Rane is a family owned and operated pioneer in the walk-in tub industry. Every product from Rane is manufactured in Sparta, Tennessee at the Rane state-of-the-art facility and made from the highest-quality materials. Each product is fully assembled, factory tested, and shipped out ready to install. Rane has a wide variety of tub models that meet the unique needs of its customers. Rane is committed to providing the most innovative solutions for all accessibility needs. The company even offers a unique line of safety and accessibility products ranging from washbasins to height adjustable kitchen cabinets.
Rane is dedicated to providing quick turnaround times and excellent customer satisfaction. The company provides nationwide customer service.
Rane is an exclusive U.S. dealer of Ropox products, with memberships with the American Case Management Association (ACMA) and the Better Business Beauru (BBB).
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The Good
- Professional Health Care Series
- Bathing Solutions
- Showering Solutions
Professional Health Care Series
Rane offers several bathing systems for healthcare facilities. The tubs are designed with a combination of style, ease of use, and low cost of ownership. The bathing systems come standard with features such as the thermostatic mixing valve, easy access, and use control panel, and a built-in disinfection system.
Here are several walk-in tub models from the professional health care line:
RR7-II Atlantic: Reclining Bathing System
- Designed for Assisted Living and/or skilled Nursing settings
- Crafted for care facilities looking for more time efficient and a labor-saving bathing solution
- Unique tilting function, which allows residents with severe mobility issues to recline in a contoured seat.
- Optional Auto-Fill eliminates waiting time and/or observation time when pre-filling the tub to a preset level.
- 600 lb weight capacity
RS8 Geneva: Recumbent Bathing System
- Designed to bath highly dependent residents
- Compatible with a variety of transport and lifting devices
- Key-hole shape makes for a more comfortable patient experience and allows caregivers greater access when bathing the resident.
- Height adjustable model can be raised or lowered at the touch of a button.
- 600 lb weight capacity
RJ15 Caribbean: Side-Entry Reservoir Bathing System
- Freestanding tub with a reservoir feature that allows the tub to be filled quickly.
- Low threshold and wide side-entry door, allows easy access for residents of various degrees of mobility.
- Built-in 26” wide contoured seat that will allow a resident to sit comfortably and safely in a slightly reclined position.
- 600 lb weight capacity
Bathing Solutions
Rane’s bathing solutions for residential residents are made from the same high-quality material and meet the same standards as the healthcare facilities series. The company offers a variety of models that will meet each unique customers needs. Customers can select a model that has an inward or outward swinging door, some tubs are more compact to fit in a smaller space, and bariatric models that offer roomier seating options.
RC2 Pacific: Walk-In Bathtub
- Rane’s most popular model
- Roomy contoured seat
- Dimensions: 29” (73.6 cm) x 50” (127 cm)
- Weight capacity: 350 lbs
- Standard Features: Roman Deck Mount Valve Package and a Handheld Shower Wand
- Optional: AirSpa and Supreme packages
RB14 Mediterranean: Bariatric Side-Entry Bathtub
- Allows larger persons to bathe more comfortably
- Low threshold and wide side-entry doors
- Dimensions: 33.5” (85 cm) x 60” (152.4 cm)
- Weight capacity: 600 lbs
- Standard Features: Roman Deck Mount Valve Package and a Handheld Shower Wand
- Optional: AirSpa and Supreme packages
RA2 Tahoe: Compact Bathtub
- Freestanding or built-in tub designed for small to medium sized bathrooms
- Room contoured seat with a slightly reclined position
- Dimensions: 26” (66 cm) x 48” (122 cm)
- Crafted to fit through homes with narrow doorways and hallways
- Weight capacity: 350 lb
- Standard Features: Roman Deck Mount Valve Package and a Handheld Shower Wand
- Optional: AirSpa and Supreme packages
RP3460 Hudson: Cantilevered Bathtub
- Patented Design to help lower accidents getting into and out of the tub
- Contoured transfer ledge and a recessed rim
- Bathers can sit and swing their legs over the rim
- Dimensions: 33” (83.8 cm) x 60” (152.4 cm)
- Weight capacity: 500 lbs
Showering Solutions
Rane also offers several showering solutions that will aid seniors and those with limited mobility when showering.
Shower/Changing Bed
- Shower/Changing bed folds away when not being used
- Hand Control to adjust the bed height
- Weight capacity: 330 lbs
- Standard length is 70”, but can be special ordered in lengths of 57.5” or 82.7”
Folding Shower Seat
- Optional back support can be adjusted with just one hand and comes with or without arm supports
- Seat Dimensions: 18.5” wide x 21.7” deep
- Seat folds away when not in use
- Weight capacity: 330 lbs
Phoenix Tilting Shower/Commode Chair
- Adjustable headrest
- Tilting adjustment
- Swinging armrests
- Upholstered PUR seat with hygiene opening
- Includes a commode bucket and bucket device
- Four locking 5” swiveling castors
- Seat: depth 15.7”, width 17.7”, height 22.8”
The Bad
- Warranty Length
- Customer Service Hours
Warranty Length
Rane products have a shorter warranty length than that of other walk-in tub companies. A 5-year warranty is well below the average warranty offered in the industry.
The website warranty page states, “Rane® Safety and Accessibility products are warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of five (5) years for external finishes and composite shell, three (3) years for all moving and stationary parts, including but not limited to, valves, air spa blower, whirlpool pumps, actuators, door mechanisms, hinges, gauges, thermometers, and Lifetime for the door seal (provided preventative maintenance is performed as recommended.) Shower and disinfectant hoses, handheld shower wands, disinfectant spray wands, and batteries are excluded from this warranty.”
Customer Service Hours
Customers looking to get in contact with Rane can fill out a Request Form on the website or contact the company via phone. However, customers will need to call between 8 AM and 5 PM CST. While this might not be a deal breaker, it can frustrate customers in different time zones or who can’t call within the stated time.
The Bottom Line
For seniors, veterans, people with aches and pains, and those with limited mobility, buying a tub from Rane is a solid choice. There are plenty of tub models and features that will provide extra safety and peace-of-mind for those getting in and out of the tub. Notably, Rane offers a professional healthcare series. Offering tubs for a healthcare facility is unique and sets Rane apart.
However, shoppers should definitely look into the warranty, it isn’t as long as other walk-in tub companies and that is worrisome.
