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Summary:
As briefly touched on in our “Choosing the Best Stairlift in 2025“, stairlifts have come on leaps and bounds when it comes to Maximum User Weight. With lifts available at over 30+ stone user weight, please see below.
Studies show that over 70% of those aged 55-74 and that over 65% of those aged 75+ are either overweight or obese in England. Due to this ever-increasing number, endless improvements have been undertaken in the mobility industry to ensure products are still suitable for our population.
It’s also very clear that those with disabilities are 10% more likely to have excess weight than those without. This is no surprise really given that the linked study by the Parliament state that 48% of all disabled people are mobility impaired. And as we all know, the less mobile you are, the more difficult it is to keep off any weight gain!
Straight Stairlifts
Can be had with a Maximum User Weight of 200Kg / 31.5 Stone. Plenty more choice on the market if looking at around 25 stone.
Please see our market-leading Handicare 1000 Straight Stairlift, offering a Safe Working Load of up to 200Kg / 31.5 Stone.
Our Handicare 1000 Straight Stairlift with up to 200kg / 31.5 Stone User Weight
Curved Stairlifts
Can be found with a Maximum User Weight of 190Kg / 30 Stone. Plenty more choice on the market if looking around the 21 to 25 stone area.
Please see our Heavy Duty Handicare 4000 Curved Stairlift, outperforming majority of the competition with it’s incredible Safe Working Load of 160Kg / 25 ¼ Stone.
Our Handicare 4000 Curved Stairlift with up to 160Kg / 25 ¼ Stone User Weight
How much are Heavy Duty Stairlifts?
As you can likely imagine, all Heavy Duty options will come in a little dearer than their standard counterparts, due to the added materials and work involved.
See our next section as an approximate guide as to what you should expect to pay for your Heavy Duty Stairlift.
Straight Stairlifts
Our Heavy Duty Handicare 1000 Straight Stairlift as standard has a Safe Working Load of 137Kg or 21 ½ Stone. The Heavy Duty Variants of this Lift with differing User Weights of 160Kg / 25 Stone, and 200Kg/ 31 ½ Stone have would typically be priced from around £2500 to £3500 depending on the exact criteria required for the user.
Curved Stairlifts
Our Heavy Duty Handicare 4000 Curved Stairlift with it’s 25 ¼ stone Safe Working Load typically would have prices starting from as little as £4000. Obviously depending on the complexity of the staircase, and the options required for the user, the price can increase.