Carex Portable Shower Bench - Shower Bath Seat - Fits tub having width in the range of 19"-28". Comfortable Contoured Seating Area with 300 Pound Weight Capacity, Portable and Easy to Store

I had my doubts about this product. I'm in my 40s, and didn't want something in my bath that would say "Grandma" to all my friends. Still, I needed something that would make showers comfortable. I looked into the teak benches, but reviews said that the joints loosened after a year or two, and replacing them that often would've been too expensive. I considered the little stools that sit on the floor of the tub - but I am a pretty big gal and didn't think they'd be comfortable - plus, they were ugly and I didn't like the idea of being so low.When I saw the Carex Portable Shower Bench, I was skeptical - but the price was so low, I figured I'd take a chance and just use it until I found something I liked better. The bench arrived fine, but required a bit of putting together. The instructions had no words - only diagrams, and figuring out what they wanted me to do took a few minutes - but I finally made sense out of it. The knobs which adjusted the bench to fit the sides of the tub went together very easily. The rubber pads that protect the tub were a bigger challenge. There were four options for their location, depending on how the seat fit the tub. We have a clawfoot tub that's against the wall, so the fit is different on each side, and I used different settings. The rubber pads are largest in the center and fit tightly, so I had to get my husband to help get them in place - my hands weren't strong enough. Still, total time to having the bench completely assembled took less than 15 minutes.The bench is wide, and the height is perfect. My first shower was difficult, but once I discovered that it words best to have my BACK to the showerhead, things suddenly fell into place. It is so much more comfortable than sitting directly on the tub floor, and all my shower goods can be set right next to me on the bench. No more lost scrubbies! The subtle sculpting of the seat makes it very comfortable.I adjusted the knobs so they slide easily, but tightly, into the tub. The bench is VERY secure - there is no way it's going to slide sideways. The plastic is high quality, not dry and brittle as I'd feared. It is VERY solid. And, when my shower is over, I simply place it out of sight - since it's only about four inches thick, it doesn't require a lot of space to be hidden away.I like this shower bench so well, in fact, that I've stopped looking for an alternative. Hard as it may be to believe, the low priced Carex is actually just perfect for me and I can't imagine anything which could improve upon it.

This shower bench just fits on my bathtub. My tub is not small, so that surprised me. The reason is that the lip of the tub on the side of the tile wall is narrow, pushing the bench out towards the other tub wall.The bench does fit. It is quite sturdy and I am not a small woman. I feel so much more secure than I would with a bench that just sits down into the tub on its bench legs. It is solid... not going to move anywhere, and not going to fall down, no matter how much I move around on it. Yet removing it would be simple.I can't pull myself up from the bench in the tub because the bench is too low for me to do so, so instead I swing my legs around and out of the tub where I have nonslip pads and then use my toilet back and sink etc to get out of the tub. This works because the bench is so secure.I had one of those approximately $500 electric bath chairs that lower and raise you into and out of the tub. This works far better for me. I got this bench because the bath chair won't work unless the back is reclined, and that pushes the chair so far forward in the tub that there is almost no room to bathe my legs. With this bath bench, there is plenty of room.Also the electric bath chair felt very insecure and flimsy with the "wings" on each side of the seat, whenvever I tried to bathe my legs or even just get into or out of the bath chair.Again, this bench is VERY SECURE. It is SOLID SUPPORT as I get in or out of the tub, as well as while I bathe myself.For years I have been unable to really scrub my legs. Now I can. Before I could reach my legs and feet but was too unsteady to scrub. I can stand, but cannot pull myself up from the floor, so cannot just sit in the tub.I highly recommend this particular bath bench that is secured to the tub walls and sits on top of the tub wall. I use a shower head with shower hose to reach me.And this cost only around $40, not $500 or a thousand.