[nagdu] NFB Canes

[Buddy Brannan]

Let me clarify this a bit. By "flexibility and give", I don't mean "the ability to collapse, telescope, or otherwise shrink the size of the cane". Rather, I mean that the material that the cane is made of flexes a bit if stressed in some direction it isn't meant to move. For instance, if it gets caught under something. 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Mar 27, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Albert J Rizzi wrote:

> In my limited experience with canes, I too like the flexibility and give of
> canes that are not solid.
> 
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
> CEO/Founder
> My Blind Spot, Inc.
> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
> New York, New York  10004
> www.myblindspot.org
> PH: 917-553-0347
> Fax: 212-858-5759
> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
> doing it."
> 
> 
> Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Buddy Brannan
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 8:25 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] NFB Canes
> 
> Sorry Dave, I'm gonna have to disagree somewhat and say I really think the
> fiberglass ones do just as well, but I prefer them because they're *not*
> quite so rigid as the carbon fiber ones and have that little bit of extra
> give to them. 
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 27, 2010, at 7:31 PM, David Andrews wrote:
> 
>> Of the available canes and cane types, straight non collapsing carbon
> fiber canes deliver the most information and feel up the shaft to the
> handle.  They are fairly stiff and using them may take some getting used to,
> but many people love them.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> At 10:16 AM 3/27/2010, you wrote:
>>> Let me put this out there. many people speak about the information
> derived
>>> from the cane. I suffer from neuropathy and am wondering if anyone else
> does
>>> and which cane they use which delivers accurate information during their
>>> travels.
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nagdu:
>> 
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/buddy%40brannan.name
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/albert%40myblindspot.
> org
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/buddy%40brannan.name