What is Kartus ?
Kartus is more than just a Guinness Record holder wheelchair : it is an inclusion creator, a seclusion breaker, a community builder, and most of all, a well-being and happiness dynamo.
Kartus is a Social Movement.
Our Mission
We believe everyone deserves beautiful and quality products. Kartus is not your typical wheelchair; it is an elegant and high-performance product that gives back freedom, dignity, and joy to all its users.
How do we fulfill our mission ?
Green Space Accessibility
We allow people with reduced mobility and seniors to access breathtaking green space, which is proven scientifically to have a positive impact on their mental and physical health.
Sharing is Caring
We offer a wheelchair that promotes a dynamic and shared outdoor activity. Social isolation and depression which are closely linked, are two major issues for the elderly and people with disabilities. We strongly believe that we can have a positive impact on those issues by allowing runners and people with reduced mobility to form new social circles. More so , it gives a tool to runners to give back to their community easily and feel a strong sense of sharing and belonging.
Inclusion in competition
Who did not like being cheered for growing up? The performance of the chair allows seniors and people with reduce mobility to participate in running events where camaraderie, applause and feeling of inclusion are paramount.
Meet the team
Philip
I founded Kartus with the profound desire to make a positive contribution to our society. My team and I hope to bring joy and happinness to our customers and users. Each smile that our product can bring means the world to us.
I hope to help the emergence of a large community which promotes the social inclusion of people with disabilities, that enables seniors and others to get back outdoors in a dynamic setting, and, more importantly, I hope our product helps creating new, unforgetable, bonds through a meaningful activity.
And also : a community
Running, a passion that can be shared!
Several racing clubs allow young and old to experience the joy of running in duo with a Kartus running chair. The communities founding Shared Run Clubs are our best ambassadors. We are proud to count among some of the runners and co-runners of the running clubs, Guinness record holders. The movement is rapidly spreading. The Shared Runs first came to life in Sherbrooke, then Quebec City, Gatineau, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and soon enough Montréal, Lévis, Boucherville and many more.
If you want to start a Shared Runs running club in your city, contact us and we will show you the steps !