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I can only comment on Bruno, Stannah and Handicare as models I’ve worked with. Bruno is an excellent lift when you need a heavy duty lift. Stannah the 260 is well proven, I would suggest you have the lift either configured as I described earlier in this thread or with a 90° wrap finish at the bottom rather than a hinge, a drop nose is not going to work with the stair layout, it would be a major trip hazard at the bottom and I cannot see any company putting themselves (or your in-laws) at risk. The other option would be a hinge rail, something I avoid like the plague whenever possible due to reliability and wear and tear issues on the rollers.
The Handicare 2000 is another well proven lift, the downside is the track has multiple joins, each join increases the risk of poor rack meshing giving a lumpy ride quality no matter how carefully you install, the Handicare Freelift is probably the pick of the bunch for me, for your layout, if it’s available in the states.