In a Nutshell:

On paper, the Omegatrac Wheelchair looks like it should be a good chair, but it’s heavy, hard-to-use, and the company has been plagued by support issues. Based on the above, we cannot, in good conscience, recommend this chair.

Customization options
Ease of Use
Comfort
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Overall Rating

2.5/5

Benefits

  • Rugged and durable design
  • Simple and easy-to-use controls
  • Powerful and agile on dry and level ground

Drawbacks

  • Not really suitable for indoors
  • Easily gets stuck in wet ground
  • Poor post-sales support

Unfortunately, this product has been discontinued and is currently unavailable. Check out other wheelchairs we’ve reviewed.

Do you suffer from a mobility issue that keeps you from enjoying the great outdoors as you once did? Are you looking for a top-quality, go-anywhere chair that you can use indoors and out, sold by a company with world-class customer service and support?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, we’re sorry this is not the chair you’ve been looking for. On paper, the Omegatrac Wheelchair offered by Teftec is a beast of a chair, but as you’ll see in the sections that follow, it suffers from a few critical problems that make it virtually unusable, in our view. 

While it pains us to write reviews like this, they’re an essential part of the site because our goal is to help you find the mobility aid that’s perfect for you. Unless you have a strong masochistic streak, this one just isn’t it.

Your conclusion may be different from ours, so we’ll explain what Omegatrac can and can’t do in the sections that follow and let you decide for yourself. Let’s do this.

Omegatrac Wheelchair Key Features

Big, brutish, and burly.

Those kinds of words spring to mind when you first set eyes on the Teftec Omegatrac Wheelchair. It’s a beast of a chair and, like other Teftec wheelchairs, is constructed of solid steel and made right here in the United States.

Side view of the Omegatrac Power Chair

When we saw that it was an American-made chair, we had high hopes of exceptional quality, but those hopes were dashed. Right off the bat, too, we noticed some serious issues:

First, although this chair is described as being for both indoor and outdoor use, its extreme weight (more than four hundred pounds) and size (36.3” to 43” long and 30” wide) make it impractical for indoor use. Even with the hinges removed, it won’t fit through a standard-width doorway

It’s not a good start, and this is the primary reason we took points off for versatility—it just doesn’t serve well in an indoor capacity, even though the company selling it claims it should.

The upshot is that the Omegatrac Power Chair will support over a thousand pounds of user weight and gear, making it a rugged outdoor vehicle capable of towing whatever gear you feel like pulling behind. It’s also offered in three different seat width configurations, 17”, 19”, and 21”, so if you want one, you can customize it for an optimal fit.

Another problem is that, as outdoor chairs, we expected something that could handle uneven terrain better. Here, its weight gets in its way. If you’re traveling on dry, level ground, it handles well, but it will struggle over even modest obstacles like large rocks or downed limbs more than just a few inches high.

If you encounter even the slightest bit of mud, all-terrain wheelchair tires aren’t enough to save you. The sheer weight of the machine will get you stuck in the mire. It’s so heavy that you’ll need to get creative to rescue it. 

Omegatrac Power Wheelchair's white battery

Interestingly, the company also sells what could be considered beach tires for the device. We didn’t try it based on its poor handling on even slightly wet ground, and we honestly don’t want to. It sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

One final curiosityThe chair features attendant push handles on the back. Why? We’re not sure. 

Unless you are being attended to by some country’s Olympic Wrestling Team, they will struggle to push this chair if the wheelchair battery dies. If it gets hung up on something, you’re better off getting a truck and a winch to get it out rather than breaking some poor soul’s back trying to get it unstuck manually.

Adjustability & Comfort

We were somewhat impressed by the Omegatrac Power Wheelchair. The armrests are independently adjustable, the control module can be mounted on either arm (specify at the point of sale), and the footrests and headrests are individually adjustable.

The seat is akin to a conventional wheelchair seat in its design, although the seat cushion offers about twice the padding as the backrest. That’s good. It’s not what we’d describe as a luxurious seating experience, but it’s certainly comfortable, and the headrest makes it even better. 

This is not a chair you’d want to spend the whole day in or take a long nap in, but if you plan to spend a few hours riding around outside, you’ll be pleasantly comfortable.

Only One Extra Offered

As we mentioned, the only “extra” the company sells are “flotation tires” for use at the beach or on the water. We see two problems with this:  First, the Omegatrac doesn’t handle well on wet ground, and second, given its extreme weight, if you relied on the “flotation tires” to keep you afloat in the water, you’d sink like a stone. For those reasons, we don’t recommend investing in a company that offers extra.

The upshot is that this chair traces its design roots back to the conventional wheelchair, so most of the aftermarket add-ons you can buy for traditional wheelchairs will work well enough here, too.

Not Portable

Another issue with the Omegatrac is that it doesn’t collapse and can’t be considered portable. Unless you have a full-sized van with a ramp, a pickup truck with a ramp, or a powerful lift capable of handling 500+ pounds, you’re not taking this chair anywhere.

Easy to Use, But…

Although the controls are straightforward, we gave the Omegatrac Off-Road Power Chair a dismal score here. You won’t have any trouble mastering the basics, although it will take a few minutes to get used to handling such a heavy machine.

No, the real kiss of death for us is that Teftec’s customer service is virtually nonexistent. Customer service is an undeniable dimension of ease of use because, eventually, all machines break.

Unfortunately, when the Omegatrac breaks, you’re basically on your own. Good luck getting help or even getting a response from the company. This left us extremely disappointed. We expected so much more from an American company.

Pros & Cons of the Omegatrac Power Chair

We think we’ve been tough but fair in this review, so let’s spend a moment summarizing:

There are some good aspects to this design. They include:

  • Rugged and durable. Solidly constructed. This thing is a wheelchair version of a tank.
  • Simple, intuitive controls
  • Powerful and handles well, but only if you keep to dry, level ground

And here are the things we find problematic:

  • Not useable indoors, although it’s marketed as an indoor/outdoor chair
  • Gets bogged down easily on wet ground
  • Several strange design decisions make no sense (no storage for an outdoor chair, too heavy to use on damp ground, push handles for a chair that’s too heavy to push, etc.)
  • Horrendous post-sales support

Omegatrac Power Wheelchair Review Conclusion

This chair should be awesome. We think the Omegatrac Wheelchair could be excellent. Still, for that to happen, it needs to shed some pounds, get better at handling uneven ground, and get something that resembles proper customer service and support.

If those things change, we won’t have any problems recommending this chair.  As things stand now, we don’t recommend it to anyone for any purpose except target practice.

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