DON REVISITS MANGAR 30 YEARS LATER - Mr Don Miller, February 2011

Don Miller first met David and Francesca Garman in their cottage on a welsh hillside over 30 years ago. Don was an Area Sales Engineer for a well known supplier at a time when David was sourcing the parts for what became known as The Mangar Portable Bathlift, the world's first structured portable bathlift.

Starting a business in a small way is always difficult because suppliers are more interested in supplying in huge volumes of course, but Don managed to persuade his bosses Mangar was worth supplying in a small way to begin with, and the rest, as they say.....is history!!!!

30 years later Don is a retired widower living in east Anglia.He is 85 years old and has a hip replaced twice. When he found bathing difficult, the first company he thought about contacting was Mangar!

Now he is enjoying his Mangar Bathing cushion, 'It is a pleasure to get into and out of the bath with the use of the Mangar Bathing cushion' he wrote to us, 'I have scored it as 'excellent ' in every way and no way would I consider any other product'

They say Miracles seldom happen but for me the Mangar Bathing Cushion is one. Increasingly crippled by Arthritis I found it agony to climb into my ancient narrow bathtub but now I can sit comfortably back and be lifted into the bath and when I am ready lifted out agin. It does all the work for me in blissful comfort."Mrs Jackson, Llandrindod Wells

Mrs I Hunt of Dorset, a former Handy Bather user, now uses a Bathing Cushion:

Your Bathing Cushion is very much more comfortable, and as it is larger, it is very much more stable too....A soak in a lovely warm bath is very much more comforting and soothing than a shower.....I am very sure that the Bathing Cushion will give me many years of 'Happy Bathing'".

Mrs T of Devon told us the Bathing Cushion is

one of the most helpful aids I have - I feel completely safe and comfortable and it is a real luxury to be able to soak in a bath of hot water for the first time for several years. Thank you.

Mrs Lyons of Ashvale is delighted with her Bathing Cushion:

The Bathing Cushion is wonderful! I have had my first bath in 6 years (due to disability) and it was so comfortable. Without it I cannot get in and our of the bath. I have recommended it to my friend - who also purchased the cushion from you. I would not hesitate to recommend your products to anyone with disability".

My Bathing Cushion is the best thing since sliced bread. Because of my disability with my leg and back I cannot get into the bath, and the Bathing Cushion is essential."Mr & Mrs Sufflebotham, Stoke on Trent

Mrs Williams of Southampton told us:

I do not know how I managed without the Bathing Cushion. We have a shower but I prefer the bath."

My wife and I are both in our Eighties and we find the Bathing Cushion you supplied excellent. We can now have a full length bath and find it quite easy to get in and out of the bath. Thank you."Mr & Mrs Smith, satisfied customersMrs J Wilson tells us she is: "Completely satisfied with the Mangar Air Cushion - it meets all my requirements".

The Bathing Cushion is an excellent product."Mrs T, Leatherhead

Mrs Shores from Wiltshire wrote to tell us:

From ordering the Bathing Cushion to delivery - 3 days! AmazingThe Cushion is splendid and has given me back my independence as I can now cope alone in the bathroom. Already I have shown it to two other stroke victims and they will also be purchasing from you. It is a very well designed and functional aid, and I look forward to using it for many years".

We were delighted to hear from Mrs Forester of Devon who told us:

I have recently ordered and taken delivery of a Bathing Cushion, which I used for the first time yesterday - it was the best bath I have had in years! I consider this to be an excellent 'buy'."