Rolleez All Terrain Beach Wheelchair Review 2024

Do you love the beach (who doesn’t, right?)? 

Has your mobility issue conspired with your somewhat tight budget to keep you from enjoying it the way you used to?

You’ll love this review if you answered yes to one or both of those questions. 

The Rolleez All Terrain Beach Wheelchair is manufactured by HealthLine Medical, a well-respected name in the industry. You can read more about the brand in our HealthLine Medical wheelchair reviews. Right off the bat, you know it will be a good if not a great, product.

While it’s not quite as cool as those fancy-powered electric beach chairs, it’s also not nearly as expensive, and as you’ll see in the sections below, it’s a solid piece of engineering with just enough extras and options to excite.

Indeed, this model isn’t for everyone, but as long as you’ve got a trusty assistant willing to give you a push, it will appeal to a broad segment of the market.

We’ll go over everything this solid, fun beach chair can do and let you know its shortcomings (there aren’t many) so you’ll have everything you need to know to decide if it’s the model you’ve been looking for. If that sounds good to you, let’s jump right in!

Key Features of the Rolleez All Terrain Beach Wheelchair

Like almost all beach wheelchairs, the Rolleez All Terrain Beach Wheelchair is characterized by its almost comically large wheels. In this case, note that the front wheels are significantly larger than the rear ones. This chair was designed to be pushed. If your assistant attempts to pull you backward, he or she might pull a muscle in his/her back instead – forewarned!

Its overall construction makes it look more like a wheeled lawn chair made with a King-sized child’s Erector Set than a wheelchair. By the way, we don’t say that as an insult; we think it adds to the model’s fun, playful aesthetic.

Wheelchair Specifications

Here are its basic stats:

Adjustability & Comfort

While the wheelchair is comfortable, adjustability is not one of Rolleez’s strong suits. The dimensions are what they are and can’t be changed. With that in mind, measure yourself before ordering because if you don’t fit nicely into it, there won’t be much you can do about it.

Honestly, the only adjustable features you’ll find here are how tightly to cinch up the safety belt or whether or not to open the umbrella. If you’re looking for a highly adjustable beach wheelchair, this one will leave you underwhelmed and disappointed.

Comfort-wise, you won’t have any complaints at all. Granted, this isn’t a chair you’d want to try to spend the night in, but it was designed for a day at the beach having fun, not snoozing, and it’s plenty comfortable.

On-Board Storage & Extras

While there aren’t many “extras” to speak of here in our Rolleez Beach Wheelchair review, we give the Rolleez high marks in this department for two reasons.

First, the three “extras” on offer are quite good, and all free when you place your order. If you prefer, you can opt out of any freebies, which gives you more of a sense that you’re “customizing” the wheelchair. But honestly, since they’re free anyway, why would you want to?

Better to take the free stuff in case you need it, then pass on it, only to find yourself wishing you had this or that extra later.

The three extras on offer are:

The storage area is quite roomy, so you can tote everything you need for a fun day on the water.

Second, many fun color and upholstery options allow you a fair degree of latitude in personalizing your ride and making it your own.

The upholstery choices can be divided into two categories: Basic and Premium. The basic options can be selected at no additional charge, while the premium options carry a nominal 5% upcharge.

Here are the Basic Upholstery Options:

Solid Vinyl Color Choices (considered standard upholstery, so no additional charge here):

Shade Upholstery – Note that ‘Shade’ refers to a type of upholstery, not the optional umbrella shade that can be ordered with the chair! – This is the first of the premium upholstery options, so the 5% upcharge applies to these:

Premium Vinyl Upholstery Color Options (Upcharge Applies):

Sure-Check Upholstery Color Options (Premium – Upcharge applies):

What About Portability?

One thing the Rolleez All Terrain Wheelchair is not is to be portable. It’s a sizeable piece of equipment that doesn’t collapse or fold down. If you want to transport it, and you don’t have a full-sized van or truck bed to put it into, plan on taking it apart and then putting it back together again when you get where you’re going.

Note:  This wheelchair won’t arrive at your doorstep ready to use. You’ll have to assemble it first. Fortunately, that’s pretty easy to do. All the pieces are big, blocky, and easy to identify, which makes putting it together a snap, and again, brings to mind images of a giant-sized child’s Erector Set.

No Learning Curve at All

There’s nothing to “learn” about using this chair unless you count the few minutes it’ll take you to figure out how to assemble it. Once it’s ready to roll, you sit down, and someone pushes you. That’s it.

Obviously, for Outdoor Use Only

It should go without saying, but please don’t try to use a wheelchair like this indoors. Those huge wheels are almost guaranteed to make a mess, knocking things around as they trundle through cramped spaces like a wheeled bull in a china shop.

Pros & Cons of the Rolleez All Terrain Beach Wheelchair

The only genuinely negative aspect of the model is that it’s not an adjustable chair. It’s strictly “one size fits all” here, and you won’t like this chair if you’re not that size.

Every other possible complaint we could develop about the Rolleez is a function of design decisions. For instance, you can’t use it indoors, but it wasn’t designed for that. No, there aren’t a ton of extras on offer, but the ones offered are a) free and b) all the most important ones for a day at the beach anyway. That kind of thing.

Rolleez All Terrain Wheelchair Review Conclusion

With lots to like about the Rolleez All Terrain Beach Wheelchair and only one medium-sized gripe that may make it unsuitable for some users, we have to say we really like and almost love the model. While it falls short of perfection, it’s modestly priced and is a fantastic option for people with mobility issues who feel they’ve been “shut out” of the beach life.

Not anymore. Not with one of these babies at your disposal. 

Of course, in some ways, a wheelchair like this is self-selecting. Since it cannot be used as a general-purpose chair, if you’re on a super tight budget, you may be unable to afford one. 

The market for the chair then occupies a smallish middle ground: people with enough disposable income to afford an “extra” chair designed for a specialized purpose but not quite enough to afford a motorized version.

Assuming you fall in that bracket or are delightfully thrifty and don’t want to spend the extra money on a motorized beach chair, this is an excellent choice. We recommend it.

Recommended Reading

Vipamat Hippocampe All-Terrain Wheelchair Review

We reviewed the Vipamat Hippocampe All Terrain Wheelchair, which is superb for beachgoers who do not need a motorized model.

Pride Mobility Jazzy 1450 Power Wheelchair Review

Look at our review of the Jazzy 1450, a versatile mobility aid suitable for various terrains and spaces.

Official Manufacturer Support

References & Resources

• Healthline Medical, Official Brand Website.
• Best Beaches for Wheelchair Users, Travel Channel.
• 9 Photos of Differently Abled Women Taking Back the Beach, Refinery29.
• Why Life Is Not A Beach for Wheelchair Users, The Guardian.