If you have problems with mobility and let’s face it! If you own a stairlift then good chance you’re not the fastest thing on two legs. The stairlift will glide you up and down stairs with no effort at all but a major concern with stairlifts is the mounting and dismounting from the stairlift chair.

All modern stairlifts come with a Seat Swivel option. Manual seat swivel or Powered seat swivel. The manual seat swivel requires 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 so good a situation for someone with limited lower mobility issues. The powered seat swivel chair is motorised and once the stair lift arrives at the top of the stairs the seat will automatically swivel round into the correct position for easy dismount.

Another good point about the seat swivel option is that the stair lift chair once in the swivel position mode now acts as a safety guard barrier and it would be near impossible to fall down the steep staircase. Ideal for people with balance disorders and elderly frail users who are not to stable on their feet.

When the chairlift is in the seat swivel position the drive supply is electrically isolated and the stair lift will not be able to move function until the chair has been reset into its safe travelling position.

The motorised seat swivel option is an extra addition and therefore will cost a little extra but can be a God send and money well spent. If you feel your mobility issues could get worse in time and you may need the motorised swivel option in the future ensure the chairlift you buy can be easily adapted to accommodate the motorised seat swivel mechanism.

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