[Blindtlk] Ambutech Cane Question

Wed Jul 13 18:44:55 UTC 2011

I've never used a graphite telescopic cane. I've used one of the regular 
ones you can buy from NFB, I liked it until it got shut in a van door and 
became useless. Which unfortunately was the same week that I baught it. I 
like the folding canes over  streight canes, because I find them more 
portable in cars and busses and all that.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Ambutech Cane Question


> 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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