Carex Upeasy Seat Assist - Chair Lift And Sofa Stand Assist - Portable Lifting Seat With Support Up to 220 Pounds, Provides 70% Assistance, Blue

This lift saves my back. My husband had spinal fusion back surgery June 6th. He came home June 7th and was not able to stand up by himself. That meant I had to help by lifting him. I searched on amazon for something to help and came across this seat. When it arrived June 9th I tried it first, It worked fine for me so I re-adjusted the weight to let him try it. After deciding which chair would allow him to rest comfortably and keep him secure I moved it into the family room. It worked for him, It is June 10th today and he has been getting up by himself using this seat lift ever since. He likes to sit on the front porch so I just take the lift and put in on one of the chairs outside. I would order a second one of these but this is a temporary situation so I will continue to move it when needed.

it was difficult to open and uncomfortable to sit on. I am a very large woman but within the weight limit. it may be more comfortable for someone smaller

My 88 yr old Mother has been using a recliner for years to help keep her feet elevated. Last year she bought a new recliner but resisted buying a lift chair because of cost and she did not feel like she was that bad off to need a lift chair. At that time, she was not having as much trouble with her right side. A few months ago she began to have pain and weakness on her right side due to a pinched nerve and bone spurs in the neck. It was getting harder for her to get out of the recliner and she would just flop down into the recliner when going to sit down. To get up, she would have to rock back and forth to get momentum to get out of the recliner.She finally came to the realization that she was going to have to have surgery to get better and out of pain. She also realized that she was not going to be able to strain like she was to get out of the chair when she had surgery. She saw an ad for this upeasy lift chair and asked me to order it. I read the reviews and cautioned her that she would have to be careful with it and it could throw her out if she was not careful leaning forward or leaning over the side to reach for something. And yes I know it says not to use it with recliners. So we threw caution to the wind and ordered it off amazon.The ones on amazon were less expensive than the ad she showed me. The device came very quickly. It was very easy to setup and the video was very easy to follow. We practiced with the seat in a hard chair first and got the setting right for her weight. On average she weighs 155lbs. We have had it about a month and I am happy to see her not flopping down in the chair and not having to rock to get out of the chair. It lets her down easy and pops her right up.She has had her neck surgery and I think it has been a god send to have her using this uplifting seat at this time. The device just lifts her up as she steads herself on the arms of the recliner. The surgery did not fix the right shoulder issues and she is looking to have more surgery where this device is probably going to more invaluable as she recovers from a future rotator cuff surgery.After neck surgery, she was having trouble getting out of the hard kitchen chair she uses to eat her meals. She carried the seat into the kitchen several times and said I guess we better order another one so I can get out of this chair. We tried putting a few seat cushions in that chair to see if that helped and it did, so at this time we are not ordering another one. We might have to reconsider if she ends up having to have surgery on her right shoulder and she is not able to use her arm to push herself up out of the kitchen chair.When I was researching this device I wondered how comfortable this would be because it did not look as comfortable as a recliner seat. This was a big concern as she spends most of her day and evening in this chair until she goes to bed. She reports that it is comfortable.I have seen her lean to the side to reach for something and has not had a problem and she has used caution regarding activities that would require her to lean forward. She takes the lift seat out of the recliner to do activities like putting on shoes and socks. I am not seeing why it is not recommended for a recliner.I give it a thumbs up for setup and easy of use in our application. Hoping it will remain operational and in good condition over time.

Works well helping to lift. Hard to adjust seating position because it pushes up constantly. Needs lock to hold in down position. Then release when lift needed.

This unit was not easy to open and adjust. You had to open it while standing the unit on edge opposite the unit handle and then you push down to slightly open the clam shell so you can get a hand inside and adjust the spring setting. Several settings are available but the lowest I could see was 95 to 240 pounds range. My wife at 160 pounds could not compress the shell. I used it for 10 days to make it less stiff and at 240 pounds I could compress the shell and it would decompress when I stood up but it was not comfortable for a 3-hour evening watching television. Although the clam shell worked as advertised the curvature caused a feeling of being off balance when first sitting down and then standing up. Since I purchased it for my wife and she could not use it I returned it to Amazon for credit. As described by the manufacturer it is hard and uncomfortable while sitting. The unit works well for getting you up and sitting down but most persons like to sit a while in their chair and that is where this unit falls short.

The instructions, or lack thereof, had me about to return this before I finally got out a flashlight and studied the inside of it.As delivered, the lift is fairly much locked in place closed and does NOT work out of the box. The box says to sit on it and it will open, which it will not do. You must CAREFULLY pry it open and move an arm to lock in place at the estimated weight of the person that will be sitting on it. Once that is done it will remain open unless sat on. My mother said she weighs 150lbs and it about threw here out of the chair the first time she used it, so I have ended up setting it on 95 pounds and it seems just right.It is NOT the most comfortable thing in the world, that is true, but it looks like it will give my mother back some independence she lost this past week after a bad fall. If you don't have it positioned just perfectly, or slide off one side or the other, it's a pain in the keister. Plus I can always set it up to 200lbs and see how far the cat can fly.So far, it was well worth the money.One last thing - it is advertised as coming with an instructional video. Mine did not.