Shower Chair Casters

Humphries Casters & Supplies distributes Water Resistant shower chair casters ranging from nylon casters to top-quality stainless steel shower chair casters.  Shower chair casters can be purchased as a swivel caster or as a total lock caster.

Total lock casters, are a safety feature that protects hospital patients and nursing home residents from falls.  In order to reduce falls and the associated liability, most of the medical facilities that Humphries Casters & Supplies works with have made our Total Lock casters their standard caster.  Some manufacturers are installing Total Lock casters on their shower chair products. We recommend that your next shower chair casters include Total Lock brakes.

Types of Shower Chair Casters

Plastic twin wheel shower chair casters (typically nylon casters)—Are the least expensive in the short-term. Other than low-cost, the only advantage of these casters is that the plastic materials are “water-proof”.  Most do not utilize bearings.  Their performance quickly deteriorates and they can become hard to roll or swivel in a short amount of time.  They can be tough on your floors and have even scratched and scuffed floor surfaces. 

Premium Plastic Casters for Shower chairs-Are similar to a better quality metal caster except the caster rig (sometimes called housing or frame or bracket) is made of a strong plastic instead of metal.  This caster combines the best of metal casters with the best of plastic casters.  This gives you no rust and a nice rolling caster that will last longer than inexpensive disposable twin wheel casters.  These casters are available with the total lock safety feature.

Zinc plated shower chair casters with soft rubber wheel and total lock—Are the mid-range shower chair caster.  They are well-built and use bearings in the swivel raceways so that the chair will move easily.  The soft rubber wheels provide some shock absorption and will not mark or scratch the floor.  These casters are zinc-plated and water resistant, but they will eventually succumb to the shower environment and show some rust.

** The total lock increases the safety of the shower chair by simultaneously locking the wheel and the swivel.  Total lock greatly reduces the likelihood of users falling when entering or leaving the shower chair because the chair is stationary.  Older style casters brake the wheel but allow the swivel, and the chair, to continue to move.

 Stainless steel shower chair casters with soft rubber wheel and total lock—Stainless steel shower chair casters offer all the advantages of the zinc-plated casters plus the stainless steel will not rust.  The one disadvantage of these casters is that their initial cost is the highest.  However, because the other type of casters will need replacing, the stainless steel is lower cost in the long term. 

Shower chair casters often are used on both tile floors and carpet.  Our shower chair wheels are designed to roll easily on common commercial floor materials such as carpet, tile, hardwood, concrete or linoleum.  Further, they will not mark, scratch, or scuff the floor. 

Typically, shower chair casters are inserted into the bottom of the chair’s legs.  If the PVC insert in the bottom of the chair is worn or damaged, we can provide new inserts for your shower chair.  This will save you the cost of buying a new chair!