Acorn is the fastest growing US manufacturer of home stair lifts. Founded in 1992 and based in Orlando, Florida, it is backed by a large British stairlift manufacturer. Acorn stairlifts have become some of the top selling stairlifts in the USA. Acorn offers the Acorn 80 Curved Stairlift that features some really innovative touches that make the Acorn stairlift installation, even self-installation, easy and safe. The Acorn 80 will be the subject of this Acorn stairlift review.

Acorn 80 Curved Stairlift

Acorn 80 is a versatile curved stair lift. The curved rail looks square and stylish. The rail is modular so it can be adopted to your stairs easily. There will be no structural modifications needed. Feature-wise, Acorn 80 is comparable to a better known Acorn Superglide 120 straight chairlift model.

Features of Acorn 80

• Battery powered, works during power outages
• Mounts into the stairs, no structural mods of the house needed
• Folds Up for minimal space requirement when not in use
• Innovative modular design of the slim, attractive rail, fits just about any stairs
• Easy to use directional paddle switch and locking on/off switch
• Simple digital diagnostic display
• Almost completely silent motion
• Two infrared remotes for the "call" and "send" functions
• Padded seat and back rest for added comfort
• Seat height fully adjustable
• 264 lbs (120 kg) carrying capacity
• max speed 30 ft/min

Additional safety features

• Seat belt included standard
• Safety detectors sense any obstacle to the footrest and to the side of the car
• Works during power outage

Optional features

• The manual or power hinged end-rail feature will enable folding back the end of the rail when Acorn 80 is not in use. Useful when the end rail needs to extend over doorways and hallways and thus obstructs traffic
• Powered swivel seat
• Spacesaver seat
• Extra long safety belt

Acorn 80 Curved Stairlift comes in several choice fabric colors to match your home.

How can I get Acorn 80?

The best way to look for Acorn is to contact local Acorn dealers either through the online or through the offline ads. Sometimes Acorn 80 is available online at Amazon.