Standing stairlifts or as they are known in the trade! Perch stairlifts permit the user to stand on the stairlift footplate while transported up and back down the stairs. If you've got a health problem that doesn't allow you to sit or bend your knee/s then a standing stairlift could be the answer to your mobility issues.

Perch Chairlifts are also ideal if you have a really narrow staircase! Unlike typical sit down stairlifts there's no overhang from the seat therefore standing in the upright position may enable a stairlift to be installed even on awfully narrow staircases.

One major factor is that the user must be able to stand and have a good sense of balance. Standing stairlifts do come with height guards to defend the user from falling and the height guard also acts as a grasp bar 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 straightforward Velcro attachment and can easily be removed so the user can hold the control unit in one hand and forcefully grip the grab rail with the other hand.

The operation controls are fail safe design! A relentless pressure is needed on the direction paddle (Joystick) if the pressure is released for what ever reason the chair lift will stop moving in the desired direction etc.

Standing stairlifts are constructed to a higher blueprint than the standard sit down models! The footplate is designed to resist the full standing weight/load of the user. Using a normal sit down unit as a stand up model is threatening and will put excessive stress on the footplate fixings and could even cause the welds to fracture.

In no case should you use a sit down model for the same use as a standing stairlift. As well as putting yourself at risk you will also be putting additional force on the side rollers making them wear degrade rapidly.

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