If you have issues with mobility and let’s be honest! If you have a Stairlift reasonable chance you are not the fastest thing on two legs. Stair lifts will glide you up and down stairs without effort at all but a serious concern with Chairlifts is the mounting and dismounting from the Stairlift chair.
All modern Stairlifts feature a Seat Swivel option. Manual seat swivel or Powered seat swivel. The manual seat swivel needs the user to have some amount of strength in their lower legs to allow them to push shuffle the chair seat round into the swivel position.
Not an ideal situation for someone with limited mobility. The powered seat swivel chair is motorized and once the Stairlift arrives at the top of the stairs the seat will instantly swivel round into the proper position for easy dismount.
The great thing about the seat swivel option is that the Stair-lift chair once in the swivel position now acts as a safeguard barrier and it’s virtually impossible to fall down the steep staircase. Perfect for people with balance disorders and elderly fragile users who are not to stable on their feet.
When the Chairlift is in the seat swivel mode the electric circuits are isolated and the unit will not be able to move function till the chair has been reset into its safe travelling position.
The powered seat swivel option is an extra addition and therefore will cost a little extra but is good money spent wisely. If you feel your mobility issues could become worse in time and you could need the powered swivel option in the future make sure the model you purchase can be easily changed to accommodate the motorized seat swivel mechanism.
As well as powered seat swivel options there are powered hinge rails which we will be deliberating in my next article.
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