My Mom was rolling out of bed. I bought these rails for her and just installed them a few days ago. My Dad and I installed it together with nothing other than our drill. We had it together in less than five minutes. What I was worried about was how it would look. The reason being is my Mom is only 66 years old and I did not want to put these on her bed, like she was some old person. I want her room not to look like a hospital room or nursing home room. However, after installing them, they don't look like that at all. They actually look great. They not only will keep her off the floor, she can use them to either get up in the bed or sit down in the bed. If she doesn't want to use them, she can just click the red button and put them down. They also are easy to slide over in and out of bed. These things are visually pleasing to look at, very functionable, easy to install, and a great price as well.

Easy to install and easy to use

I ordered this for my elderly mother to keep her from rolling out of bed and possibly injuring herself and just having to lay on the floor.

We've been using it for quite a while now just to make sure I give it the most accurate review possible. I have to say I absolutely love this product as it allows her to feel safe without "trapping" her should she actually want to get out of bed. It was pretty easy to put together and I liked that it had different height "settings" just in case it didn't fit well.

The only downsides I've noticed:
It does have a bit of a wobble to it but nothing terrible as it works as intended. The only other "problem" is that if the bed you're putting it on is higher off the ground (i.e feet don't instantly touch the ground) you have to sit on the bar/handle and scoot across it which might take a little while to get used to.

Other than those two issues I have nothing but praise for this!

The short brackets that come with the rail makes the rail sit either 3" below or 3" above the foundation. The brackets are not designed to attach to a metal spring foundation. I needed to fabricate two 38x1-1/2 steel bars to fasten the rail to the metal bed frame. These had to be precisely located to avoid interfering with the lift mechanisms.

I found that the 3" lift made the collapsed rail too high, and uncomfortable to sit on as patient was getting into bed. And 3" drop was too low to provide any fall prevention. The manufacturer could provide a zero -drop alternative by providing a 3/8" mounting hole and instructions to cut off the 3" bend.

This is a nice product but please read this & do some measuring before you decide to buy! The L end of the brackets measures 4" so in the down position is 4" below the bottom of the mattress, and flipped to the up position, it's 4" above the bottom of the mattress. That's an 8" differential! Up is too high and low is too low for us. What i need is that the bracket come straight out from the bottom of the mattress, with just the bend to support the railing section. Our mattress is about 7" thick ...Ikea bed... so in the up position it keeps my mom in just fine, but when she is sitting on the edge of the bed preparatory to getting out of bed, the side of the mattress compresses to the height of the lowered railing and she can't slide over it easily. It hurts because it's hard. If I put a little pillow there, it's really hard to get her over it and out of the bed. I've flipped the L bracket to the down position now, but with the railing in its fully up position, the top of it is just even with the top of the mattress, no help at all with keeping her from getting out of bed on her own and falling! I've inserted a very large acrylic cutting board vertically so that comes several inches above the top of the mattress. In other words, the railing is serving to hold something else that's high enough to do the job! ***If your mattress is either thinner or thicker than ours, it should work well. The side railing itself measures 13" top-to-bottom. So add the 4" of the bracket end to that, either higher or lower, to figure out where the top will come to when it's fully upright.***