[nagdu] NFB Canes

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

David,

I have more Advantage graphite canes with roller balls!  I really like them,
in fact, but after the injuries to my arms and hands, I developed tendinitis
and a few other -itises because I continued to use them for lots of walking
I needed to do while the injuries were still fresh...  So I stort of had to
go lighter and limit my cane use as much as possible.  Thus, Mitzi!  /grin/
I could walk with her without having to truly use the cane so long as I
stayed to familiar paths and let her leash guide many, many months before I
would even think of declaring her a guide dog!  In fact, I ended up giving
up and letting her leash guide me in her walking harness before I ever got
around to ordering her a guide dog harness.  /smile/  I would not have
dreamed of doing that in a true guiding sense, but I was able to get out and
walk like the wind with her, which I really needed.  /smile/

Anyway, I'm finally able to use the carbon fiber straight canes for sporadic
short sessions -- my poodle at the groomer practices -- but I'm building up
strength, too and beginning to wonder if I don't to go back to the Advantage
canes with the roller ball tip as my primary canes...

Just in case I need a primary cane, and also because my telescoping carbon
fiber NFB cane bit the dust and I need to get around to ordering a new one
if I'm not going to go to using the Advantage...  Decisions, decisions!
/grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of David Baker
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:16 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
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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