About
We build mobility equipment that doesn't condescend.
Most assistive tech is designed by people who never have to use it. It's beige, it's clinical, it requires a doctor's signature to buy. The Movo X is the opposite — designed for people who refuse to let architecture decide where they can go.
Founder story
"My grandmother stopped visiting relatives."
My grandmother stopped visiting relatives. Not because she wanted to — because every one of their homes had stairs and hers no longer did. She could walk on flat ground. But a staircase became a decision each time: risk it, or stay home. Mostly, she stayed home.
We looked at every option a family can look at. The stair-climbing wheelchairs on the market ran from about $20,000 to nearly $40,000 — sold through specialty dealers with custom fittings, installer visits, and six-month insurance appeals that most families give up on before the end. The hospital-model stair chair we saw at a rehab clinic took two trained staff to operate. None of it fit a grown adult who just wanted a way up the staircase to see her family.
The technology to climb stairs in a chair isn't hard — Honda solved bipedal stair climbing in 2005. The hard parts are the business model and the safety case. Existing stair-climbing chairs cost what they cost because they are sold through specialty dealers to a small, slow market with custom configuration. If you eliminate dealer markup, custom config, and the assumption that every buyer needs an installer in their home, the chair gets to $9,500.
The Founding 16 program is how our next 16 customers help us validate the product before we scale. We've completed engineering prototyping and independent safety audits; production runs as Founding 16 reservations confirm each batch. If you want to talk to us before reserving, email team@movochair.com — we read every message.
Where the Movo X gets built
Real chairs. Real assembly. Real quality bays.
Every Movo X is built to a confirmed customer order. These are our production floor and our quality-and-safety validation area — the same space where every unit is assembled, calibrated, and tested before it ships.
What we promise
Honest pricing
One price on the website. No quotes. No "call for pricing." No bundles that hide the real cost. If we ever change pricing, existing reservations are honored at the original number.
Honest reviews
We will never write a fake review or pay an influencer to read a script. Every review on this site is from a real Founding 16 customer with their name attached. If a reviewer says something critical, we publish it anyway.
Honest limitations
The chair does not solve every accessibility problem. We will tell you straight if your specific stairs or use case isn't right for it — even at the cost of the sale.
Team & advisors
A small team focused on getting this right. Engineering, operations, customer support, and one founder. Final QA and battery calibration is performed by our team before every unit ships. The full team page is coming.