DMI Tub Transfer Bench and Shower Chair with Non Slip Aluminum Body, FSA Eligible, Adjustable Seat Height and Cut Out Access, Holds Weight up to 400 Lbs, Bath and Shower Safety, Transfer Bench

Great for my mom. She broke her Tibia and cannot put weight on her foot for 6 weeks. Used the bench for the first time. It’s somewhat durable and the slide seat is great. We use it for the walk in shower although it’s suppose to be great for bathtub as well. Easy to assemble.Has a removable seat section to wash all sorts of nooks and cranny’s!!

Easy to put together, my tub is a bit small along with a small bathroom so I might put small wholes in the shower curtain so that the water doesn’t drip out. I’m moving soon as well the tub is bigger at the new place, so I’ll be just fine. But it’s sturdy, and exactly what I needed to get my dad in the shower as it’s only me helping him at this time. He needs help walking right now and this is the best thing to do, have him sit first then move him into the tub in a seated position.

The 6th picture in the description shows exactly how this bench looks in our tub. Yet it was still hard to visualize. We have what is considered a standard tub, and we imagined that this bench would extend the seat completely outside the tub for seating. But pay attention. The picture shows that the seat is only partially outside the tub (and partially sitting over the tub wall). But maybe because of the solid seat in the original picture, we still saw an illusion of a seat outside the tub. And yes, in reality “most” of it is outside the tub – until you take out the center hole cover.We edited the picture to help you visualize that without the hole cover, there is only about a third of the seat left to sit down on outside the tub. Perhaps this is only a problem for small, frail seniors who use this bench. Larger persons may cover the entire seat. But smaller persons do not want to fall in the hole. So you must sit gingerly on the edge, slide in, and then scooch around to get situated in a comfortable position over the large hole. And that’s because, as you can see, the other third of the seat on the other side of the hole is over the tub wall, so that’s not accessible until after your feet are on the inside. So yes, you can overcome this challenge. It’s just not as easy as we thought a sit-on-the-outside-and-slide-in bench would be. We were trying to avoid the scooching around required on the traditional solid transfer bench.That being said, the issue boils down to the hole cover. Leave it in place and you have more real estate to sit on. But that again is a two-fold problem. It’s got to be taken out if you want to take advantage of its practical purpose. Even if that’s not important and you want a solid seat, the cover is simply set in the hole. It’s so loose that when you sit down, it tends to pop up, and that can pinch in places you’d rather not be pinched. It should have been designed to snap-in solid.So we ditched the hole cover and deal with the limited space to sit. The rest of the function of the bench is fine. As we said, we have a standard tub with slightly rounded walls, so the feet go in as far as the curve of the tub will allow. The adjustable legs are great. There are two rows of adjustment buttons, the second row off-center to the first row, so you have double the choices of holes to use to really narrow down the height adjustment. The destructions will tell you to make sure all four legs are even, but that’s impossible since the floor of the tub is higher than the floor of the bathroom. So you have to make two legs shorter so the sliding bars are level, and that’s when those off-center holes came in handy.The aide better prepare for a shower, too. Once the seat is slid into the tub, the seat itself is about as wide as the tub. And with bars crossing the tub wall, there’s no getting a shower curtain around this thing. We’ve had a few ideas, but we’re still problem-solving that issue. It’s just easier to help. And lay down a lot of towels. Water will splash. Water on the edge of the seat will run down the side of the tub, especially from the little safety latch. And yes, that’s all with a shower hose pointing at the person. We can’t imagine the mess if you were just sitting under a shower head. But the mess is just the trade-off to safety.For seniors (and others) sitting is safer than standing. The backrest is nice, but too far back for small people. The rubber feet are fine. The sliding function works well so far. Again, we’ve got a small person on it, but larger people tried it out and it worked for them, too. The safety latches are working as designed. They snap over the bar as you slide to each side, but to get a smidge more distance either direction, the latch is technically past the bar. That may not be considered “secure”, but we don’t find that the seat moves about unnecessarily anyway. If the latch does catch the bar, you just lift it to unlock and slide the opposite direction. It’s a simple plastic latch that able-bodied people may laugh at, but it’s worth noting that a frail person without much strength may have a hard time lifting that latch over the bar on the inside, so the aide may need to reach around them to undo it. The seatbelt is an interesting touch, but it’s overkill in our opinion. We understand, though, that it may be helpful for some people who cannot sit up on their own. Our user would like more handles to hold on to though. The main handle is on the inside of the tub and that can’t be reached until you’re slid in. On the outside, there’s nothing to hold on to while seating yourself (except the frame, and that’s awkward). Turning it around only creates the opposite problem – nothing to hang onto once you’re in the tub. Maybe there’s no outside handle because they thought it would get in the way of sitting?Overall, the idea of this bench is great. And it does work for the intended purpose. Showers are happening, and the mess can be cleaned up. It’s lightweight to move in and out of the tub as needed, and therefore, feels light duty and not necessarily heavy duty. We hope it holds up for a while. The primary issue we wanted to share when considering this bench is to pay attention to how far it really extends outside the tub, particularly without the hole cover. Consider the mobility of your person and how close they can stand to the edge of the tub to get as far on it as they can before they kick their feet over. We gave it a 4, because it works and we like it, but it’s not perfect.

Great shower bench and sliding seat helps control patient and ease strain on care giver. Safe, convenient and great price.

This item is perfect for my wife who has Alzheimer's and a fractured right arm. Easy to put together and easy to operate.

works well

Very easy to assemble! Helps tremendously for those in need of assistance.

I broke my knee and had to be NWB (nonweight bearing) for 4 weeks then slowly ease into walking and normal activities over several weeks. I nearly tumbled trying to get in and out of a walk in shower (as there was still a short barrier to jump over). Plus, standing on one leg while showering was exhausting and dangerous and a standard shower chair wouldn’t help as I needed something to hold onto to sit and stand up as I was only using one leg. This product solved multiple problems. I used it in a standard size bathtub/shower that has a curtain. I put the handle side of the bench outside of the tub. That helps me easily sit and stand on my own. I can also drape my towel over that handle. The sliding over feature helps me easily get into the shower without having to jump on one leg dangerously over barriers. The chair has two spots to hold my shower head, which is really helpful so that I don’t have to put it on the floor while lathering my shampoo into my hair. I installed a lightweight shower head with a long chord that has an on/off button on the shower head. That pairs perfectly with this product. I don’t lean on the back of the chair or use the seatbelt, but I see how that can be helpful for people who need it. Given the structure of the chair, even when pushing the legs all the way to the wall side of the tub/shower, there are several inches between the side of the seat and the wall. It would be nice if that side stuck out farther. I do not remove the center part is the seat as I like to scoot over as far as possible on the chair to have as much space as possible between me and the shower curtain. That means I am sitting on 1/2 to 2/3 of the width of the seat. I added a third shower curtain to my rod to prevent any water from getting out. I tuck the internal curtain in under the seat. The middle curtain hangs inside the tub before and after the chair. The final curtain stays on the outside. With this setup, I have had no water get out of the tub. There are plastic hooks on the side of the chair to temporarily hold it in position either all the way slid to left or right. This is a great safety feature. I originally tried installing this chair over my jetted tub (believe the side was 21” high). Unfortunately, the product didn’t clear that height. This product has been very helpful to be able to take safe showers during my injury, and I am glad that I purchased it. My husband set it up easily.