| Bruno is a company that is devoted to continuous | | | | The Elite models use a chair-mounted motor, enabling |
| innovation and top-quality design. Founded in 1984 and | | | | the rail itself to have a very small footprint. Such a rail |
| still a family owned business, the company has a | | | | fits in well in circumstances where the staircase is |
| sense of honor and propriety. While they do offer a | | | | narrow, because its vertical positioning is quite |
| number of other mobility products, this article will focus | | | | unobtrusive, and aesthetically pleasing. |
| on their stair lift chair products. | | | | For curved staircases, or staircases with added |
| For straight staircases, the company has four different | | | | complexity, Bruno created the Electra-Ride III. This is |
| models, which they organize in order of increasing | | | | their most sophisticated model, with a great variety of |
| sophistication and cost. They are, the Electra-Ride LT, | | | | options and customizations available. |
| the Electra-Ride II, the Electra-Ride Elite, and finally, the | | | | A single rail, using this model, can be installed that will |
| Outdoor Electra-Ride Elite. Their outdoor model boasts | | | | traverse a number of disjoint staircases, if necessary, |
| abilities to withstand reasonable weather patterns, as | | | | or a very complex curved staircase. While this model |
| well as a unique 400-lbs weight capacity, so that even | | | | requires sophisticated installation, it is worth the added |
| the most hefty of users can benefit from the | | | | expense, as it boasts a very good design, is |
| increased mobility that an outdoor stairlift chair | | | | aesthetically pleasing, and interesting enough that it can |
| provides. Drives in the hight models are rack and pinion, | | | | become a conversation piece in a home, rather than |
| which provide much better responsiveness than chain | | | | something unattractive. |
| systems. | | | | |