Stander CouchCane, Standing Assistance Aid for Adults, Seniors, and Elderly, Chair Lift Assist, Standup Support, Adjustable Mobility Couch Rails, with Safety Grab Bar Handle and Organizer Pouch

Excellent product . Working well for me.

Every caregiver that has seen this has been impressed by it—family, nurses, and professional care providers. It has an adjustable base to fit under the feet of one side of pretty much any couch. It proved sturdy and very helpful for over a decade (still in excellent working condition).Depending on your set up, I recommend checking it from time to time to make sure that it is properly positioned under the feet of the couch, just to be sure. I think I had to adjust it one time in 10 years.My father had limited mobility and usually slept on the couch in the living room. He often had difficulty getting himself off the couch to go to the kitchen, bathroom, etc. pushing himself up from the couch from behind with both arms on a soft cushion with nothing to hold on to while regaining balance. This handle allowed him to pull himself up with one arm and hang onto it for stability until he was ready. If legs are not fully reliable, one solid additional point of contact can make all the difference.The couch under which we placed this device was fairly heavy. I have not tested it under a lighter piece of furniture or with a person over 180 lbs. I did test it myself before installing it for dad, and recommend caregivers doing the same.Based on my experience, this product is sturdy, extremely helpful, long,-lasting, and well-designed. It provided a lot of comfort, knowing that dad had something to hold on to. (He had helpers, by the way, but was strong-willed).Overall: fantastic reliable product. Test it yourself in your environment. I would not hesitate to recommend this for an aging parent for someone with limited mobility.

A very sturdy product. Dad has it at his recliner. It does move the recliner a little but not enough that is dangerous. It is very helpful for dad to get in and out of this chair.

I am recovering from Major Back Surgery and temporarily sleeping on our sofa on ground floor of our home until I can safely walk up the 14 stairs to our bedroom on 2nd floor - so I am sleeping on a sofa in our family room - this Couch Cane provides stable support that allows me to SAFELY lie down and pull myslef up to sitting position when I wake up - without it I struggled to find support - especially getting into sitting position after waking up. Prior to getting the Couch Cane I found myself falling off the sofa trying to bring myself to sitting position on the sofa after waking up - now - using the Couch Cane - pulling myself up into a sitting position and swinging my legs over the side of the sofa is very safe and easy - I would strongly recommend this product. Ken Roberts

I bought this product because my mom no longer could get up from her couch on her own. I came across this from a Google search and the reviews are right this thing is great! It's heavy enough that it does not move and the handle is adjustable! It has a few little pockets and they come in really handy for storing her remote, phone, and her water bottle so they can be handy for her at all times! This has to be one of my best purchases this year!

The product itself functions as advertised, it does seem to creep out from under the chair over time but that could be the chair feet rather than the device itself. Certainly sturdy enough to help a fairly large man (6-1, 280) up after surgery. Easily height adjustable.

Alas, had to return the Couch Cane because it didn't work for my petite mother. She's a spry 95-year-old who uses a walker. She gets up and down from couches and chairs -- and out of cars -- by "rocking" back and forth to a standing position. She's 5' tall and weighs 110 pounds. We were hopeful the Couch Cane would help her get up from the sofa, but the lowest level for the handle is higher than her arm and thus it doesn't allow for any leverage. Also not sure how to move the feet of the cane in closer -- they're pretty wide.

First, I am not criticizing the quality or overall design of this product. It may work fine for many people.We just weren't able to use it. Also, assembly and adjustment require a good bit of physical strength and some ingenuity.Not so great for left-sided weakness following a stroke:It did not prove useful for my family member who had suffered a stroke that left her very weak on her left side. We had hoped it would enable her to more easily get up from the low and deep cushions of a couch, but we couldn't position the handle low enough, or sufficiently far forward of the arm of the couch to provide the right leverage for getting up one-handed.I noted in the brochure photos that some users used both hands to grasp the cane, reaching across their body and turning themselves toward the cane. I tried that maneuver myself and the cane was helpful, but wouldn't work for my family member. I then tried the same half-turn single handed -- as she would have to -- and put a great deal of strain on my knee. Couldn't take the risk of injuring her strong leg.We really did try to make this work: If I (reasonably able-bodied), sat very far back in the seat, I could pull myself forward fast enough to rise from the couch in one movement. That's asking a lot of a stroke patient. That's also not how stroke patients are taught to rise from a chair. Physical therapists recommend sitting at the front edge of a seat, with feet in parallel. This position puts the cane handle next to or behind, the patient. Not so useful, and not practical given my family member's particular circumstances.Finding and installing assistive devices is a complex process and has to be tailored to the needs and circumstances of the person who will use them. It's a process of constant trial and a lot of error on the part of the caregiver. From my perspective, this device clearly requires two hands to use.Assembly -- a two-person jobThe device is well constructed and fairly heavy. While it has only a few assembly steps, putting this thing together and adjusting it requires some physical strength and patience. The cane raises and lowers using holes and spring loaded pins. Press in the pin, slide the column to the next hole.... These pins and holes are double sided and are HARD to depress, and one will invariably pop back out just as you get the other one clear.. I had to disable one of the sides with a screwdriver to adjust the cane column.Adjusting the base plates to match the placement of the couch feet (the couch feet have to sit on the "pads" at front and back for stability). Working by myself, I had again disable one side of the spring loaded pin and prop the couch up on books to align the pad and feet.The whole process took about 90 minutes, plus another hour or so of experimenting. Again, I'm reasonably able bodied and fairly competent at this kind of assembly This is not to say it's poorly designed, but I thought it would benefit other potential buyers to know that assembly and adjustment are not trivial and you may need some help.