Juvo Toilet Aid - Personal Bottom Wiping Tool, Bathroom Mobility Aid for Disabled, Elderly, and Surgery Recovery - 18" long wand with hygienic cover

I honestly never knew a product like this existed but am so thankful it does. Before my recent back surgery I was researching tips and products online to help with my recovery and ran across a video showing this and several other brands of toilet aids. I decided on this one because of the design but mainly because it has a snap on cover for extra cleanliness. It has been such a huge help in so many ways, of course with the wiping it is intended to do but I also clean it with an antibacterial wipe afterward and use it to pull up my undies and pants and then snap on the cover and use it to reach the toilet handle to flush since I can’t bend for several weeks. It is a simple design and easy to use- you put the toilet paper on as you want and just squeeze the handle to lock in the gripper head which holds the paper very securely in place. Afterwards you just push the button at the end of the handle to release the gripper. It works great and I would recommend it to anyone with mobility issues.

This is the 3rd Juvo toilet aid I purchased for my husband. He has a bad shoulder and this has been a great tool for him. He has tried others and this is the best.

We like this product enough that we have purchased five over the last two years. There is one issue that keeps us from giving this product 5 stars. The mechanism that locks closed when we place the tissue for wiping keeps breaking after a few months (no longer locks - it closes but we have to use pressure to keep it closed) and we end up having to buyAnother one. Fix that or tell us how to prevent that issue and we will gladly change our rating.

After suddenly damaging my right arm and losing certain ranges of motion imported for actions like this in particular, I had to explore technology options as often I do. I bought 3 different units, and Juvo hands down is simply the best. Certainly not perfect, but as close as it might get without an engineer getting involved (which they ought to).Out of the box, it's simple to figure out and begin using, though like anything takes getting used to and building a workflow. Use of standard paper works fine dry against the rubber end, wet wipes not so much.Using a wet wipe, they pull right out slipping right off the rubber, and raised "grips" inside the clamshell flaps are vertical, so they just fall right now. This probably could have been avoided making the molded grip deeper and more interlocking to hold the wet wipes, or as I began doing is rolling up the end for thickness that clamps inside to help slightly but better grip types would fix easily without putting onus on users.Biggest issue so far as after 4-5 months, the locking mechanism stops catching, forcing me to have to maintain a grip on the unit constantly, and with range of motion and limited grip capabilities due to the nerve damage, makes this tough at times. Engineering-wise, the plastic catch on the back of the part that catches simply wore out from low-grade plastic in use. This is so far the most fatal flaw of the product, and know even replacing this one, the next will do the same eventually until v.3 of these come out. This already says "new and improved!", but apparently not enough. Please address this in future design revisions!Few other gripes, the rubber on the rip at the paper end could be longer down the neck. Occasionally get some mess spill over onto the plastic side and into the cracks that is hard to clean. Also the grippy rubber on the hand-side was delaminating even out of the box when I got mine, just indicative of QC issues in general. Also, the caddy thing is pretty useless, see no point to even having this. I'd rather they put a washable cloth sleeve and drawstring to put this in when not in use to store, take with discretely, etc. It's large enough it's hard to find something for it actually...It would be nice to see these little things reengineered better as this is the best product like it out there, I dare say the only I've found. Even if something I just know I need to reorder a new one every so often it might be worth it if the biggest problem with the latch locking just being due to crappy chinese plastic in use that spending another 5 cents would likely fix.

The descriptions on the Amazon product page and on the product box are deceptive. Both say "Designed to work from front or back" and "The handle can be used from front or back, depending on condition". So it should be equally useful either way, and the choice should depend only on which way the customer needs to use it -- from the front for stuff that exits the body from the front, and from the back for stuff that exits the body from the back, unless the user's disabilities necessitate otherwise. The manufacturer's video even demonstrates how easy it is to use both ways. Nowhere on the product page or the product's box is there any hint that there's a difference in usability between the two approaches.Only after you've bought the product, removed it from its box, and read the instructions do you discover that using it from the back is extremely limited.You're told that you can use it from the back only "if able to squat over toilet" (see the attached photo of the instructions). That's a sort of mid-air suspended semi-squat, in which the body has nothing to rest on except its own strength, and it must be maintained for however long it takes to load, use, and unload this product several times.Apparently it's also potentially hazardous to use it from the back, because you're told -- in bold letters -- to "Consult Occupational Therapist or Physician before using" it from the back, a warning that the instructions do NOT give about using it from the front.I need a product like this for use from the back only, and I cannot squat over the toilet for more than two or three seconds. Even when I was young and relatively fit, I'm not sure I could have held that awkward semi-squat for the several minutes it could take to use this product.Since I know I cannot do the required squat, I won't have to consult a therapist or physician before doing it, so at least I'm spared that additional expense. This thing will be on its way back to Amazon as soon as UPS opens their door tomorrow morning.And the "integrated caddy" is a joke. The manufacturer's video shows an upright white plastic cylindrical caddy that sits on the floor, like the caddy for a toilet bowl brush. That would be genuinely useful. The new "integrated caddy" isn't a caddy at all -- it's a little plastic clamshell about three inches long that snaps over only the business end of the product but provides NO help in storing it, not even a hook or something you could hang on a hook. And it's not integrated into anything. It's a separate piece that isn't tethered to the wand in any way. You'll still have to find some place to put the wand between uses -- on the floor, on a counter, in a drawer, on top of the toilet tank, in the caddy with your toilet brush ... wherever, AND you'll have to find a place to put the "integrated caddy" while you're using the wand.The "integrated caddy" is a very minimal cover, not a caddy, and -- to make it even worse -- it is VERY hard to get off once you've snapped it on. If I'd kept this product, the "integrated caddy" would be in the garbage within a day.

Easy to use and works as described.

This piece of toilet assistance device accomplishes exactly what it claims to do.