Magic Mobility Power Chairs Brand Review

Is your mobility issue preventing you from enjoying outdoor spaces as you once did?  Are you looking for a fantastic, robust, highly customizable chair that can take you just about anywhere you want to go?

If you answered yes to either of those questions, you’re going to love our Magic Mobility Power Chairs review.

Magic Mobility is one of the major players in Australia’s mobility industry, and although they aren’t as well-known in the US, they’re one of the most respected companies in their corner of the world. 

In fact, in our recent roundup review, two of their products, the Frontier V6, and the Extreme X8 won honors, with the V6 being listed as the best-in-class (and best overall value) general-purpose all-terrain wheelchair, and the Extreme X8 placing fourth.

Long story short, this company makes amazing products.

In the sections that follow, we’ll give you all the details on their four main products, talk about the other models the brand sells, and most of all, tell you about the staggering array of customization options you’ll have available if you opt to buy a chair from them.

If that sounds good to you, let’s jump right in and see what this company from down under has to offer!

An Overview of the Magic Mobility Power Wheelchairs

Magic Mobility USA power wheelchairs are divided into two categories:  outdoor chairs and indoor/outdoor chairs.  This distinction, however, is “fuzzy,” because except for the Extreme X8, all their outdoor chairs can also technically be used indoors.

For the purposes of this brand review, we’re most interested in the four models designated for outdoor use.  There are four of these, and we’ll start by taking a high-level view of them in table form:

Magic Mobility Power Wheelchairs Comparison Table

Note that while we will be taking a brief look at the indoor/outdoor machines in a later section of this review, the models listed there are minor variations of the V6 and the two V4 (FWD and RWD) frames.  We’ll draw your attention to the relatively few, subtle differences in a later section.

Magic Mobility Power Chairs in More Detail

Doesn’t Magic Mobility Make Manual Wheelchairs Too?

Magic Mobility Power Wheelchairs Features

Adjustability & Comfort

In addition to offering a wide range of extras (which we’ll talk about next), another advantage to owning a Magic Mobility wheelchair is that virtually every aspect of your chair can be tweaked or modified in some way to maximize your comfort.

On-Board Storage & Extras

This is another thing that Magic Mobility does really well.  In fact, of all the mainstream mobility aid manufacturers we’ve found, this one comes closest to matching 21st Century Scientific’s impressive array of extras.  Here’s what you have to choose from:

Color and Finish Options

Color options fall into two categories:  Frontier options and Extreme X8 options.  We’ll list both just below:

Note that for the Frontier, the first three are stock colors. The rest are considered premium colors and offered for an additional charge.

Note that in addition to these, a variety of custom upholstery options are available.

Multiple Headrest Options

The stem-based options are all articulated and can be positioned precisely to maximize comfort.

Leg Rest Options

Three choices here:  Manual elevating, power elevating, or gas elevating.  You can also choose between a single post footrest or swing away leg rests, which make transferring into and out of the chair a bit easier.

Several Magic Mobility Frontier V6 reviews agree that the single post footrest is recommended for the Frontier V6 because the swing away leg rests may interfere with the casters.  You can certainly outfit your V6 with the latter, but if you do, be aware that there may be times when they get in your way.

Foot posts can be ordered singly or double, and either fixed, flip-up, or angle adjustable, at your preference.

Three Different Control Options

Controller Mount Options

In addition to that, the joystick controller has three different mounting options:

Power Options

Not everyone will need these, but if you do, then this is a compelling reason to consider a chair in the Magic Mobility product lineup.  The following power options are available:

Other Add-Ons and Accessories

As impressive as the above list is so far, we’re still not done!  The following optional gear is also available:

Note that unless otherwise noted, all of these are available on any model the company makes.  Also note that the company takes special requests, so if you want or need an accessory not listed here, they’ll be happy to work with you and see if they can figure out how and where to include it!

What About Portability?

All of the models and variants built on the Magic Mobility Offroad V4 and V6 chassis are delightfully portable.  Granted, these are all serious pieces of machinery, weighing in at over two hundred pounds each (depending on the model and accessories selected). 

Even given their weight; however, you won’t have any difficulty fitting them into a van, full-size SUV, or the back of a pickup truck, although anything less than that might prove daunting, if not impossible.

The X8 is the outlier here, and isn’t as portable as the others, although it too can fit nicely into a truck bed or roomy van. If you don’t have any of those types of vehicles, you’ll probably want to invest in a lift so that you can get your chair from point A to point B.

World Class Customer Service and Support

This is another nod in favor of the brand.  Magic Mobility is one of the major players in the Australian market, and they have a sterling reputation for post-sales service and support.  The products they make are rugged and reliable, but if you ever do have any issues with them, help is just a phone call away.

Conclusion – Magic Mobility USA Brand Review

All of Magic Mobility’s products are a cut above, which is why the company dominated our list of general purpose outdoor all-terrain wheelchairs. 

Although we regard the V4 as the weakest of the bunch, if you’re in the market for an exceptional front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive model, and the other brands you’ve been investigating have left you a bit underwhelmed, you won’t be disappointed.  Mostly, it’s going to come down to how you plan to use the chair and what your needs are.

Exceptional engineering and world-class quality paired with top-notch customer service and support, it’s hard to find a serious weakness in any of their designs, other than the price.  You will pay a premium for these chairs.  That’s an unavoidable consequence of their amazing quality and longevity.

We recommend all of the Magic Mobility Power Chairs highly, with a special nod to the Frontier V6.