Perch Standing Stairlifts Use With Caution
Standing stairlifts or as they are known in the trade! Perch stairlifts allow the user to stand on the stair lift footplate while transported up and down the stairs. If you have a medical condition that does not allow you to sit or bend your knee/s then a standing stairlift could be the solution to your mobility problems.
Perch chairlifts are ideal if you have a very narrow staircase! Unlike conventional sit down stair lifts there is no overhang from the seat, hence standing in the upright position may enable a chairlift to be installed even on the narrowest of staircases.
It’s important that the user must be able to stand for a certain amount of time and have a good sense of balance. Perch chairlifts do come with safety height guards to protect the user from falling and the height guard also acts as a grasp rail making the user feel more safer as they travel on the stairlift.
The operating direction buttons (Joystick) is normally mounted onto the grab rail height guard via a simple Velcro attachment and can easily be removed so the user can hold the control unit in one hand and firmly grip the grab rail with the other hand. The operation controls are fail safe design! A constant pressure is required on the direction button (Joystick) if the pressure is released for what ever reason the stair lift will stop moving in the desired direction etc.
Perch chairlifts are constructed to a much higher specification than the standard sit down models! The footplate is designed to withstand the full standing load of the operator. Using a standard sit down model as a stand up unit is dangerous and will put excessive strain on the footplate fixings and could even cause the welds on the footplate to fracture.
Under no circumstances should you use a sit down model for the same use as a standing chairlift. As well as putting yourself in danger you will also be putting extra forces on the side acting rollers causing them to wear degrade rapidly.
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