[nagdu] NFB Canes

[David Baker]

Maybe, you're right, Julie.

I agree about portability.  I looked at the telescoping canes on the NFB
website.  Are the telescoping Fiberglas ones perhaps more sturdy than the carbon
fiber ones?  I imagine they are heavier, but I wonder by how much?

Thanks for your response.

David

David Baker
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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Julie J
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:03 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] NFB Canes

David,

I wonder if you somehow got a defective telescopic cane?  I just can't imagine
pulling it apart in the process of extending it.

Their not perfect, but they win the prize in portability.

Julie

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Baker" <david at bakerinet.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] NFB Canes


> Albert, I use graphite Advantage canes from Revolution Enterprises in 
> California
> which are available at advantagecanes.com.
>
> Both my rigid and my folding canes are Advantage canes.  I prefer the 
> rigid cane
> because of its sensitivity.  It weighs just over 8 oz.   I use a roller 
> tip on
> both of them.
>
> 'Lost one to a limo driver making a high speed left turn in NYC, but have
> otherwise never damaged one.  My tips, using alternating rigid canes, 
> last
> about three or four years, depending on how wobbly I am willing to let the
> roller tip get.   I am recovering them with reflective tape and replacing 
> the
> grips after more than ten years of service.  They have been all over the 
> world
> with me.  I got my first Advantage cane at Lighthouse in San Francisco 
> sometime
> in the 90's.  I never did like the Ambutech folding cane and I bent a 
> rigid
> aluminum one.  The telescoping NFB cane is nifty for packing and for 
> meetings,
> but since it pulls apart before it has enough tension to hold together, it
> doesn't have much practical use for me as a mobility tool.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Albert J Rizzi
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:17 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] NFB Canes
>
> David, tell me about the revolution cane you speak of. I am hoping to 
> secure
> some new canes to come to terms with the one which suits me best. My
> introduction to the cane I now use came from my mobility instructor. I 
> ordered
> one of the free canes from the nfb and I really am not a fan of the solid 
> one at
> all. So, please do tel.
>
>
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