All consumers want products that are reliable and safe, which do the job they are intended for. Working in partnership with specialist technical testing laboratories, Ricability designs and manages tests of the performance and safety of specialist and mainstream equipment. This includes
- testing for electrical and mechanical safety which takes into account the way products are actually used
- assessments of durability
- comparative testing of relative performance, based on objective measurements by instruments and subjective appraisal
Ricability product tests have included:
- community alarm systems
- fixed, mobile and cordless telephones
- hoists for loading a wheelchair into or onto a car
- hoists for lifting people into a car
- wheelchair battery chargers
- secondary safety assessments of car adaptations
For further information on using research to identify needs, as well as the basic research toolkit, see Ricability's report Guidelines for product design and testing.
