We purchased this product for my mother-in-law because she was having trouble getting out of bed and lacked the strength to sit up without help. The Mattress Genie does inflate nicely but is very loud. One of the biggest problems is that it is very slow in letting the air out of the pillow so that the bed returns to normal after being elevated. Also the process of the mattress raising caused the mattress to scoot down and was putting pressure on the footboard. We thought this might be an inexpensive solution to her problems without having to purchase an electric bed or a hospital bed. The thing we least liked about the Mattress Genie was the slowness in deflating and the noise that occurs when the pillow is inflating.