Proven Reliability

At Acorn, we develop, manufacture, install, and service all of our stairlifts so that from start to finish, we are beside you every step of the way in your journey. We pride ourselves on the quality of our products, ensuring that all stairlifts meet safety standards, and trying wherever possible to exceed industry standards. Because of our sky-high standards and unmatchable quality, Acorn has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of stairlifts for decades. If you're considering a stairlift for your home, choose Acorn Stairlifts and we're confident you'll agree.

Certified by a Third Party

All Acorn Stairlifts are regularly tested and certified by independent bodies. This of course includes the established standards for stairlifts:

BS EN 81-40: 2008- European safety standards
ISO 9386-2: 2000- Worldwide standard for stairlifts

In addition, Acorn Stairlifts regularly puts all Acorn models through stairlift quality testing. Each Acorn model must complete at least 25,000 trips- this corresponds to approximately 11 years of use with six trips a day- before it is released for consumer use.

Production and Distribution: We’re Worldwide

Did you know that an Acorn stairlift is installed somewhere in the world every eight minutes? We don't just sell stairlifts, we manufacture them in our very own UK factories. Then, our high-quality, expertly engineered stairlifts are exported to more than 80 countries worldwide. No lift leaves Acorn Stairlifts’ factory before it has been carefully checked and tested. Each Acorn Stairlift carriage is checked 29 times by our 20-person quality assurance team to make sure that you are getting the quality you deserve. In addition, our installers work through a strict 37-point checklist as part of the assembly process to ensure that our stairlifts function flawlessly and safely for our valued customers.

Award-Winning Quality

All of Acorn’s stairlifts have been independently tested and certified to comply with the newest European safety standard for stairlifts. Our industry-leading innovations have helped win a string of awards, including the prestigious Ease-of-Use commendation from the Arthritis Foundation.

Accreditations

Safety Features

At Acorn Stairlifts, we’ve spent years developing our products to incorporate all the essential features you need – especially those which keep you safe. Below are six essential safety features that you should look out for, which are standard on Acorn stairlifts:

Safety Sensors

Acorn stairlifts have multiple sensors fitted to the footrest and carriage itself. Your stairlift’s sensors automatically cut off power if they detect any obstruction in its path of travel, such as anything inadvertently left on the stairs. Children and pets often leave things on the stairs that you may not notice that your stairlift will detect. Even if you accidentally drop something while riding on the stairlift, such as a handbag or walking stick, your stairlift will sense these objects.

The moment your sensors detect any obstacle blocking the way, they will automatically bring the stairlift to a smooth stop. Once the obstacle has been removed, the stairlift’s journey can be safely resumed.

Lockable Swivel Seat

A seat that swivels makes it far easier to get safely on or off the stairlift at either end of its journey, especially at the top where you should step off onto a level landing. The seat will also lock securely into the straight or swivelled position, so it stays firmly in place while you’re traveling or getting on or off your stairlift. Acorn Stairlifts have large, easy-to-use paddles at both sides of the seat to operate its lockable swivel function, so you can use whichever hand you prefer. Once turned, the swivel seat also acts as a safety barrier at the top of the stairs.

Safety Belt

Just as you should always wear a seat belt in a moving vehicle, you should also wear one on a moving stairlift. All Acorn Stairlifts are equipped with a simple, easy-to-use, retractable safety belt, which works just like the one in your car.

Fastening the safety belt once you’re comfortably seated on the stairlift will keep you safe and secure and provide peace of mind. At the end of your journey, just unclip the safety belt and let it automatically retract when you’re ready to step off the stairlift.

Powerful Batteries

Early stairlifts drew power directly from the mains supply, but Acorn pioneered the use of powerful rechargeable batteries located in the stairlift carriage. They are automatically recharged whenever your stairlift is ‘parked’ at the top or bottom of the stairs.

This means our stairlifts will still operate, even if there’s a power cut or if a safety ‘trip switch’ is activated in your fuse box. Because the power comes from the batteries and not the mains supply, your Acorn stairlift will keep running, and you’ll never be stranded on the stairs. These batteries make our stairlifts very economical to run, only drawing mains power to ‘top up’ the batteries as needed.

Easy-to-Use Controls

Fiddly, small, or hard-to-reach controls can be very difficult, especially if you have limited movement in your hands and arms. Struggling with poorly designed controls can make using your stairlift less safe and more stressful than it should be.

Acorn is the first and only stairlift manufacturer to be awarded the Arthritis Foundation’s Ease-of-Use commendation for its simple, ergonomic, and intuitive controls. Each arm of the stairlift carriage has a large paddle control, which allows you to move the stairlift at the lightest touch. Just move the paddle in the direction you wish to travel, using whichever hand is easiest, and off you go. Release it, and you’ll come to a smooth stop.

Slimline Foldable Design

If others living in (or visiting) your home will be going up and down the stairs on foot, then you need to consider their safety too. Trying to squeeze around a bulky stairlift could make them more likely to lose their footing on the stairs, especially if the staircase is narrow. For everyone’s safety, all Acorn Stairlift carriages have arms, seats, and footrests that fold up neatly out of the way when not in use. This makes our stairlifts among the slimmest profile models on the market.

In some settings, the bottom of a straight stairlift rail (at the foot of the stairs) might cause a trip hazard where it protrudes into a passageway. To overcome this, Acorn offers the option of a short-hinged section at the foot of the rail, which can be manually or electrically folded up out of the way when the stairlift is not in use.

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