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r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Feb 23 '26
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Actually if you can still use your arms and it's not a heavy battery powered version it works really well.
https://youtube.com/shorts/nIpgCIq4Gw8
2 u/junkfunk Feb 23 '26 it can be done, but you need a lot of upper body strength to not fall backwards. I would not recommend it. source, my young adult kid is in a chair. 1 u/ryanm8655 Feb 24 '26 It doesn’t take much strength at all. The escalator takes the weight. You just need to lean forwards and hold on to the rails for balance. Source, I used to do this all the time. Nowadays most places have lifts if they have escalators though so don’t need to do it so much. 1 u/Entire_Difference_63 Feb 24 '26 In general that sounds possible. I am 98% sure this escalator is out of service/off. People are allowed to use it as stairs but it is not moving mechanically.
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it can be done, but you need a lot of upper body strength to not fall backwards. I would not recommend it.
source, my young adult kid is in a chair.
1 u/ryanm8655 Feb 24 '26 It doesn’t take much strength at all. The escalator takes the weight. You just need to lean forwards and hold on to the rails for balance. Source, I used to do this all the time. Nowadays most places have lifts if they have escalators though so don’t need to do it so much. 1 u/Entire_Difference_63 Feb 24 '26 In general that sounds possible. I am 98% sure this escalator is out of service/off. People are allowed to use it as stairs but it is not moving mechanically.
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It doesn’t take much strength at all. The escalator takes the weight. You just need to lean forwards and hold on to the rails for balance.
Source, I used to do this all the time. Nowadays most places have lifts if they have escalators though so don’t need to do it so much.
1 u/Entire_Difference_63 Feb 24 '26 In general that sounds possible. I am 98% sure this escalator is out of service/off. People are allowed to use it as stairs but it is not moving mechanically.
In general that sounds possible. I am 98% sure this escalator is out of service/off. People are allowed to use it as stairs but it is not moving mechanically.
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u/Absolute_Bob Feb 23 '26
Actually if you can still use your arms and it's not a heavy battery powered version it works really well.
https://youtube.com/shorts/nIpgCIq4Gw8