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If it's cheaper than the other alternatives then it has a place.
It probably isn't though. My mother in law's stairlift was installed in a couple of hours along the normal stairs. There was no building work to create a shaft needed. It was cheap.
I foresee buying one.
Will there be a version you can somehow integrate into a stair-case without much structural changes on or in the building?
Then you may outcompete stairlifts.
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If it's cheaper than the other alternatives then it has a place.
It probably isn't though. My mother in law's stairlift was installed in a couple of hours along the normal stairs. There was no building work to create a shaft needed. It was cheap.
If cantilevering from rails on one side is impractical, make it detach from the opposite rail at the top/bottom and swing out of the way.
So ladies, next try. Will there be a version you can somehow integrate into a stair-case without much structural changes on or in the building? Then you may outcompete stairlifts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairlift
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Didn't know what prusiks were — had to look it up. The video for the Vertiwalk looks to me more like standing and sitting in order to ascend. In standing the seat climbs up a bit to follow your bum, when sitting the floor climbs up a bit to raise your legs into a seated position. Descending is a bit challenging for my brain to understand.
You do the same thing with prusiks to ascend a rope. Here's an example of a practical application, getting out a crevasse when climbing glaciers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px_m3qzHYTA In an alpine scenario you'd descend by rappelling. I doubt folks in a home want to setup a munter hitch or similar though. :)
So ladies, next try. Will there be a version you can somehow integrate into a stair-case without much structural changes on or in the building? Then you may outcompete stairlifts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairlift
Totally agree. Could be cantilevered from rails on one side or detach from an opposite rail at top/bottom of the run and swing out of the way.
But I think they need to expand their advised market from former owners of treadmill desks on HN and their aging parents to a broader healthcare audience.
In case anyone else was irritated by the inability to scrub through the auto-playing video, adding this CSS rule in your browser's dev tools should fix it: .vp-progress { display: block !important; }
It's infuriating, I can't rewatch a part I missed or skip ahead? And there's no volume control? I can't believe designers still are removing critical functionality to make it "cleaner".
Cool product, but Assistep seems like a simpler solution for the same problem https://assistep.com/
Thank you.
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If it's cheaper than the other alternatives then it has a place.
The requirements for space (a column of free area 80cm by 80cm) are so small that I don't even think they make elevators that small.