If you looking for a good reliable stair lift, take a look at the Savaria B.07. This stair lift is available as a AC-powered or battery-powered unit. Its standard capacity of 300 lb, and many options are available.
Savaris B07 at the bottom
Standard Features of the Savaira B07 includes: A very sturdy Aluminum Rail, that can come as either a unpainted rail (gray in color) or a painted beige color rail. The rail stands up right and uses special brackets to hold it in the upright postion. The standard length from the factory is 16 feet of rail – cut to fit as needed. As a option, extra rail is available – up to 32 feet of travel
The stair lift can be installed either on the left hand side or the right hand side, and can be switched in the field. The stair lift operates on a Roller chain/sprockets, and with a ½ hp motor. The chain is well hidden on the back side of the rail and can only be seen if you look for it.
The seat on the B07 is one of the few stair lifts current available that will swivel both at the top of the stairs and at the bottom.
Power Supply is 120 VAC or 24 volt DC (battery system with a continuous automatic charging system) The battery-powered option is suitable only for indoor, residential applications.
Savaria B07 Folded
The seat is 18” wide and will swivel at both the top and the bottom of the rail, and will lock in place in the 45 degree and 90 degree positions.
The seat will fold when not in use.
It also includes flip up padded armrests and a fold-able footrest. Both the footrest and the seat are adjustable, so they can be lower or raised, depending on what is necessary for the user. There is also a seat belt on the seat.
The controls are Continuous pressure operation and located in a easy to operate on the end of the arm. There are also two call/send controls mounted on the walls.
The standard seat is a 18″ wide and will swivel and lock in at 45 and 90 degrees, seatbelt and seat swivel switch, adjustable footrest height, adjustable seat height, wall-mounted call/send controls, unit can be mounted for either right or left side installations.
Capacity is 300 lb and offers as a option a 400 lbs capacity
Speed is 18 ft/min
25˚ to 45˚, straight-run stairs with a constant gradient
Optional Seat: 21″ seat and Choose vinyl or upholstery seat
Other Options: 24VDC battery operation or 110/115V 60 Hz unit, wireless remote controls
Outdoor package (vinyl seat, cover for traveling cable, cover, keyed controls).
Commercial Package Designed to meet elevator codes. Higher Capacity: 400 lbs as an option.
My personal feelings about this stair lift:
I have sold and installed many of these stair lifts. One of the first ones I install in the mid 90′s was in my in-laws home. As a quick note they also have a Access Select stair lift in their home. Since this was my first one of this type of stair lift that I installed, it took me a few hours to install it.
It is chain operated, and a electric stair lift, and so it tends to be noisier than a battery operate stair lift. The chain makes a occasional “clang” here and there, but Savaria suggest putting electric ties ever few inches on the chain to keep it off the rail and making it quieter.
Over the years I have service or repair many B07 that I did not install and noticed that no other installer installed the electrical ties, and that might be because they didn’t understand the purpose of them, or couldn’t figure out exactly where to place them.
But, since the B07 in my in-laws home is a full time electric and works on relays and has no circuit board, it tends to be a very reliable stair lift requiring very little maintenance.
From a installers point of view, these can be on the difficult side to install, because not only do you have to contend with the chain, adjusting it out, and possible cutting and splicing the chain, but you also have to install a tension cable to keep the travel cable tight. The travel cable, by the way, is a flat cable that is well hidden behind the rail.
Looking at the front of the stair lift, you will not see any chains, cables, or travel cables. The look is very clean. The chasis covers attach by screws, but the cover just above the footrest that conceals some wires is attached by velcro. On stairlifts that I have repaired over the years, this cover tends to fall off really easy, and fresh velcro has to be added.
Also, since the seat will swivel in both directions, that means the seat post is mounted in the center of the chassis, and so when the stair lift is first installed, the whole thing (rail and all) needs to be mounted away from the wall so the arms do not hit the wall when the seat is swivel.
I can say that the Savaria B07 that is in my in-laws home is still in great working condition today and it gets used several times per day. In fact, the video below is the Savaria B07 in my in-laws home. The only time it has ever broke was when my nephew (who was 5 at the time) played on the lift and accidentally activated the safety brake.
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