[mcpastor]

Sounds like the red jack is good. I was told by the salesman that the red jack, you needed toflip a switch in arather difficult to reach place in order to lower the jack. Is this so? Ibought the yellow jack thinking it would be better. Maybe not so. But I've not had it roll away on me yet! It is aluminum so it won't rust. Not sure whether it's any less rigid than the red steel one. But getting the frame protectors will help keep the bike centered on the jack and stable. The handle is removable. It does come with straps. It is light, strongand very easy to roll around the garage by its handle and to position itunder my bike. The action is smooth, and you can raise and lower it from a standing position beside your bike. It lowers by twisting the handle like a throttle. Thefurther you twist, the faster it moves.

It is possible to go too fast if you aren't careful. I almost had to change my shorts once when I lowered it too fast, not checking to see if the bike's front wheel was to the left (kickstand side). Yeah. Livin' on the edge. Once on the ground it started falling to the right. Since that was the side the handleand Iwere on, I gavemy bike a cross-body block and lifted up and to the other side. This was not easy. Had the bike gained any more momentum,she wouldn't have made it back up. But she did, and we've been getting along fine since.