[BlindTlk] Alternatives to Ambutech Canes

[Mark Tardif]

Call the NFB Center at 410-659-9314, Extension 3 for the Independence Market 
and they will be able to help you get a folding or standard cane.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: kelby carlson via BlindTlk
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2022 9:19 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Cc: kelby carlson
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Alternatives to Ambutech Canes

This is helpful. Where do you purchase NFB canes? All I am finding on their 
website is their free white cane program. (I do have one of their standard 
white canes, but it does not fold.)

> On May 14, 2022, at 4:26 PM, Humberto Avila via BlindTlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Kelvy,
>
> Thanks for reaching out. I use an NFB branded cane and have been using 
> their canes since 2019. I switched from the Graphite Ambutech canes, 
> because like you, they were breaking off, sometimes either through the 
> string that holds together the cane or because they become to dirty and 
> weathered. Any cane can be dirty and weathered but I find that the NFB 
> versions are much slimmer and more efficient to handle. Those AmbuTech 
> ones need more effort to cary as they are heavier.
> I still use my NFB 51′′ telescoping cane I bought a couple of years ago 
> and also have a folding NFB 51′′ cane. Both are high quality and they are 
> great especially because the metal tips emit more sound on the ground as 
> you use tap / point-touch techniques which is useful for echo location. 
> However I wouldn't use a telescoping cane while hiking or doing some heavy 
> outdoorsy type of activity as those do telescope easily. In case you 
> didn't know, a telescoping cane is one whose parts slide inwards and 
> outwards. So if you want to deploy it, you would expand it by pulling the 
> tip slightly and the cane's inner tubes / parts would slide out in full 
> size so that you can now use it like you would use any other cane. To put 
> it away, you would simply push the handle of the cane downwards such that 
> if the parts slide inward and contract. The tip then will hook up to an 
> area with rough edges to make it stick so you can now put it in your purse 
> or pocket. I don't know if my explannation is that useful but hope it 
> helps in considering a next cane.
>
> Happy cane-hunting,
>
> Humberto
>
>
> “Be kind; for everyone you meet is fighting a really hard battle.” — πλατο
>
>
>
>> On May 14, 2022, at 10:24 AM, kelby carlson via BlindTlk 
>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Of the last three canes I've bought from Ambutech, all of them have the 
>> problem of the elastic on the inside fraying and eventually tearing near 
>> the folding joints of the cane. As you would expect, the tearing 
>> eventually makes the cane totally unusable. As far as I can tell I'm not 
>> mishandling the canes this has only begun happening fairly recently. I 
>> can't keep replacing and paying for canes every few months, so I am 
>> looking for another cane manufacturer to try. Any suggestions of one 
>> would be very much appreciated.
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