[Blindtlk] Advantage Canes

Fri Mar 10 06:01:15 UTC 2017

awww thanks. Sorry I don't have mine anymore; hence, the need for a
new one. I'll be giving them a call. Thanks for the number. And yes I
have used the NFB Folding as well. Like them. Will likely amass a few
spares as time goes along. I think the most canes I've had at one time
is 3. For some reason my rigid cane is a bit wieldy getting into cars
especially lately. It will likely go into storage once I get a folding
one since I have lost it a couple of times, misplaced around the
house.

On 3/6/17, Vejas Vasiliauskas via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I used to have Revolution folding canes, and while I find them
> useful, I find the NFB folding canes a little lighter and easier
> to hold.
> Vejas
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Wolf via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:17:18 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Advantage Canes
>
> Advantage (Revolutions) are great canes, and yes, lighter than
> ambutech.  They are slimmer.  They have finesse by comparison.
>
> Their number in the U.S.  is 800-382-5132.
>
> I.D.  canes are much slimmer.  They aren’t durable like a regular
> cane.  An I.D.  cane can break in uses that you’d otherwise “meet
> the landscape” with a regular one.  Otherwise, they are a slimmer
> similar format as a white cane.  I do, however, keep one
> permanently in my rollaboard suitcase for a backup.  I learned to
> do this in a hotel doorway in Arizona once, when I caught my cane
> and broke it while rolling the big hotel luggage dolly through.
>
>  The only place on the road trip home where we could find a cane
> had one that was too long and heavy.  And they were overpriced.
> I wouldn’t have kept it, so I did the next two days without a
> cane.  That was fun.  I keep my advantage I.D.  cane with a
> marshmallow roller tip.  Although this adds weight, it makes it
> usable in a pinch, without the shocks that catching cracks would
> do with a pencil tip.  I just have to keep in mind that it is
> somewhere between delicate and fragile.  I don’t think an I.D.
> cane would support a ball - too much mass for the slim shaft.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Some of you have probably read my posts.  Sorry for the repeat if
> so:
>
> I have spatial as well as vision issues, so I do use ambutech -
> they are a battle-ax.
>
>  If you have a graphite ambutech, five or six section folding,
> that is a couple of years old, that’s the model I prefer.  I’d
> purchase a brand new currently improved model and have them ship
> it to you in trade, if you were willing.  Let me know if you are
> interested.  Size:  54, 56 or 58 inches.  Thanks friends.  One
> person has responded.  We’re working on it now.  I’d like to get
> one or two more for when I break or lose one again!
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 6, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Danielle Ledet via blindtlk
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>  Would somebody give me the number to Revolution Enterprises? My
> darn
>  computer won't switch to the webpage.  And, what is the diff
> between
>  the folding and ID models? Also, do you all recommend any other
> canes
>  I haven't tried if this does not work for me? I had an Ambutech
> but
>  got rid of it because it was just too heavy.  It was a graphite,
> but
>  you all have been saying Advantage ones are lighter although
> they are
>  graphite as well.  I needed a rollerball tip but I ordered the
> wrong
>  thing with my AMbutech; the marshmallow tip.
>
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