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Hey Greg,
I have a sure hands also and it took me over a year to get it right and it finally took a combination of things.
First I had the sliding problem and the thigh hooks went to my knees so I tried the sticky stuff you line cabinet shelves with and it worked better but not perfect so I was sitting in my harness and it dawned on me my butt couldn't hang off these thigh hooks if they were low enough.
I always thought that the higher the thigh hooks the tighter the hands would be but their not made to work like that they're not supposed to squeeze the crap outta ya so now I adjusted them from a sitting position in my chair and finally have the length far enough down plus I still use the sticky stuff.
If this doesn't help call the company.
Mark
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Date: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:35:04 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Sure Hands
I have a ceiling lift and at first it seemed to work fine. But for a long time now it doesn't seem to life me correctly. The hands don't grab my rib area, it slides up under my arm pits. So my butt hangs down and lots of weight is on my arm pits. I've tried adjusting the thigh pads up/down, slide them into the crotch area as far as I can. But the thigh pads just slide down to the back of my knees. I'm trying to use it to get me from bed to chair.
I sit the head of my bed up, lean forward and put a pillow behind my back, then fit the lift on. As the lift goes up, the thigh pads just slide down. I've tried putting sticky stuff on them, so they don't slide. I've tried adjusting them to every hight.
It just doesn't squeeze me soon enough.
Any other ideas? I thought of crossing the thigh pads, putting the right one across to the left leg.
Greg
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