Gary Leu – 5 Stars

I needed help getting up the stairs, and the occupational therapist that I was working with at that time recommended Handicare Stairlifts. I talked to the reps and they seemed reasonable and could meet my needs pretty quickly. The straight stairlift that I got is as compacted as I imagined it should be, and it fits fine inside the stairwell. We had to decide whether or not to take the rails on both sides of the stairs, and we decided to take one rail out so we could put the stairlift closer to the wall. But I still want to install a rail that’s more pressed to the wall behind that, so that we could still have rails on both sides. The quality of the stairlift is okay, the ride is pretty good and I feel safe enough. I’m also not falling down the stairs anymore, which is its major feature. However, I was a little concerned at first because our stairlift is quiet going down but coming up, where it’s more under loaded, it hums a little more. The stairlift that we tried out in the store was a little quieter going up. I had the technicians come out to look at my stairlift, but they didn’t think anything was wrong or unusual. They just put a bit more lubricant on it to make sure the noise is bearable. The model that we got has the post of the seat on one side, and it extends out over the seat. I’m a little worried that it will sag at the end of that seat, but it hasn’t so far. That model was also the more inexpensive version. They didn’t have another option and I didn’t want to wait, so it was the one we had to choose. The Handicare stairlift has been worth a peace of mind and I would recommend them.