Circa Air Portable Bath Tubs Adults - Inflatable Bathtub with Bedside Shower Bag & Electric Pump, Full Body Washing in Bed, Bed Bath Supplies, Portable Shower Bed, Blow Up Tub, Hair Shampoo Basin

If you happen to have a hover lift. I would recommend that you inflate the bath bed lift the patient up then place the bed bath on the bed then lower the patient into the tub. We did it the way the instructions said to and did not work for us but her mattress was worn out. We have a new mattress so it could work better. It was great anyway.

Great tub with no leaks! Easy to use and fill tub with the electric pump in seconds. Takes little long to drain completely but other than that it’s great!

Great design works great only down fall needs a better design to drain water

The pump attachments kept popping out as the bathtub was inflating. As it popped out the tub quickly deflated. You have to have the speed of Usain Bolt to plug the air hole as soon as the tub is inflated....took me six tries, said what the heck, and left it half inflated. The drain was on the underside of the tub in the middle of the tub and not any position I placed the hospital bed would drain half of the water. I had to prop the tub from under on the opposite side of the drain with pillows to assist with drainingBecause of the type and location of the drain, I had to keep siphoning (sucking the air from the drain tube) to get the water to flow out the drain tube x5 to get the water to drain to the empty buckets, no matter how I positioned the electronic bed controls. The pillow a breeze, the shower bag, no problem.Overall I exerted far more energy and effort than I had to give.This tub was definitely not a solution for bathing a nonambulatory person..mfgtr move drain to the head or foot of the tub, hospital bed heads and feett can adjusted to help drain the tub. Fix the need to have lightening speed to put stopper in the air holes. Drain and inflating, convenience, should be your selling point. Back to the drawing board with this product. Good News; easy to fold and put back in the box.Manufacturer give better instructions

Read in other reviews that the way the drain is placed it does not drain.. agree.. I couldn’t get it to drain.. I just use a shop vac and suck all the water up and works fine lol.. the bag with water in it also needs to be held significantly higher above the hose or else it won’t have enough pressure to use. It gets the job done for my bed bound father and it’s pretty cheap so I would recommend if you’re in a pinch and don’t have handicap shower available.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I like the way the product looked and I'm so happy I made this purchase. Recommend to use with 2 people. Even 3 people if possible because bathing an elderly bed bound person is a delicate situation, however,this product made it possible for my mom to finally take a bath. She isn't very verbal but she did say it felt magnificent. I totally recommend this product. It should be used in nursing and rehab facilities.

Definitely pros and cons. Pros: blows up quickly with a wall-powered pump and the sides are nice and high - keeps water in the tub. It is also nice to give my person a bath when a cloth/wipe bath won't do it anymore, especially for hair washing. Cons - the drain is located in such an inconvenient location. If it was a little closer to the side, that might work, but where it is creates a drainage problem. I have to "punch down" the tub bottom while also pushing down the side of the bed to create a good enough slope to allow drainage. Takes forever and my person gets too cold while all this happens. Other con - my person is 5'10" and 160" and can't roll easily anymore, so the water tends to pool in areas where his body is pressing down on the bottom - legs, bottom, back, shoulders. This is very problematic when the water is dirty. I've tried it twice hoping I could get better at it, but in the end, it is not worth the discomfort and sitting in slowly draining, dirty water. For a person who was smaller and lighter, might be a good option. I recommend putting towels under the tub on the bed so when you roll it up after bathing, the bed stays dry as it is pretty difficult to get it completely dry. I ended up with a lot of wet towels just to dry out the tub minimally to roll it up. One last note on drainage - I tried to move the drain closer to the side of the bed the second use, but it is too far and caused my person to be not completely on the bed. So for safety purposes, I repositioned the bath on the center of the bed which again made drainage very difficult.

The inflatable tub is very helpful to bath a paralysis patient. Helpful tip: use a small wet vac at the foot of the tub (away from the persons body) to drain the water when done.