Swimming pool lifts | Disability pool hoists
Poolpod® provides dignified, independent access to swimming pools, designed for any swimmer who finds using a pool ladder inappropriate
Poolpod 2.0: The original Poolpod
With this award winning inclusive design, swimming pools can attract swimmers with mobility impairments, their families and friends. Poolpod 2.0 has proved its credentials, winning awards and more than 500 units installed. While not as feature rich as Poolpod 3.0, its smaller, less expensive and provides great access to deck level pools.
Installed in 4 hours
Battery Operated
User controlled with lifeguard override
Mobile System
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Aqua Active Wheelchair
Use the AquaActive Wheelchair with Poolpod 2.0. With the platform in the boarding position roll into place, a lip at the front keeps the wheelchair safely on the platform.
Minimum poolside depth
You need around 1.8m from the pool edge to a wall or obstacle behind the Poolpod 2.0 in order to easily enter the pool.
Overall width
Poolpod 2.0 is compact and simple measuring just 1.4m in length.
Dignified, independent swimming with functionality, value for money and reliability.
Developed for the Olympic Delivery Authority and with financial support from the London Marathon Trust, Poolpod offers an independent swimming experience in a package that also provides functionality, reliability and value for money.
Upgrading swimming facilities with Poolpod champions cutting edge, inclusive, human-centred design and ensures that services are appropriate for increasingly older populations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Poolpod is powered by a safe, rechargeable battery, allowing approximately 20 cycles per charge including standby time.
Swimmers can choose to use the Poolpod with one of our custom designed submersible wheelchairs or alternatively can remain standing while they descend to a comfortable water depth.
Hoist users find poolside transfers undignified and dangerous. Swimmers are deterred and seek alternative activities. Hoists lack the broad appeal and intuitive usability and familiarity of a platform lift.
Installing a Poolpod 2.0 necessitates two anchors for the Poolpod and one for the Poolside Control Station. Anchor installation requires drilling 20mm diameter holes 200mm deep into the poolside and fitting a resin bonded stud which leaves a ~10mm diameter hole into which the poolpod is bolted down. When the Poolpod is moved away from the poolside e.g. for storage the anchor stud is flush and doesn't pose a hazard.
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