tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511122020406185990.post-17444401730851333652008-02-12T21:06:00.001-05:002008-02-13T16:25:09.501-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_tqEGVA74WDA/R7JTB2QFv0I/AAAAAAAAAYI/SxwfBF0R1xM/s1600-h/8eb33519-6194-4d1d-9098-7c02939f466f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_tqEGVA74WDA/R7JTB2QFv0I/AAAAAAAAAYI/SxwfBF0R1xM/s200/8eb33519-6194-4d1d-9098-7c02939f466f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166283013755354946" border="0" /></a><br />I recently received an email from Invacare announcing their new folding 3-in-1 commode. <a href="www.drivemedical.com">Drive Medical</a> has had <a href="http://products.drivemedicaldesign.com/productdetail.htm?productId=3679282&amp;shopBy=3814">their version</a> available for quite a while now. We have use the Drive product ever since our rep told us about it. From the pictures, it looks like the Invacare product is similar to the Drive product.<br /><br />Why is a folding commode important?<br /><ul><li>Keep all the parts to the commode in one place. Never get to a house or hospital again only to find that the splash guard is missing.</li><li>Portability for the customer. The product folds easy enough that the users can take it with them when they travel. Makes any hotel room or family member's house that much more accessible.</li><li>Easy to store in the warehouse and on the retail floor.</li><li>Can be shipped via UPS/FedEx.<br /></li></ul>The folding commode only handles 250lbs where the non-folding version will usually handle 300lbs, so be careful who this product is recommended for. The folding commode does cost a couple bucks more than a regular commode, but we have decided that the benefits outweigh the price difference and have converted most of our commode stock to the Drive folding product.Paul Jensennoreply@blogger.com