RAZ AP Shower Attendant-Propelled Height Adjustable Commode Chair

The RAZ AP Shower Chair is a highly adaptable attendant-propelled shower, toilet, and commode chair engineered to deliver safe supported care across a wide range of clinical, residential, and domestic environments. Designed around the principles of comfort, adjustability, and durability, this chair offers an exceptional level of configurability that ensures users with varying postural, toileting, and mobility needs receive appropriate support over time. With the added strength of a stainless steel height-adjustable frame, multiple seat and backrest adjustments, and extensive accessory compatibility, the RAZ AP is built to remain effective and practical even as needs progress. The product is also available in two variants—the standard RAZ AP and the RAZ AP LOW, which provides a lower seat height option for environments with specific transfer or bathroom layout requirements.

From its foundation, the RAZ AP is crafted to provide both the user and the attendant with an experience that is straightforward, comfortable, and dependable. Its height-adjustable frame offers a 100mm range, allowing seat heights between 500mm and 600mm, ensuring the chair can be aligned to toilets, transfer equipment, and shower areas with ease. This adaptability improves safety for both user and carer by reducing awkward manoeuvring and ensuring the user’s position is optimised for the environment. The stainless steel construction offers exceptional strength and corrosion resistance, making the chair particularly suitable for wet rooms, assisted shower suites, rehabilitation facilities, and high-use care settings.

A major advantage of the RAZ AP is the inclusion of the IPAS (Ischial Pelvic Alignment System). This carefully engineered seat mechanism allows the aperture to be repositioned by adjusting the seat depth, ensuring that pelvic alignment is consistently maintained even as seating needs evolve. This contributes significantly to comfort, pressure care, and toileting access. The seat is provided in a 450mm width as standard, with further options of 400mm, 500mm, 550mm, and 610mm available on request. This variety ensures that the seating area can be matched to the user’s body shape and clinical requirements without over-compromising on space or postural support.

Key Features

• 5-year warranty for reassurance
• Tension-adjustable backrest for tailored postural support
• IPAS seat system for pelvic alignment
• Multiple seat width options
• Adjustable footplates with various configurations
• Wide range of compatible accessories

Comfort and transfer efficiency are further enhanced by the flip-up padded armrests, which offer steady support when in place while allowing unobstructed side access when raised. These armrests make lateral transfers smoother, improving safety and reducing strain on carers. The chair’s four locking castors, each measuring 125mm, allow effortless movement across tiled, vinyl, or wet surfaces while providing stability when locked. These castors feature dual-locking capability, securing both the wheel and swivel action to maintain firm positioning during showering, toileting, or transfers.

For users requiring upper-body shaping or additional trunk guidance, the AdjustaBack tension-adjustable backrest is a standout feature. This backrest provides flexible tension across its vertical straps, enabling carers or therapists to fine-tune spinal and lateral support. Whether the user has mild trunk weakness or more complex postural asymmetry, the tension adjustments help achieve a more stable, comfortable seated position. The standard back height of 420mm supports the upper trunk whilst remaining easy to clean and maintain, making it suitable for a wide range of environments.

The RAZ AP is also offered in a wide-chassis variation, designed specifically for use with automatic toilets such as the Geberit Mera, Closomat, and older Geberit units. Known as the RAZ AP GEB, this version features a wider base frame that increases clearance without altering the seat configuration. This makes it ideal for care settings and private homes where automated washing toilets are used or anticipated. The flexibility to integrate seamlessly with different toilet formats adds tremendous practicality for long-term planning in bathroom adaptation.

Benefits

• Provides safe supported care in showering and toileting routines
• Adapts to a wide range of postural needs over time
• Ensures strong pelvic alignment for comfort and positioning
• Improves safety during transfers and movement
• Compatible with automatic toilets and diverse bathroom layouts
• Offers exceptional adjustability for trunk, pelvic, and leg support
• Delivers reliable mobility with locking castors
• Simplifies cleaning and hygiene management
• Suitable for clinical, residential, and home environments

Dimensional versatility is one of the chair’s strongest attributes. With 470mm between armrest pads, the RAZ AP provides suitable lateral room for many users while still supporting effective positioning. Its overall width of 570mm ensures the chair remains manoeuvrable through standard doorways and inside compact bathrooms—important factors in older housing stock or clinical rooms with fixed equipment. The overall depth ranges from 630mm without footplates to 870mm with footplates, offering more than enough space for leg positioning while remaining manageable for attendants to navigate.

Foot support is an essential part of correct seating, and the RAZ AP provides several footplate and leg-length options. Standard footplates adjust between 410mm and 520mm, while extended configurations range up to 570mm. For users with shorter or more complex leg-length requirements, MFX footplate options offer additional ranges of 200–300mm and 300–410mm. These options help maintain stable lower-limb positioning and reduce risk of sliding or discomfort.

Toilet clearance is a vital consideration in a shower/commode chair, and the RAZ AP provides excellent flexibility. When used without pan brackets, clearance ranges from 450mm to 550mm, while with pan brackets the range becomes 420mm to 520mm. These options allow the chair to be positioned over a wide variety of toilet shapes and heights. This is especially important in rehabilitation facilities and private homes where bathroom fixtures vary significantly, or adaptive equipment has previously been installed.

The chair’s lateral support adjustment range is another valuable feature. Users can benefit from a 0–60mm offset, 25mm forward/backward adjustment, 50mm vertical movement, and a ±5° pad angle, allowing personalised support for trunk asymmetry, scoliosis, or reduced upper-body control. These adjustments ensure the user can sit safely and comfortably while receiving consistent support during showering or toileting tasks.

The safe working load of 185kg demonstrates the chair’s engineering strength and suitability for a wide range of adults. Paired with a 5-year warranty, the RAZ AP offers strong assurance of quality, durability, and performance.

The RAZ AP’s accessory range is extensive, ensuring the chair can be adapted for more complex or refined requirements as needed. Options (Sold Separately) include lateral supports, headrests, chest harnesses, pelvic belts, ankle support straps, elevating legrests, and a range of cushions for comfort and pressure distribution. These accessories enable clinicians to create a tailored setup that meets specific seating, therapeutic, or safety needs.

In summary, the RAZ AP Shower Chair provides a highly flexible, supportive, and durable solution for safe supported care in bathing and toileting routines. It combines sophisticated adjustability with practical features that benefit both the user and the attendant. Whether used in its standard form, as the low-height AP LOW, or in its GEB configuration for automatic toilet compatibility, the chair remains one of the most adaptable and reliable shower commode solutions available, offering confidence, comfort, and long-term usability for a wide range of users and environments.

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Customer Reviews

"A Reliable Chair That Adapts With Us" – Sarah L.

"The RAZ AT has become our go-to recommendation for clients with complex seating needs. The adjustability and postural support are excellent, and the tilt mechanism makes care so much safer. It’s a long-term solution that truly grows with the user."

"Exceptional Comfort for Daily Care" – Michael R.

"My father has significant postural challenges, and the RAZ AT has made a huge difference to his comfort during showering and toileting. The tilt function and adjustable backrest allow us to find exactly the right position every time."

"Perfect for Professional Care Settings" - Louise T.

"We switched to the RAZ AT for several residents and immediately noticed the improvement in support, stability and access. Our staff particularly appreciate the smooth tilt action and the durable stainless-steel frame."