Stair Assist Cane – Less Effort Going Up, Less Impact Coming Down

I ordered this cane to help my husband with thesteps in and out of our home. He has Parkinson’s and his balance and stability have become a real safety issue. We had one of our adult children living with us until a few weeks ago. Now, it is just me helping him up and down the concrete steps. I ran across this step cane and thought it looked like a great tool to help my husband feel stable and safe navigating our porch steps.The day after the step cane arrived he had an appointment. The cane was super easy to put together and we gave it a try. He did great!! When he got down on the sidewalk safely he said, that was so easy! We finished the appointment and even though he was fatigued he went right up the porch stairs without freezing or feeling unstable. This step cane takes a lot of my worries away knowing we can leave and enter our home easy and safely.It is sturdy, but not heavy. It can sit on our covered porch while we are gone. Once home, I can access it quickly and get my husband back inside safely.

I have been using this for 4 months now to get up and down the concrete steps to my garage. Wow, what a difference it has made since there is NO railing.I have been using 2 canes to walk for over a year now and also was using them to go up and down the garage stairs. It was getting very painful to lift myself up the stairs using my strongest leg although coming down the stairs was easy.Then I got this RS Cane. It is so much easier and less painful by being able to use my arm strength and my legs instead of just my weak and painful legs. To stabilize it better, going up the steps, I make certain its back legs are right against the step. Coming down the steps I make certain its front legs are right against the step.For example, to go up the steps (which is the most challenging for me pain-wise), I have the Rock Steady Cane on the left with my left hand on its long-padded rail. It sits with its back legs on the garage floor against the bottom of the step and the top legs on the first step. I lift with my left hand on the Rock Steady Cane and using just one of my regular canes in my right hand on the garage floor and angled backwards a bit, I use it for leverage to push me up on the first step. The combination of lift from the left hand on the Rock Steady Cane and the push from the right-hand regular cane gives me the boost I need to get on the first step.The second step is the same except the cane in the right hand is now on the first step and the RS Cane is on the second step. I lift with the left hand and push with the right cane to rise to the second step.The final step into the house is just slightly taller than the other two but the RS Cane still works great and I lean my left arm on the door frame to be steadier and lift with RS Cane hand and push with the right-hand regular cane which is on the second step.I use the top angled handle on the RS Cane to turn towards the garage, place the RS Cane on the left of the steps, grab my second cane that is leaning against the wall to the left of the second step, and I'm all set.Going down the steps is a little different. I put my second cane against the wall on the second step. Grab the RS Cane making certain its leading feet are against the front edge of the next to bottom step. Then I take my cane that is in my right hand and place it on the bottom step and use that combined with the RS Cane to lower myself onto the second step from the bottom. Move the RS Cane down one step and the right-hand cane to the garage floor and lower myself down another step. For the final step to the garage floor, the RS Cane front feet remain on the garage floor against the bottom step and my right-hand cane is also still on the garage floor and I lower myself down.I use the top angled handle on the RS Cane to turn around and grab my left cane that is leaning against the wall on the second step.If a person had greater leg strength and less pain that I have then the RS Cane would work as they show in the videos. I have adapted it as I described above to work for me.In using the Rock Steady Cane, I do make certain I put my weight evenly on the long handle and try to remain with my weight directly over it and not to one side or it will wiggle and not be as steady. Hopes this helps any of you with similar challenges in mobility as I have.I highly recommend this RS Cane and am very glad I bought it and am able to use it so effectively, safely, and with so much less pain than before.

This is easy to assemble. It is just 4 pieces that slide into each other. It is lightweight and portable. If you take it to a building that has different stair tread heights than your own home, it is easily adjustable. My building has an elevator, but I wanted this to use when we have a tornado warning and I need to go downstairs and avoid the elevator. I have nerve damage in my legs and sometimes I need a cane for stabilization. So this works out great for me. However, I think that if you need a Mobility Assistance device every day, like a walker, this is not going to work out for you. It will give you stability, but you still must have the leg strength to navigate stairs. I bought this on sale - it was approximately 47% off its regular price. I don’t think I would have purchased it at the full price as it does seem to be overpriced. I think it is good value when it is on sale.

I bought this specifically for the stairs to the basement because the railing there is only halfway and I was worried about moving through the part without the railing (a wall) with my regular cane after surgery. The pieces - there are 4 - went together fairly easily but it was obvious right from the start that there was a problem. The cane was fine on the stairs to the second floor but it's not needed there; there's a railing the whole way. The basement stairs are the challenge for me at this stage in my recovery.The cane's height is adjustable for the height of the stairs; that wasn't the problem. The problem is, the cane is too wide for the stairs (or, the stairs are too narrow for the cane). The lower part of the cane was so close to the edge that I was afraid that it would tip over, and that's not safe, especially when I'm relearning how to walk. Fortunately this is supposed to be a temporary situation and there are grab bars on the railing-less part so I will either use those with my "regular" cane or continue asking my roommate to do my laundry until I can use the stairs without help.

Life saver! I struggles getting up and down the stairs with a broken ankle until I found this. Also helps with my weeks knees. I highly recommend this product.

this is kinda of a pain if you have to take it with you. I go to work everyday and can't leave it by my door. I live in an apartment. But its wonderful and I take it to my car anyway.If you struggle with stairs, it's a must have.

Not very sturdy

We both have balance problems, being in our 80’s. The living room is sunken by two steps. This appliance is just prefect for helping us keep our balance.