Bath Lifts: Adapting Your Bathroom to Fit Your Needs
Let us look what a lift can do for you.
It is actually self operated device that helps you in raising or lowering yourself from or into your tub. There are many types of such devices available in the market. The choice among them depends upon the comfort and support you need. For example if you have enough upper body strength but just need a little bit of back support. In such a case you can go for inflatable bath lift. It is a light weighted one that could be folded easily. It comes with a seat and back rest such that you can feel stable on it. These devices have a floating remote attached to them through which you can raise or lower yourself in the tub according to your need. There is also aquatec XL heavy duty bath lift that comes with full support feature and can handle around 400 pounds of weight.
Things to look in while purchasing a bath lift
- One of the foremost look out factor is to ensure that the designed lift fits you comfortably. It should be such that you feel at ease on it.
- Go for the one that is designed in a way such that it could be folded by you easily.
- Anti Slippery: Do check that the surface of the device comes coated with anti slippery enamel such that you wonâEUR(TM)t face any issues while using it.
- Before purchasing the lift make sure that it would it could fit your tub. Generally the devices available are designed such that it could fit the possible tub sizes. But itâEUR(TM)s advisable that you should go through its instruction manual to ensure this.
- The lifts come with a battery operated remote through which you can lower or raise yourself. So check that it should be of the floating and completely water proof type. Moreover the battery of the remote should be rechargeable with discharge protection. It is important because if the battery gets finished in the middle it can be possible that you may face a little trouble while coming out of your tub.