The Hero Medical Standard Over Toilet Aid is a powder-coated aluminium frame that stands over a standard toilet, raising the seating height and adding fixed armrests on both sides so that less hip and knee effort is needed to sit down and rise again. Height-adjustable legs set the 34 cm seat between 41 cm and 54 cm, allowing the frame to be matched to the toilet pan and to the user's leg length rather than the reverse. The moulded plastic seat takes a removable splash guard that lifts out for cleaning, and non-slip rubber tips hold the wide base steady on tiled floors. The frame measures 56 cm wide by 55 cm deep, weighs 4 kg and carries a safe working load of 205 kg.

The appeal here is a 205 kg safe working load in a frame that still weighs only 4 kg, so it feels solid in use yet a carer can lift it aside when the bathroom needs cleaning. The 13 cm span of height adjustment also means the same unit can follow a person between bathrooms or into a care setting instead of being replaced.