“I am a 56 year-old paraplegic T4 complete, and have been for the past 12 years. During the night, I need to drink water frequently and thanks to The Hydrant, there is no more knocking glasses over, fumbling for bottles, or the bed remote to sit myself up , tipping water down my neck, waking me and unable to get back sleep. Now I am almost drinking in my sleep what a great relief. I will place an order for another to use when driving my car, great product.”
Julian Stalley
“My 18 year old daughter has Cerebral Palsy and uses an electric wheelchair – she has always been a bit of a nightmare when it comes to drinking enough fluids and is also very dependant on others to fetch her a drink if she wants one. The Hydrant has been brilliant over the past few weeks, not least because I can keep tabs on exactly how much she has had just by glancing at the back of her wheelchair. She is much more independent as she does not have to ask others if she wants a drink, can drink exactly when she wants as it is always accessible, and it seems to be somewhat of a challenge to her to empty The Hydrant bottle every day!! Thanks, and well done for such a simple, but effective product.”
Karen McIllravie
“I am so pleased with the Hydrant as I suffer with severe ME and find to keep lifting a jug and pouring water doesn’t sound like a lot but when you can hardly lift your arm up it saves a great deal of energy and my hands and arms are constantly in pain so to just have to move the tube over to your mouth is so much easier than lifting cups and refilling them. Also my saliva glands have stopped working so I constantly want drinks and I can fit it to my wheelchair too!! Thank you so much.”
Mattie Lowther
“My husband who has MS and is very severely disabled thinks the Hydrant is the greatest invention ever! I have to help him with it but it saves me getting up several times in the night to give him a drink as all the medication makes him so thirsty. We also have a lot of carers and community nurses in and out and they also have shown an interest.”
Ina Munro
“Firstly since I bought this from you at Naidex I have not once had to resort to antibiotics because of water infections. These were something I was getting on a regular basis about every three weeks. I can hook the bottle up to the chest of draws at night and this means I can get a drink myself without having to get the carer to get one for me so they get a good nights sleep even if I don’t. When I am travelling in my van I can drink anytime I want without having to get the carer to stop, come through to the back and organise my drink. When you are doing a 5 hour journey this is a real boon. The extra water in this situation has meant I don’t arrive at journeys end with a headache, or a cross driver because he had to stop several times. Thank you so much for my much improved quality of life.”
Tom Wallace
“I received the Hydrant yesterday and put it to use straight away, I am very impressed, and it does everything the website promises. I am wheelchair dependent following a road accident in 2002, in which I sustained a spinal cord injury, the outcome of this leaves me a tetraplegic,
which means that I have paralysis of my entire body from the chest down, I have limited movement of my arms but cannot pick anything up, therefore the Hydrant is ideal for my use, I can lift my hand to my face with the tube attached to my clothing and drink from the tube. Once again congratulations on a first class product.”
Ian Spalding
“I’ve got on so well The Hydrant, I had a neurological hospital bed fitted into my home as sometimes I’m bed bound by my condition, it’s nice for my family to not worry if I have access to fluids and it’s great to not have to get up all the time. Now purchased a 2nd one as I’m now heading to a wheelchair near enough full time so will be adding this onto the chair for when I’m out and about. Certainly comes highly recommended by me.”
Catherine Hedger
“We got the Hydrant for our 13 year old son who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and was losing the power to lift his arms and like most 13 year old boys wanted to be independent so rather than ask for help with lifting his drink and didn’t like using straws because he felt too old and said straws were for little kids not teenagers avoided drinking. Having the hydrant gave him independence and now he has no problems drinking and is very happy to use this even when we go out we hook the bottle on the back of his wheelchair and passes the tube discretely round under his arm and clips to his clothing were he can then drink from the mouth piece easily.”
Diane Gilmour
“I think I came across The Hydrant thought the Independent Living website. I have ordered one for my son who is tetraplegic and The Hydrant seems ideal for him, especially when he is in bed. He spent a year in the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Unit in Salisbury and it would have been great if he could have had some like The Hydrant there. I think he held the record for the most number of ‘buzzes’ at night for a nurse to get him a drink. Just thought I would let you know that The Hydrant has proved very successful. It is much more stable when hung on the back of my son’s bed. It is also much easier to keep clean. Success!”
Jeanette Everett
“I’m writing to thank your company. I’m an electronic wheelchair user with extremely limited mobility due to osteoarthritis of the spine, arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists. Unfortunately in January I fell while trying to transfer from my wheelchair to bed. This led to my being admitted to hospital for 10 days where I was given a Hydrant with drinking tube. I find drinking difficult due to having to hold a glass or cup which are difficult and heavy, but your bottle meant I could drink as much as I wanted without pain or the risk of spilling fluids down myself! On discharge I went home with one of your Hydrant systems, I have not stopped using it since. My carers fill my bottle each time they are in and attach it to my chair or bed, so I drink night and day now. I really can not say a big enough thank you, your system has literally changed my life”
Marina Brown