Essential Medical Supply Sheepette Wheelchair Comfort Armrest Pads

These are very cheaply made!

This review of the Seepette arm rests is based on using on an Invacare Heavy Duty wheelchair for 6'1" tall man.Q: Was the product as advertised?A: YesQ: Would you purchase again?A: Yes.Q: Are the arm rests easy to install?A: Yes. They install in a few minutes. Wrap around the existing arm rest area of chair and secures with velco, which once attached, you do not see. Item then appears as one continguous piece of material.Q: Is the product soft for the skin?A: They are fairly thick. The patient in this case is of the red hair/freckle skin model human, which means they are like a hot-house orchid. The patient in this case, had no negative reaction, which would infer that people with average skin would fare well.Q: Is the product effective in providing relief from hard surface of arm rests?.A: We cut to fit, 2" thick Memory Foam and placed under the Sheepette. For people sitting for hours in a wheelchair, extra padding is essential.

I bought these to protect the armrests on my bonded leather office chair. Bonded leather disintegrates in heavily used areas, like seats and armrests. Unable to find any that would fit right out of the package and custom made being ridiculously expensive, in my opinion, I bought these knowing they would not wrap all the way around the armrests. So I adapted each one to my needs by sewing 3 strips of 3/4" elastic band to one side and velcro to the other end of the elastic, which attaches to the existing velcro. Now, they are perfect. They are also more comfortable than the original armrests.I don't blame the manufacturer for the fact that they do not meet my specific needs and I don't expect them to last more than a couple of years before looking matted and disgusting. However, being machine washable will probably increase theirlife span. But how to rate them? I see no reason not to give them 5 stars. After all, they will keep my chair looking good for more than a couple of years, according to what other people's reviews report.

Purchased this product for a person who is confined to a wheelchair all day. He was constantly banging his paralyzed arm against the sides of the wheel chair arms and getting cuts and scrapes. Since I put on these pads, that problem has stopped. They are soft and fluffy and extremely easy to put on the arms of the chair. In fact, I am ordering another set to extend their reach the whole length of the wheelchair arm. A simple but very effective solution!

Not what I had hoped for. Mom tends to lean to one side and looks so uncomfortable in her wheel chair. I had hoped these would provide some cushioning but they did not. In the end we wrapped her wheel chair arms with some foam, duct taping it on and then because it made the arms so thick we used both of these to wrap the foam. It was simple to do because of the Velcro but definitely not enough padding. They do wash well though and are easy to reinstall.