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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
There is nothing like this walking stick Jan 05, 2008
By N. J. Simicich
"Gadget Geek"
I'm reviewing this as a medical cane, not as a hiking stick. I have a limp and weakness in my right ankle that overtakes me suddenly and I need a cane to balance on if I am in the mood where the cane might collapse on me.
A common problem for people who use regular canes is that the weight of the cane causes elbow pain. You have to lift the cane between steps, and the heavier you are the heavier the cane needs to be to support you - thus you are damned if you do use the cane by elbow pain, and damned if you don't by whatever caused you to need the cane.
This cane breaks all those rules. It can hold a 350 lb person without bending, and it weighs a fraction of what a typical metal or bentwood cane would - literally, it feels like a feather after you have been lifting a bentwood cane. And it can go offroad, in snow, beach sand, or on sidewalks.
On an airplane, you can collapse it and it will go into the overhead - so that you will have it when you need it to get to the toilet - or when you need to get off the plane since the flight attendants never bring you your cane after landing. A full sized cane needs to be taken and put in a closet, and try and get it back.
I'm on my fifth one. I've given them to desparate friends and lost them. I ran one over with a golf cart and bent it up. All my fault, so I sent a request to Leki for repair parts and a bill, or a way to order them on a credit card. They sent me repair parts and no bill. Despite the fact that nothing could be expected to stand this abuse, they sent me a new lower half for nothing.
It can be made tall enough for me to rest my head on while sitting up (I'm a tall person) and I can easily adjust it a bit to let me straighten or bend my arm a bit to change the angle while walking. The spring can be defeated by twisting the cane a bit while collapsed, or it can be left fully working to make it less prominent.
The spring may be less important than things like the weight and the wrist strap and the fact that collapsed with a carabiner (included on the last one I bought) you can easily clip the cane to your belt so that you could limp with both hands free.
I've used a bunch of different canes and this is the best cane ever built. Bar none. It solves so many different problems so perfectly that it should be considered by anyone who can use a simple cane without upper arm support. After I bought my first one I threw my other canes away.
Of course, were it sold as a medical supply it would cost $300. Since it is a high tech hiking stick, you can get it for only twice as much as a heavy, weak, drugstore adjustable cane. And, with all that, the grip is more confortable than most of the ones from a medical supply house.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Excellent design Oct 06, 2007
By A Friend
I bought this for an elderly friend who has terrible arthritis in her knees. Her hands were very sore from using a regular walking stick. The spring action of this stick combined with the cork handle make it far more comfortable and she really likes it.
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