Lifestyle Mobility Aids Royal Deluxe Universal Aluminum 4 Wheel Rollators (Laser Red)

My wife had used one of these with the Lifestyle label at a physical rehab facility. She really liked it, and I thought it was a quality product. Imagine my surprise when I opened the box on this one to find the brand name "Rhythm"! I was pretty upset until I determined that it was the same product, top to bottom. The only difference is the embroidered brand name that emblazons the front and a slightly brighter red on the tubing. Mechanically, they are identical.Things to like:The hand brakes stop the rear wheels when squeezed like bicycle brakes. You can also click them down (instead of pulling up) to lock the rear wheels. This is especially good when dealing with getting out of bed or out of a chair.The strap across the front serves as a chair back. A user that gets tired can simply turn around and sit down in the rollator. I used the one at the facility as a chair for extended periods while visiting. It is comfortable for what it is.There is a storage compartment under the chair seat that is handy.The overall construction quality is simply excellent.Things to not like (just one):There are no assembly instructions. There is a card attached to the handle that shows an assembled unit. Thats all the help you get. Other reviewers have complained about it. My best advice is as follows: (1) Attach the seat-back strap to the unit first. That gives you a forward-direction reference, and it's the one part that can't get mixed up. Set the frame upright on the floor. (2) Lay out the legs on the floor at each corner. The ones with the brake go in the back. In the front, the tubing bends down to the wheel, and the chrome button is on the outside. In the back, the handbrake attached to the tube should have the grip flange pointing inward while the chrome button is, again, on the outside. It will take a couple of minutes to sort this out. Refer to the picture of the assembled unit as you go, and this should make sense. (I'll admit it makes no sense without the picture.) (3) Attach the legs and the grips. You may want to thread the brake cables toward the inside of the chair as in the picture. (The one at the facility did not have that done, and it really didn't matter.) The assembly requires no tools, but you may have to work a little to get the tubes to slide together while pushing down on the chrome buttons. If you're mechanically challenged, you might ask a friend for help. As others have said, they should have marked the parts as front-left, back-right, etc.Even after the mild hassle with assembly, the product, I think, is superlative, and I highly recommend it.

The walker is good quality and lighter weight (which makes it easier to lift and put it in our car). My big negative is the instructions for putting it together. We had our shares of laughs. Basically, insert wheels to back and insert wheels to front, insert handles and make sure it's secure.Labeling the pieces would have helped tremendously but reading those instructions and finally getting it together did provide us with us comic relief. We've got it together and it's as expected.

Easy to maneuver doesn’t take up a lot of space

This is the 3rd Lifestyle rollator I purchased. There are a few problems with this one but as the old one had a wheel coming off and I am going out of town returning this was not an option. Delivery was about a week or so late. When it did arrive I unboxed it and found whomever boxed it jammed one side of the pouch between the legs and it was a struggle to get it out and open the rollator. The bag has a hole in it. More serious is the screws on the handles - they are rough and easily cut my hands. I have to cover them temporarily and try to find someone to file them down.