Hausse Retractable 3 Story Fire Escape Ladder, 25 Feet

Just as described and arrived very quickly.

More important than new robes & slippers, this year for Christmas I gave my daughter and son in law and their two cats this very smart fire ladder. I looked it over on Amazon and it was exactly what I wanted. When my daughter was a child we had one in her room under her bed. That was 28 years ago! The ladders then were all metal, heavy and cumbersome but I was surely grateful we had one. So now she has one for her family. Everyone was happy with their gift! Especially me. I worry so this took away at least one. You just can’t go wrong with this gift.

Made well.

I bought two of these 25ft ladders for a summer home. I removed one unit from its bag and hung it out the window. Yeah, in a pinch it would be a God Send. But, I found two rather mild shortcomings:1) The handlebars that grip across the bottom of the window are quite wide (I suppose to accommodate thick walls). When draped onto a typical 2x6 exterior wall, there's a lot of play which causes the bars to rock upward on the interior part of the wall as weight is applied to the ladder. Yikes, talk about a scary feeling as those handlebars suddenly shift! But, on close examination it's the window's interior molding that seemed to catch the handlebar and I wasn't 100% confident that my 200lbs wouldn't cause the molding to fail. Then what? I'll assume no one else had this concern, so I'll hope for the best. OK, next:2) The bright red bag is terrific... but when I placed it in the closet it occurred to me that it's easy to forget its there. Further, the bag's lettering shows "Emergency" in big bold letters, but mentions "ladder" in small letters and only on the SIDE of the bag. Instead, I'd rather see "FIRE LADDER" in huge letters on the top of the bag to constantly remind me its there each time to open the closet door. Without that lettering, the red bag looks too much like a big first aid kit and would be easily overlooked in a desperate situation.3) In my application, it because immediately evident that only one window in each room was suitable for an escape (since large windows were directly below all but the one). So, not only is pre-planning important, but so too is familiarizing each family member with the ladder and which window to use.All in all, I believe this is the most solid solution for a ladder intended for closet storage. The ideal, however, will always be the type of ladder that's stored in a metal box, bolted to the floor directly below the window to be egress'ed. If your application can accept that kind of eyesore/trip hazard, then by all means get that type of ladder (they do exist).

After I had a fire I bought this for my family members home. Hopefully they will never need it but I feel they may be a little safer now.

My daughter bought a 1925 older house that we remodeled. We redid all the electrical, but still worry about fire. This ladder is small enough to put under the bed and easily hooks over the window ledge. I ended up buying a 2-story ladder for my house. It’s a security purchase that I hope I never need to use, but I sleep better knowing I have it. We haven’t tested it, but it seems like if will do the job. I just hope we never need it!

FOR OUR SECOND FLOOR BEEDROOM WE TRIED IT AND IT WORKED GREAT

Looks well made. Probably need to do a training test with grandchildren since if they don't do it they probably wouldn't even know to use it should it be needed. I have a brick home, 2x6 walls and need to verify it grips well on a first floor window exiting test. Will update experience as it will be tested next week. Although a parent would "probably" be around it needed, if not, I would "minimally" want them to be able to hang it from a window so an adult could go get them. Never had one when my kids grew up, but a TV show made me realize that I probably should have had at least one upstairs. Some part of home are 3 stories thus I bought the long one, but due to weight I wouldn't get one longer than you need. Not that heavy for an adult but want to see if a kid can use it.