I'd have reservations about any bed with an optional leg height swap instead of a movable leg design. The best way to have control over a Hoyer lift transfer in and out of bed, being able to move the cradle where you need it to be, is to have a fair amount of vertical space between the highest position the Hoyer lift can attain and the lowest position the bed can attain.
You want the head and feet to be angled enough for the person to be dropped into the right position vertically and horizontally. You never want to drop a person flat on a bed, obviously.
So if the bed doesn't get low enough, you are maneuvering in much less space. But at the same time, it has to be high enough to get the Hoyer legs underneath and still get those angles on the head and feet.
The way that most often happens is in a true hospital bed design where the legs are like spider legs that move both vertically and horizontally instead of stakes that go up and down, and the Passport isn't that.
I agree, Golden makes great recliners.
