Why are curved stair lifts often called stair glides? I have often asked myself that. Is it just a fancy naming to increase the sales? Possibly so. But is there more to it?

When you think about a stair glide, the Hollywood movie scenes come to mind. An image of opulence, a party gathered in a large living room on the main floor. The men are dressed in black suits, some wearing tuxedos. The women are wearing shiny, sometimes revealing, colorful evening gowns. The broad, curvacious stairs covered with dark red carpet, with massive wooden pillared fence are leading upstairs. The party is in full swing but the host has not appeared yet. And suddenly, you see everyone keep quiet and start turning their heads toward the centerpiece of the room, the large curved stairs. And then, you hear a quiet buzz... and the host, seated in a comfortable american stair glide, buzzes down with ease and grace as if he has been doing this forever, gliding toward the bottom of the stairs in a nice curved motion. You ask yourself: "Did they have curved chair glides back in the 60's??" The host stands up and...

Well the Hollywood movies are great, what about yourself? Why would you want a stair glide? Well for one, maybe you really don't. Maybe all you want is just to get from floor 1 to floor 2 with little or no hassle, without the pain that has been creeping up on you whenever you take the stairs. And if you can do that with a straight chair lift, by all means do so. Straight chair lifts are easier to install, and less expensive.

But if your home has curved stairs that connect the floors, then getting a curved stair glide or a curved stair lift is likely your best choice.

Just imagine how much hassle there would be to sell your beloved home and move to a single story house!? Or what it would take to remodel your entire main floor to make it bigger and more liveable!?

To move now? Maybe not... Getting a stair glide is all about comfort and style. Why not keep your home and simply allow a stair glide surveyor crew to come see your stairs, take the measurements, and give you a quote. The curved stair glide could be delivered and installed to your home in a matter of a week or two. Really easy.

And after the install... the pain of going up and down the stairs... is gone. The fearful thought of... falling down like you almost did last time when you lost your sense of balance due to exhaustion... The fearful thought of getting into the ER, an emergency room after the fall, and worse... All these fearful thoughts can now be replaced by joyful thoughts because you are now using the safest possible alternative, the chair glide.

What a difference! You wake up in the morning in your 2nd floor bedroom, you get to the stairs, grab a remote control and call the stair glide. It arrives shortly and the seat swings out automatically toward you, inviting you to just sit down. You follow the invitation, adjust the seat belt safely. The seat swings back, and the glide whisks you downstairs, straight to the kitchen. The chair swings out again, allowing you to exit the stairglide, and you simply lift the seat, which automatically lifts the footrest and the arm rests as well. The stair glide parks itself into a spot away from the foot traffic in your kitchen. That was easy. And what a feeling of simply gliding down into the kitchen, instead of puffing and huffing. You simply love your home so much. On to getting a delicious breakfast!

Where to find your stair glide?

There are several places you can start looking and several established brands, for instance check out Bruno Stairlift Reviews and Acorn Superglide 120 Stairlift, or ThyssenKrupp Access Stair Lift.