acid battery left discharged loses capacity permanently.
Can I leave it uncharged if it is not being used?
Please don’t. Charge it even on days it was barely used, and if the chair will stand unused for a long stretch ask our pharmacist how to keep the batteries alive while it waits.
How heavy is the chair itself?
34.5 kg. That is a two-person lift into a car, so if it has to travel often, ask us about the lighter folding models instead.
What slope can it manage?
Up to 12 degrees, roughly one in five. Describe the approach at your house to us and we will tell you honestly whether it will manage it.
What do the electromagnetic brakes do?
The brake sits in the motors and works by itself. Let go of the joystick and the chair stops and holds, including on a slope, and it stays held with the power off.
Can someone push it manually?
With the power off the drive wheels stay locked, so there is a release to use first. We will show whoever is caring for you how to do that when we set the chair up.
Is this power wheelchair suitable for outdoor use?
Yes, around the compound, the estate and the shops, on reasonable surfaces. Deep sand, loose murram and steep ground are what to avoid.
What should I watch on the skin?
Check the tailbone, sitting bones, hips and heels once a day. Redness that stays red, or a patch that is warmer, firmer or more tender, needs us to see it that week.
Do I need a cushion as well?
Ask our pharmacist. For somebody sitting all day a pressure-relieving cushion does as much work as the chair does.
Where can I buy Electric Power Wheelchair With Electromagnetic Brakes YEC35EBR in Kenya, and what does it cost?
From HealthAlone, online for delivery countrywide or over the counter at Kahawa Sukari Shopping Center, Nairobi. The current price is shown above. We deliver across Nairobi — the CBD, Westlands, Parklands, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Runda, Kitisuru, Lavington, Kilimani, Karen, Langata, South B, South C, Eastleigh, Kasarani, Roysambu, Githurai, Ruaka and Banana Hill — and to Kiambu, Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru, Ngong, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Machakos, Kitengela, Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Kisii, Migori, Homa Bay, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Kitale, Embu, Meru, Nanyuki, Nyahururu, Isiolo, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Lodwar, Kitui, Makueni, Voi, Taveta, Mariakani, Diani, Ukunda, Kilifi, Watamu, Malindi and Lamu. Outside Kenya we have delivered to Uganda, Tanzania, Somaliland and Malawi, and we quote for Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the rest of Africa on request. Tell us the hip measurement and the weight when you order, because five seat widths are available and the right one matters.