[Blindtlk] cane advice

[Ericka Short]

I've had the same problem with the telescopic canes and don't appreciate the 
fact it collapses in the middle of a street or when you are in a hurry.  I 
use a folding cane too with a rolling marshmallow tip most of the time.  I 
think it's Ambutech, but I am not sure since it's been a while since I 
replaced it.  In winter--and I'm in WI--I found the free straight NFB carbon 
cane with the metal tip worked best for plowing through snow and safer on 
icy sidewalks than the usual folding cane and any other tip.  That's just 
me.  Glad you are seeking advice.  I never knew there were different tips 
and kind of canes until I was out of college.  Had I known more, I would 
have actually carried it many years earlier.  I hated how the one I had 
stuck in sidewalk cracks and jambed into my guts.  That ended use for about 
20 years!  Being a partial nobody forced  the cane on me until I decided  it 
wasn't safe anymore and there were easier ways to  adapt to  no depth 
perception.  There are a lot of things I thought I knew at 12 when I got my 
first cane that I apparently didn't!
Good luck on your quest for the best cane for you.
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