When your channel serves rehabilitation centres, long-term care facilities or high-comfort end users, two chairs in Wanderoll's ten-model line do the heavy lifting: Tilt and Recline Pro. Both are positioning chairs — they exist to change how a seated user is supported over a long day, not just to drive from A to B — but they do it in two fundamentally different ways. One tilts the whole seat as a unit; the other opens the back angle. That difference decides which buyer each one is for, so picking between them is a real clinical and commercial decision. This page puts the two side by side, in one table, and then says plainly which institution and which user each one suits.
This is the comfort companion to the wider range overview, which maps all ten models. Here we go deep on just the two positioning chairs. All figures below are catalogue specs; full certificates and test reports go to verified buyers on request. Battery chemistry is lithium ("Li"); exact cell chemistry is confirmed per order.
The short version
- Tilt is the tilt-in-space chair — the whole seat and backrest pivot together while the hip and knee angles stay fixed, paired with elevating orthopedic leg rests and dual 350 W motors (700 W combined).
- Recline Pro is the recline chair — the backrest angle opens independently for rest and pressure relief, with orthopedic leg rests, a dual 576 Wh battery, at 31.3 kg.
If a buyer serves users who need consistent, supported posture across the day, Tilt is the answer; if they serve users who need to lie back and rest in the chair, Recline Pro is. Many institutions stock both, because tilt and recline solve different problems — and the difference is worth explaining to your buyers before they choose.
Tilt-in-space vs recline — the difference that matters
This is the single thing to get right, because the two words sound similar and are routinely confused.
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Tilt-in-space rotates the entire seating system — seat, back and leg rests — backward as one fixed unit. The user's hip and knee angles do not change; only their orientation to gravity does. The clinical value is postural stability and pressure redistribution without sliding: because the joints stay locked at the same angles, the user keeps the same supported position and simply shifts weight off the seat and onto the back, which helps manage pressure, tone and head/trunk control for users who can't reposition themselves.
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Recline opens the back angle only — the backrest drops away from the seat while the seat stays put, increasing the hip angle. The value is rest, comfort and easier transfers or care tasks (catheter access, repositioning, a nap), and it allows a fuller stretch of the torso. The trade-off recline introduces is shear: as the back opens, the user's body can slide slightly against the upholstery, so recline is generally chosen where rest and access matter more than absolute postural lock.
The rule of thumb for your sales team: tilt keeps the posture and changes the orientation; recline keeps the orientation and changes the posture. Users who need fixed, supported positioning all day lean toward tilt; users who need to recline and rest lean toward recline. Some clinical needs call for both functions, but across these two models they are split cleanly — Tilt does tilt-in-space, Recline Pro does recline.
The two comfort chairs, side by side
| Spec | Tilt | Recline Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning function | Tilt-in-space — whole seat pivots, hip/knee angles fixed | Recline — backrest angle opens independently |
| What it changes | Orientation to gravity; posture stays constant | Back/hip angle; orientation stays constant |
| Leg rests | Elevating orthopedic leg rests | Orthopedic leg rests |
| Motors | Dual 350 W (700 W combined) | Dual-motor drive |
| Battery | Li; Wh on request/ | Dual 576 Wh |
| Weight | On request | 31.3 kg |
| Primary clinical value | Postural stability + pressure relief without sliding | Rest, pressure relief, easier transfers & care access |
| Best for which buyer | Rehab & long-term care users who need fixed supported posture all day | Comfort-led care and home users who need to recline and rest in the chair |
Read the table this way: these two aren't a "better/worse" pair — they're two different mechanisms for two different needs. Tilt holds the body in one supported shape and changes its angle to gravity; Recline Pro opens the body out to rest. Match the mechanism to the user, then the institution. Some figures for Tilt (battery watt-hours, weight) aren't published yet, so confirm those before quoting.
Tilt — the tilt-in-space positioning chair
Tilt is the chair for users who can't reposition themselves and need to stay in a stable, supported posture through a long day. Its tilt-in-space action pivots the whole seat backward while keeping the hip and knee angles fixed, which redistributes pressure off the seat without the user sliding out of position — the core reason tilt is specified in rehabilitation and long-term care. It pairs that with elevating orthopedic leg rests for limb positioning and oedema management, and dual 350 W motors (700 W combined) for drive.
Lead with Tilt for rehabilitation centres, neuro and complex-needs care, and long-term care facilities whose users have limited trunk control, high tone, or pressure-injury risk and need consistent positioning rather than the ability to lie back. The elevating leg rests and fixed-angle tilt are the selling points to a clinical buyer — frame the pitch around posture management and pressure care, not drive performance. Its battery watt-hours and weight aren't published yet, so confirm those figures before you quote a spec.
Recline Pro — the reclining comfort chair
Recline Pro is the chair for users who need to lie back and rest in the chair through the day. Its recline action opens the backrest angle independently of the seat, which supports rest, pressure relief and easier transfers and care tasks — useful where carers reposition the user or need access. It carries orthopedic leg rests, a dual 576 Wh battery for extended range between charges, and comes in at 31.3 kg, the heaviest chair in the comfort pair and a substantial unit built for support rather than portability.
Lead with Recline Pro for comfort-led care settings and high-end home users — buyers whose customers spend long stretches in the chair and value the ability to recline to rest, and where a carer benefits from the back opening for transfers and care. Frame it as a comfort and rest chair, not a travel chair: at 31.3 kg with a dual 576 Wh battery it is a stationary-comfort unit, not something to lift in and out of a car boot.
A note on transport: dual 576 Wh and the cabin question
One point to keep straight with any buyer who asks about air travel. UN38.3 certifies a lithium battery is safe to transport — it's required for air and sea freight — but it does not mean the battery can travel in an aircraft cabin. Cabin acceptance depends on the battery's watt-hours (Wh) and the airline's own policy, and many carriers cap removable mobility batteries at around 300 Wh for the cabin.
Recline Pro's dual 576 Wh battery is well above that common threshold, so it travels as freight, not cabin carry-on — which is consistent with what it is: a comfort-and-rest chair for institutions and homes, not an airline travel chair. Neither of these is a cabin product; if a buyer needs a fly-with-it chair, point them to the travel range instead. In every case the final call rests with the specific airline and its current rules.
So which one for your buyer?
- Rehabilitation, neuro and long-term care → Tilt. Tilt-in-space holds the user in a fixed, supported posture and relieves pressure without sliding — the chair for users who can't reposition themselves and need positioning all day, with elevating orthopedic leg rests and dual 350 W drive.
- Comfort-led care and high-end home → Recline Pro. The recline action opens the back so the user can rest, with orthopedic leg rests and a dual 576 Wh battery for range, at 31.3 kg — the chair for users who spend long stretches seated and need to lie back.
Both are factory-direct and OEM / ODM-ready — your brand on the chair, your packaging and manuals, from low minimums — built on one line under one set of documentation, so adding the second comfort SKU doesn't mean re-sourcing.
Building a comfort or rehab mobility range? Tell us your market and the users you serve — fixed-posture positioning, or recline-to-rest — and we'll recommend which of the two to start with, send the line sheet and comfort-model specs, and quote OEM / ODM options. → Request a quote
