About Harmar Mobility
Harmar manufactures home and vehicle accessibility lifts. It offers a wide variety of products, including stair lifts, automobile lifts and platform lifts, through local Harmar dealers. The company’s products come with a warranty, with terms varying by model. You can find out which automobile lift is right for your situation by taking the company’s vehicle compatibility quiz.
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Pros
- Wide range of products
- Online resources
- Product warranties
- Installation included
Cons
- Few lifetime warranties
- Available only from local dealers
Bottom Line
Harmar makes accessibility lifts for home, vehicle and hybrid use. Its pricing isn’t listed on the website, but you can get cost info from a local dealer. Its compatibility calculator helps find the right lift for your car.
Harmar Mobility Reviews
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The chairlift is a little bumpy. I thought it would be smoother. I love the concept but it's a little jerky where the stanchions hold it to the stairs. I don't like that. Also, I don't like the fact that I had to have a transformer replaced when it was only two months old. But they came right away to replace it. They responded right away when there was a problem, and that was good. But the man who came out to repair it was brand new. He had never done these before. He was a certified electrician, so maybe he's qualified to do electrical work like he did, but he was not one who was specifically trained to do work on this particular type of equipment. He was very upfront and said that he just started with the company a couple months ago, so he didn't know that much about it. But I did appreciate that nice man.
I read their brochure, but I didn't get a lot of paperwork on it. I'd like to know if there are 2019 models or 2021 models. But my model is different from my friend who is about a block away. I noticed that with my chair, the nylon channel that it runs on has a bunch of segments in it. But hers is just one smooth rod and her lift runs very smoothly. That's why it got me to thinking that maybe I don't have the newest model.
I was having some trouble getting up the stairs and so I needed a stairlift. The people and the company were fine. I just don't like the chairlift. It’s too far away from the wall and it’s not comfortable sitting in it.
The installer of my Harmar stairlift was very professional and very knowledgeable. He did a good job. I was very happy with him. I'm enjoying using my chair. It was a straight model. It fits well our stairwell. It didn't impede things too much. I was happy with the way it turned out. So far, so good. I would recommend them.
Being an elderly person with arthritis, particularly my knees and hips, I find it necessary at times to give me a little aid getting up and down the steps. The stairlift from Harmar fits the space that we needed better. The sales part was fine and the installation was done by someone that we knew. Everything so far has been working well.
My mother had a fall and was no longer capable of doing the steps on her own. We got a stairlift from Harmar Mobility. We did everything through the internet and email and that type of communication. The installers were very professional. I would call them again. Everything went well. The stairlift has been a lifesaver. Now, my mom is able to get up and down without assistance to the kitchen and the bathroom and her bedroom when no one's home.
I have problems with my legs and I should have had a stairlift years ago, but couldn't do it then. My husband was living then and he would help me up and down the steps. But then he died in April and I had no one to help me, so I had to go on and get one. I have it now and I love it. My former boss' daughter handles all the business for her mother, and she's the one that told me about Harmar Mobility. I called them and I am very pleased with them.
The initial visit was done by the owner of the company. He took his time. He was here three hours, and we got things straightened out. Where the chairlift had to be put on that wall at the bottom on the first floor, there's the door for the garage. Therefore, the railing could not go all the way down and stay down, it had to have a railing made where when I pushed the chair back up, it would go up to allow the door to open. And that has been a blessing for me. Also, I liked I didn't have to pick out the color of the cushion for the chair. The owner picked everything out when he came. It just blended beautifully. I am very pleased with the company that sold me that chairlift.
The whole chairlift is a favorite for me. Because when I go up the steps, and then I wanna get around, there's a lever that I push down and the chair can swing, and then I make sure it's locked in place, then I can get off chair and go on about my business on that second floor. And when I'm ready to go back downstairs, I get back into that seat, push the lever so it goes back in the way it's supposed to ride down the rail, and I'm okay. I have been trying to refer the company to other people who have told me that they need chairlifts.
We have two little flights of stairs. One was from the upper part of the house to the lower part and then another one from the lower part of the house down to the garage. Coming up the stairs doesn't bother my husband, but he was afraid that he was gonna fall when going down, so we decided to get a stairlift. My husband contacted someone and they came out and talked to us. The electrician then came and he was very good at what he did. He did it quickly and left. There was no mess at all. You couldn't even tell he had been here. It was perfect. My husband uses the Harmar stairlift and it's working fine for him. He is very happy and it's changed his thinking about life, so it's wonderful. Thank you.
I would definitely recommend the person I worked with ‘cause we know the people you work with matter. He is honest, professional and efficient. He had a solid work ethic in terms of installing things and being willing to accommodate individual needs. Apart from installing the chairlift, he was also the one who initially talked to me with the estimate. He seemed very straightforward and he was able to fully answer all of the questions. It never felt like somebody was trying to hide information or not be upfront about what we could expect or what we'd be getting if we chose to have a chairlift installed. I did my research, so I really peppered him with questions. He was very competent, and it didn't feel like we were overpaying for what we were getting.
Harmar Mobility had a lower cost and decent quality and I paid for half of it. I live with my parents and I am helping take care of my mom. She fell and broke her leg and can't walk the stairs. Once the chairlift was installed, we've had zero issues. We use it once or twice a day. My dad has started using it as well ‘cause he got under the weather.
The only thing I ran into is my mom sometimes tries to use the controller on the armrest and can't fully operate it. Before the installation, we didn't know if there was a way to make an off switch on that button so that only the remote control would work as an option. I wish I could turn that off and use the remote so that my mom doesn't have to worry about being confused about how to work it in a situation. That's not a design issue though. That's just an operational challenge with who's sitting in the chair. We're still very happy with it. If it continues to work as well for many years to come, we more than got our money's worth.
The salesman showed me what they had. They had three different kinds and we wanted the one that didn't leave the railing out in the middle of the entrance. It's a retractable railing and we were told that they felt that was the best. It was at a fair price too. They told me that the retractable railing was $1,000 more and I don't think they charged me quite $1,000. But I felt it was worth it to get it that way so somebody didn't trip over it when it’s sticking out into the entrance hall. The person that demonstrated it to me it was the one that put it in. He did his job and when he got done, he showed me how to use it.
It works the way they say it works. You sit on it, you push the lever and it goes up. As far as I can see right now, there's quality. It looks to me like there was a lot of engineering that went into it and probably a lot of improvements from the beginning. I use it almost all the time though I still go up the stairs once in a while without it. My wife uses it more going up and less coming down. I fold it up at night because if we go downstairs, the footrest kinda sticks out a little. The only complaint I have with it right now is the arms. When they're lifted up, they squeak a lot.
I was having a lot of trouble with my stairs. I have an Achilles tendon problem on the left side and knee problem on the right side. I had to do something and Harmar was close by. They have a local office about 45 minutes from where I live. That was the main reason I went with them because then I knew if I had a problem, there was someone I could call. They were very courteous, very neat and did a good job. Everything was great and I am very pleased with the product. I don't have to dread going up and down the stairs.
I liked Harmar's price better. I went with them and so far, everything is going very well. Their representative here in the west side of Columbus is very efficient, very polite and helpful. The man who installed it was great. He was also very efficient. Both of them were done very quickly but very thoroughly. It was very clean and everything looks really solid.
We're very happy with it. We're not using the one to the second floor as my brother hasn't moved in yet but my wife is using the one to the basement to do laundry. It's very smooth and very easy to use. She likes it a lot. I think these are manufactured out of the country though. Also, there's a design with regard to how your feet push on the footplate and it rides a little low. If you're not careful in the way you sit so that you put most of your weight back into the seat, you'll push that front plate down and it will hit the stairs. That seems perhaps a bit of a design flaw.
The reason why my husband needs a stairlift is because he has a bad heart. We did move to a new house so in order to have him enjoy the lower level of our home which is where we put his office in, he needed a means to get to it. We thought that maybe we could put in a pneumatic elevator into our home. Unfortunately, we don't have the space for that. They shared that we would have needed to have thought about that while the home was under construction so that they could rough-in all of that for an elevator.
When we found out that wasn't a possibility, our plan B was then to put in a stairlift which is one that didn't have to mount to the wall and that could be mounted onto the stairs themselves. Harmar Mobility could make it work and it was a lovely couple who came and installed it for us. We did have to have them come back one time because there was a clicking noise. They shared with us it that needed to have screws tightened just a tad. Now, there is no more noise. The guy was very knowledgeable about what the troubleshooting would be then came the next day to help us. The customer service is fabulous with them. During all this COVID, they were very much prepared. They were masked and we kept our distance.
We haven't had much company but the people who have been to our home said, “If we need that, we're gonna get the phone numbers." They were very intrigued by it. You can fold it up and it's very streamlined. You don't have to have a special width on your staircase. When it’s in its closed or put away position, it doesn't interfere with anything. If I had a box, I could put it on the chair and send it down so I wouldn't have to worry about tripping or falling down the steps myself. I haven't had to use it in that regard but it is also another safety piece for people like me. It will come in handy if I have those moments. We love the stairlift and it matches what we have going on. We knew in advance so we had the electrician put in a plug in for it. Nobody sees the plug. It's a great addition and it's a needed addition to our homes.
My wife has mobility problems, and she couldn't get to the basement. I got a Harmar by a referral from a friend. I am 66 years old and my boy scout leader is 91 and I do a lot with his son. I was talking to him when he said his dad's got one of those stairlifts. We went over to my friend's house and took a look at it. I told my wife it was what we needed and she agreed that it would work for us. Harmar Mobility is the company that manufactures the stairlift while Highland is the one that's selling their product. The people out of Highland that we dealt with were very proper. Everything was smooth. I called them, they came out, we interviewed, and we set it up. They put the stairlift unit in inside the house, and it goes straight to the basement. Everything was great and
To someone who has a narrower-than-mine stairwell though, if they were figuring things out and if they were down to the last couple of inches of feasibilities, the brochure makes reference to what the thickness of the chair is as it's folded up. That dimension is an accurate number, but the caveat is that the unit sets three inches out from the wall. If someone measures their stairwell and says, “Well my stairwell is 34 minus 10 and a half. Okay, I got 23 and a half. That's enough.” it's marginal and then, they look at it after it's installed and say, “Whoa, how come I lost three or four inches here?" That was not a problem for me. I had enough stairwell and the thickness of the unit didn't matter to me, but it might affect someone else's calculations.
I like the thing and I already recommended it to friends. It's a fine piece and for what I need it for, it does fine. However, there's one little feature that they might someday look to develop or include. I have to take my foot and flip down the footpad and at that time in the process, the stairwell is vulnerable to falling down as I'm reaching forward. I wondered if Harmar had some way to make a latch release where you push the button on the top, and that would go down so that you didn't have to lean forward to push that footpad down. Other than that, I'm a satisfied customer. I can walk down the stairs three steps, turn around, and put the footpad up, or I can hold on to the handrail and lean over.
I called our local SAIL company, which is Southern Adirondack Independent Living. They gave me a couple of different names of local people who would install a chairlift because my grandmother was coming to live with me. I went through and took the local person, and they recommended this particular brand for what I needed in the space I had. The sales agent was very polite and courteous. He answered all my questions and he was very good. The installer then called up and said installing the chairlift would take him an hour or so. He came in with a partner and in it went. We had a nice, straight even run from the front door. It worked perfectly and he left.
Size-wise, the Harmar chairlift is very nice. It's narrower than I thought it was going to be. I like that it goes flat, and it looks good. I have a window in my stairwell and we discovered that the chair was half an inch too tall in the back of the seat when it's all folded up. We had to move it a smidgen away from the wall so it would bypass my window molding. Other than that, it was good. It would’ve been even closer to the wall and given me even more steps to go up and down. I've been very pleased and I wish I had put this in while my mom was sick and not just when my grandmother came to live with me.
My grandmother is comfortable being able to use the chairlift. It took her a little bit to figure out the buttons and knobs, but I appreciate that the chair tips at the top because our bedroom door is right at the top of the stairs. We usually leave the chair open and turned if she was gonna get in to it, and it blocks off the top of the stairs. If she feels uncomfortable doing anything, she already knows that she's not gonna fall down the stairs.
My wife had a fracture and when I chose a company that was going to install a stairlift, Harmar was what they sold. The installation went great and the straight stairlift fits all right into the stairwell.
My father moved in with us and he needed a stairlift. I went to the store and tried a Harmar. I rode it up and down, and I liked the depth of the chair. It didn't feel like the seat of the chair was too short. It was the longest from back to knees, so I chose it. The sales representative came out too, and she was awesome. They then had a straight stairlift attached to our stairs and the quality is good. When you're going up though, it always jerks a little because of the connection of one piece on the stair. I could do without that, but I was told that every one of them does that. My favorite is that it also helps get laundry (or anything heavy that I don't want to carry) up and down the stairs. I just set on and send it on up.
I'm very familiar with chairlifts and I can recommend Harmar to anyone. We would recommend Steve to anyone as well. He was wonderful. He worked diligently when he installed our chairlift and when he left, it was spotless. He was also very informative and courteous and we were very pleased with him. My husband has a hard time getting around and he needed some assistance going up and down the stairs. Our chairlift goes up the front steps and so far, we've been very pleased. The features are all wonderful, and we're getting a second one for going down in the downstairs basement too.
My wife needed a stairlift to get upstairs. I had two companies come out, and I didn't like the sales pitch from one of them. Harmar, the second company, was a recommendation from the company that put the stairlift in, and they were excellent when they came out. Our installation experience for the straight stairlift was excellent as well. The stairlift is great. The compactness is as good as you could possibly get. It folds up away from the wall nicely, and it does its job very efficiently.
Harmar Mobility Company Information
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- Harmar
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- harmar.com
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