So I’ve got trouble standing for any length of time which makes things like cooking a real pain. It’s something that I enjoy so I don’t want to give it up. Also I’m a much better cook than my wife so I want to eat as well as possible. So I’m rapidly coming to the conclusions conclusion that I need some help around the kitchen and something like this seems ideal.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/backcslimages/newsite/product-images/600-600/Bamnach-Saddle-Seat.jpg

But holy moly the price! Over £500 plus VAT. now I’m not poor and I can definitely afford but how on earth people on lower income cope is beyond me.

You can get those a lot cheaper and if you have an OT or Physio assessment you can get aids from social services.

You should be able to get an assessment through your GP and it may be possible for Mediquip to loan you what you need. It’s usually new stuff but on a free loan.

My wife has one of those chairs through work. I suspect they’d be a bit low.

Wouldn’t something like this be a bit better for the kitchen (if not fugly)?

Perch stool

Anything listed as ‘mobility aid’ will almost instantly have a premium price.

I’d be terrified that wheely thing would zoom out from under me when I went to sit down on it!

My wife has one of those chairs through work. I suspect they’d be a bit low

they are height adjustable (well the one I specked up is) so are designed for that sort of thing. I’d probably fall off that fugly stool!

Bloody Hell, is it made for Herman Miller ???

Depending on where you are there is probably a community equipment service who could prescribe some equipment for you FOC following an OT assessment.

We have something very similar. I can’t use it as it gives me numb goolies.

For the record, it’s the only seat, including racing saddles that has ever done this.

The one in the OP seems more padded, so may be different.

Anything disability related has £££ attached. My sons Ice trike cost more then the 3 bikes I had at the time.

Some equipment that’s needed for disability purposes can be sold ex VAT.

You can get those a lot cheaper and if you have an OT or Physio assessment you can get aids from social services

If you go via the NHS they’ll get you a perching stool, like the one below. It’ll be more stable and therefore less chance of falling over, but you won’t be able to wheel it around the kitchen- which is what I think want to be able to do?

This one is £35

https://www.manomano.co.uk/p/black-pu-leather-swivel-hydraulic-saddle-stool-adjustable-salon-stool-barber-chair-massage-hairdressing-tattoo-37054453?model_id=12904017

Or just get a normal looking stool for tge same price

https://www.manomano.co.uk/catalogue/p/swivel-stool-height-adjustable-360-rotation-chair-office-round-bar-stool-white-59501941

Is there a reason why it has to be a saddle stool?

Someone I know developed MS and found a foldable, adjustable height, mono stool worked really well for giving talks and lectures. Took the weight off their legs. But it did need them to be able to balance. I can see them for about £35.

Is there a reason why it has to be a saddle stool?

we’ll I want to be able to move around easily so a perching saddle stool would likely be easier. Also I have actually fallen off normal seats I was perched on. Not great in a kitchen with hot and sharp things! Thanks for the links though I’ll check them out. My only reset is that as it is for a kitchen I need to be as close as possible to standing so they hat not be tall enough.

Someone I know developed MS

Snap. Might look to get one of those things for being out and about.

My ex got a bunch of similar aids via (IIRC) Occupational Therapy, for free.

Yeh if you’ve got MS get on to OT (my wife is one) there are definitely many things that they may be able to assist with, though often they are a bit fugly (the equipment not the OTs, my wife is lovely 😜)

No ebike jokes?

IANAOT but my wife just said if you get a saddle seat through Bambach they can assess you and suggest the most suitable model and any adjustments. They are a lot more expensive that the copies you can get on Amazon, but for someone with such a condition it’s worth going through them (via OT if you can)
https://www.bambach.co.uk/

If the LA won’t fund it you might be able to get funding through the MS society or other bodies.

She said she had clients who found them much better than a perching chair (that they’d fall off), you can get higher ones than hers too, but it’s really worth getting an assessment for which is best. She had an artist who had one for working at his easel,