Latest Blog Articles
Read our latest blog articles below for all things Homecare, Medical & Mobility! Get advice on choosing the right product, read product reviews & real customers stories.
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Lightweight Folding Electric Wheelchairs: Which One is Right for Me?
The Best Lightweight Folding Electric Wheelchairs in 2025: Portable, Powerful & Travel-Ready Mobility solutions are evolving fast—and for good reason. Today’s users want m...
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Bariatric Mobility Solutions
Being, or caring for, a heavier disabled person can bring its own limitations, requirements and adaptations. Standard mobility equipment is not designed to support the additional w...
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Genny Zero | The Latest in Self Balancing Wheelchairs
The wait is almost over! Announced back in 2023, the Genny Zero arrives in March and we are taking bookings for test drives. The Genny Zero self-balancing mobility aid was born fr...
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The Tragedy of Richard III | A Throne Fit for a King
Richard, the King’s youngest brother, has been dealt a cruel hand—diagnosed with a terminal illness, Motor Neurone Disease. Disabled and disillusioned, with the war that crowne...
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August Round Up | What's On at John Preston?
We're almost at the end of August, meaning summer is over, if it really ever arrived? We've had a busy month here at John Preston with lots of changes and improvements behind the s...
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Robooter E60 and E60 Pro Folding Electric Wheelchairs: Which One Is Right for Me?
Comparing the Robooter E60 and E60 Pro Folding Wheelchairs: Choosing the Best Fit for Your Needs The Robooter series of folding wheelchairs have become popular choices for those...
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March Round Up | What's On at John Preston
We're almost at the end of March - 2024 is flying by! We packed a lot into this month so read on to catch up with our latest news. Warm Welcomes Our new team member Conor McKinle...
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Freedomchair A11 Mini - The Growing Electric Wheelchair
The latest model from one of our best selling brands, Freedom Chair, the A11 Mini is their first folding electric wheelchair designed specifically for children. Known for their stu...
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Trekinetic for Twins - All Terrain Wheelchairs
We love helping customers get their best possible mobility solution and last week our mobility product specialist Francis delivered twice the amount of happy when he completed the ...
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Samarit Medical & John Preston - 25 Years and Counting
We had the pleasure of a visit from Jurg Schuster this week. Jurg is the innovative entrepreneur founder of the Samarit Medical group and inventor of the original banana-shaped gli...
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The new Quickie Q50R Carbon - Folding Electric Wheelchairs at John Preston
The wait is over - the brand new Quickie Q50 R Carbon lightweight folding electric wheelchair has arrived and is already causing quite a stir! Since we saw demonstrations of the n...
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Mercado - Working From Home Mobility Solutions
Our seating specialist Dan delivered a custom Mercado Real 9100 Plus sit to stand powerchair to a happy new customer. Our client works from home and needed a supportive activity ch...
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Naidex 2023 Round Up
Our MD Nick and product specialists Gary and Francis headed over to Naidex to check out the latest innovations in mobility, medical and healthcare. Naidex is the flagship ...
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Craig's new custom configured Quickie Q700 M powerchair - Motability Northern Ireland
Our product specialist Francis recently delivered a custom configured Quickie Q700 M to happy new owner Craig. Craig has been our customer for many years, he previously purchased t...
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Mercado Real 9100 Rising Powerchair delivered to Enniskillen
Our product specialist Dan recently delivered a Mercado Real 9100 to a happy new customer in Enniskillen Our client loves to sit at his kitchen table, read his newspaper and do ...
