[Blindtlk] Ambutech Cane Question

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Dianne,

I've used the Ambutech folding canes for a long time before I got 
my NFB straight cane.  I've had some experience with the 
telescopic cane, and I didn't really like it as much as the 
folding cane, because I think it contracts very awkwardly.  So, I 
would recommend the folding cane over the telescoping one.  As a 
person who switched over from the folding cane to the straight 
cane, I would just advise you that there's a weight difference in 
the folding cane to the straight cane, in that the folding cane 
is about twice as heavy as the straight cane.  This has proved to 
be a big difference in my mobility.  I couldn't do the 
two-point-touch technique with the folding cane very well, 
especially outside or in the grass, since I had to lift that 
heavy thing up every time I tried to tap it.  So I had to resort 
to constant contact.  But I'm using two-point-touch with the 
straight cane again and it's a lot better, in that I'm able to 
get a lot more information out of sound.  Anyone who's been to a 
national convention where a lot of cane users are present and 
tapping knows exactly what I mean.  :) Hope that helps!

 Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Graves, Diane" <dgraves at icrc.IN.gov
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:58:35 -0400
Subject: [Blindtlk] Ambutech Cane Question


Hi guys,

My apologies for any cross postings.  I'm just wondering whether 
anyone has ever used the ambutech graphite telescoping canes? The 
description on the Ambutech site sounds like this cane might hold 
up a little better and be a little less likely to collapse at 
inopportune times the way that the carbon fiber and the fiber 
glass tend to do after they have been used for a while.  However, 
it is $55, so I really don't want to spend that much-almost 
double the price-if I'm not getting something that is a lot 
better.  I have experience with the graphite folding canes, but 
have never used one of     their telescopic canes.

Any feedback appreciated.

Thanks,
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Diane Graves
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