Beautiful Piece of Equipment, But...
I have to say, this really is a beautiful, well made, well thought out piece of equipment. However, it did not come with instructions on how to work the non-traditional locking levers. It took a bit to figure those out, but we finally did (**instructions will be at the end of this review). And, *it should come with stipulations on user physical size limitations. In addition, it DID NOT come with and sanitary disposable covers, though it lists those as a selling feature. I purchased this for a friend who had detached retina surgery. Unfortunately, this device will not work for someone who is on the shorter side with a pudgy middle section. She is about 5'3" and maybe 250 pounds. She was not able to bend at the middle section enough to be able to lay her head in the post surgery required head position. It just would not work. We did set it up under the mattress as a trial, so she would be able to lay flat on her abdomen with her face in the cushion to sleep. That worked well. It was easy to set-up. We also finally grabbed an adjustable height table, so that she could lower it enough to be able to bend over at her mid-section (without the provided chest cushion as her weight prevented use of that), to be able to place her head bent over and flat in the face cushion. But, that required that she had to sit on the very edge of a chair, not back and comfortable. A position she could never maintain for 5 minutes, much less, 7 to 14 days as was required post surgery.<br />*Synopsis: for the person with an average size body, this is a very nice, well thought out, very usable post retina surgery piece of equipment. For shorter people who are overweight, this will not work.<br />**Lever Instructions: Twist the levers in the direction that loosens them. Once loose enough (not too loose) they can be bent over completely flat against the device into the locking position. Also, in our not getting the covers or any directions, it makes me feel though sold as new, someone may have purchased this before me and returned it. Too many things missing.
Rating: 3 stars