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Excellent Multifunction Walker
By Oscar the Cat on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2020
I can't believe I found something to fit my needs. I have MS and had purchased a rollator for support so I could take walks in the neighborhood to prevent falling. A month ago I suddenly started having serious issues with walking. I couldn't stand up unsupported and the pain was unbearable. I live in a Colonial built in 1939 that has 3 levels. There's also 10 steps from the driveway to the front door. I can no longer carry the rollator to the driveway for my walks. Getting up the stairs indoors was very difficult. I had to walk sideways and keep a hold of the stair rails keeping as much weight off my legs as possible and pull myself up. This put a strain on the rest of my muscles as well as causing a lot of extra pain. As long as I stayed downstairs the rollator sufficed but it wasn't built to support my 225 pounds. Getting to the bathroom on this level was a painful experience. When I get the urge I need to hurry. I have a powered recliner I sit in and it takes a bit of time to get it to the position where I'm almost in a standing position so I can get off of it. The rollator was helpful but because I couldn't get enough weight off my legs I had to power through the pain and spasms. All that has now changed because of this walker. I can get to the bathroom with less pain because I can take most of the weight off my legs. I can negotiate the house much easier. I can get up and down the stairs a lot easier. It doesn't take long to become adept at using it on stairs. I'm glad I bought the version with wheels. It's easier to slide along so I don't have to lift it and put a strain on my lower back and legs. It's well built. It's slightly wobbly side to side because of the cams needed to negotiate the stairs but not to the extent that it is unsafe. It's very easy to make the final assembly out of the box. I just made all the edits where autocorrect rewrote what I did. Hopefully it doesn't jump in as I hit submit.
Top critical review
10 people found this helpful
NOT a good idea for uneven steps
By Lisa Z on Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2022
Could work for SAME SIZE steps AND if you have good hand strength and coordination. In our scenario we need dad to climb a short step from the garage floor and then one more step slightly higher than the first into the house. The video makes it look easy that you can change the angle and keep moving. I didn't find that to be the case for me (I'm in my 50s) so certaintly it won't be that easy for dad in his 90s. Basically, the right and left handles have an orange button and a release handle. 2 buttons, both handles have to be depressed ALL AT THE SAME TIME for mechanism to be released and adjusted. Only then can you even the angle to go forward .. that's alot to do to while at the top of stairs very bad idea for anyone who could lose their stability or need to transfer to a wheel chair. Do not recommend for elderly who have had a stroke, balance issues or suffer weakness in joints of hands. It might work as a walker as a moving handrail for steps that have no rails. But again, for someone with the hand strength and coordination to adjust the angle of the mechanism once you reach the top or bottom. I can see this walker helping someone with bad knees as it makes the lift or drop very easy. I was really hoping this would be our solution after all the great reviews but in our case it didn't take but an hour for me to realize it was a bad idea and get it back in the box and back to Amazon. While it wasn't going to work for my 92-year-old dad I can definitely see this helping people who are younger
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