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Electric stair climber

I have seen three types. Tracked, powered wheel and then where there are three wheels on each axis that turns under power.
Example: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003598842151.html

Tracks looks like it could damage hard hardwood or carpet.
Single wheel looks multipurpose.
I would need to see the three wheel work but looks like it could do stairs safely and without damaging things.

I need one when people work out what is best.
 
AlanJ said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146477060701 - are the type i've seen in use - I had a very heavy item delivered upstairs using a similar one.
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I wondered about one of those, it just seemed like the tracked one went up very smooth and stable whereas a wheeled one might bounce on each stair?

I've got a manual wheeled stair climber at the moment but the solid wheels are damaging the stone steps, and it's hard work even after I empty the carcasses
 
That was the name, escalera.
There was a post about them.
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Martin Riley said:
I've got an Escalera Staircat. They are pricey if you get them brand new but they come up reasonably regularly on Ebay. I got mine for £500 which was fully working but with a fair few dents and scratches. They are built to last though (designed for industrial use) so although it doesn't look pretty, it still performs well. They are also relatively simple - the electrical/control side consists of a car battery, a switch, a circuit breaker and a motor and there is an authorised parts dealer in the UK should you need to replace anything. The only thing I needed to replace was the feet...
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Calimori said:
That was the name, escalera.
There was a post about them.
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Post in thread 'Escalera Stair Climbing Hand Truck'

Martin Riley said:
I've got an Escalera Staircat. They are pricey if you get them brand new but they come up reasonably regularly on Ebay. I got mine for £500 which was fully working but with a fair few dents and scratches. They are built to last though (designed for industrial use) so although it doesn't look pretty, it still performs well. They are also relatively simple - the electrical/control side consists of a car battery, a switch, a circuit breaker and a motor and there is an authorised parts dealer in the UK should you need to replace anything. The only thing I needed to replace was the feet...
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Thank you
 
I bought mine from Amazon, came in 3 parts, the battery, the motor assembly and the truck. It cost £700 odd, no taxes from China.

It was a bit of a faff to assemble and I had to do a bit of diy (hole widening) to get the cables through. I used it a few months ago for 4 days on the trot, charging in between, moved about 50 arcade and pinball machines up 2 flights of stairs, it worked like a trooper.

The only thing you have to be careful of is making sure you keep the game tilted back, as if you let the centre of gravity forward its good night Vienna.

The grumpy review is me. But it’s actually very good value for money.

 
What a joke of a product. It’s self assembly, ok I can do that. No I can’t, because there are no instructions whatsoever and the holes that you have to feed to cables through are too small. I cut myself on the poorly machined steel plates and I can’t quite believe it’s this bad. DO NOT BUY!!!

Dude!
 
cooldan said:
What a joke of a product. It’s self assembly, ok I can do that. No I can’t, because there are no instructions whatsoever and the holes that you have to feed to cables through are too small. I cut myself on the poorly machined steel plates and I can’t quite believe it’s this bad. DO NOT BUY!!!

Dude!
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Thats me. I was pretty annoyed about the self assembly and some badly engineered parts, but I fixed it. Fact is there is nothing that cheap around
 
Calimori said:
Does the motor turn the big wheels or does it run the stepper part?
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There are two arms on the motor with super tuff rubber feet which grip the stairs and lift the whole thing up. You have speed control to keep things steady. The only thing to watch is the centre of gravity. The torque is huge and the thing weighs a ton on its own.
 
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