[nagdu] NFB Canes

Wed Mar 31 04:39:17 UTC 2010

Marion,

Dunno, although I would love to repair mine, too.  The problem is that with
that one join sticking, I keep almost poking an eye out trying to get it to
collaspe so I can try to figure out what's going on with it.  The loss of
that top piece doesn't really affect anything so long as I don't collapse
the cane, so I just declared it a straight cane and stopped worrying about
it...  Somehow, everytime I'm ready to order a new one, something comes up
that costs exactly the same amount, so I'm beginning to have existential
issues about the whole subject.  /grin/

DD, also Mr. Fixit, naturally, has examined the broken cap, frowned,
fiddled, sighed, mutter things involving Home Depot, Lowe's, Bi-Mart...
This is good entertainment, in my book, so at least I get something out of
it.  He finally snorts and grunts and says in disgust, "Why do you need to
collapse it when it works just fine the way it is?"

So, that's the verdict over here.  I would say I would be planning to order
a new one, but I am tired of finding how many odd little budget whackers
cost exactly the same amount as an NFB telescoping cane.  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Marion Gwizdala
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 3:55 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] NFB Canes

Julie,
    I, too, had a telescopic cane that had the end piece come out after 
about two years of regular use.
Recently, though, I have not had the advantage of keeping one for that long.

The issue I have had is with the cap breaking, even when keeping a hand on 
it while collapsing it. Does anyone know where to get something to repair 
the cap? My friendly Home depot & Lowes don't seem to have anything that 
size in their plumbing (PVC) departments. Everything is either too large or 
too small! I'm going to try again now that I have found the remaining piece,

which consists only of the threaded ring!

Fraternally yours,
marion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:03 PM
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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