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One of these toilet safety rails bolts underneath your toilet seat and it doesn't have legs at all
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and the other one is completely freestanding with legs and I tested the Carex and the Hamlin T8 to
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see which setup is actually better and the results might surprise you. So by the end of this video
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you'll know exactly which one is right for you. Now these two are built almost opposite from each
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other. The Carex mounts to a bar underneath your toilet seat and it has no legs. It's just going
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rely on the rubber and the metal contact points where it sits. The T8 is completely different
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It's freestanding with its own legs, so it just straddles your toilet with no bolts at all
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That's the biggest difference between these two, and it only gets wider from here
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Now both were simple to set up. The Carex has fewer parts, so it goes together quicker
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Just make sure everything's tightened down before you use it. And the T8 was also pretty easy. I put
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it together and adjusted the width to fit my bathroom, and since I don't have a ton of space
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in there, I did make it a little bit narrower. Now the T8 has more range here. You can widen or
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narrow it and the legs also adjust to get the perfect height. The Carex on the other hand just
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adjusts for width too, but there's a catch. If you go too narrow, the metal part on the rail
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can hit the ceramic on your toilet. So I kept mine on the widest setting so the rubber touches instead
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Now both of these are gonna have foam padded handles and it felt really comfortable
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but the Carex foam is just a bit grainier while the T8's foam felt smoother
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But with both I had enough room to rest my elbows on top of it. And this next part is the most important
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Now the Carex doesn have legs but it still felt secure front and back I even tested it further than I should have with an LCID and it held my full weight no problem Now the T8 is a different story since it freestanding
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It can actually shift if you just give it a push. Now the suction cup feet it came with
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didn't hold up well on my floor either. So I just swapped them for the stock rubber feet
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it came with originally and it fixed the issue. So once I made that swap, it's gonna feel steady again
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But the Carex felt stable right out of the box while the T8 just needed one adjustment to get there
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Now this is where the T8 pulls further ahead. It comes with a toilet paper holder and a small
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storage pouch and both are interchangeable so you can set it up on either the right side or
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the left side. It's able to fit a notebook in a pouch so if you're someone who likes to do a
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little bit of reading you're gonna appreciate that. Now the Carex doesn't have any of this
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it's just the rail, that's it, so it keeps everything simple. Now the T8 folds up so you
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can take it with you or move between bathrooms, you'll just need to remove the C-clamp and the
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screws. Now the Carex is bolted to your toilet so if you want to remove it you'll have to spend a
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little bit more time unscrewing it. Now it's pretty obvious that the Carex wins here since it has no
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legs on the floor there's clearance underneath so sweeping or mopping is going to be way easier here
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It also takes up way less room which is great for a smaller bathroom like mine. Now the T8 needs a
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little bit more floor space since it's straddling over the toilet. So which one should you buy? Well
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Well, if you want something simple, stable, and easy to clean around with, then go with the Carex
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But if you want more features and more adjustability and something you can fold up and move between bathrooms
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then go with the T8. It really comes down to what matters more, but you can't go wrong with either one of these
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So, thanks for watching, and hopefully this helped you make a more informed decision
