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Cane is folding while i'm walking. Help?? (self.Blind)
submitted by blindjo
My cane keeps folding in on me while i'm walking. This only started happening a few days ago, but its becoming problematic. I have an Ambutech graphite folding cane with a rolling marshmallow tip (i use constant contact). I got it about a month and a half back, and it was working just fine up until recently. Has anyone had this happen to them before? I have a backup Revolution cane, but i don't want to give up on my new cane just yet (i've even named her! We're attached!). My new job requires a lot of walking, so safety is really important. Suggestions?
blind_devotion08 3 points 6y ago
Sorry man, I use a cane that has the pieces slide into each other like a tent pole, and if mine did what yours is doing, that means it's broken
KillerLag 2 points 6y ago
It sounds like something is up with the joint.... Definitely contact where you got it from.
Do you know if it is one of the newer models with the locking joint mechanism? Sometimes the locking mechanism doesn't engage properly, so you have to hit it again.
Do you know if it is one of the newer models with the locking joint mechanism? Sometimes the locking mechanism doesn't engage properly, so you have to hit it again.
blindjo [OP] 2 points 6y ago
I'm not sure if its one of the newer models. On the website, the company said that the joints were "tapered." Could this be the same thing? The joints themselves are really small. On my last cane, the interlocking feature went in much deeper
KillerLag 3 points 6y ago
Yeah, you have one of the newer ones. To lock it, hold it pointing straight down, and give it a good smack downwards (like you are driving the tip into the ground). Don't do it so hard you break the tip (a client of mind did that before).
To unlock, you hold the cane at roughly a 45 degree angle (like you are using it), raise the tip up and give it a good whack (once again, not so hard you shatter the thing). You may need to rotate the cane and repeat once or twice to get all the joints to unlock.
When our store first got the canes, we very quickly learned they locked... but we were never told how they unlocked. :O We finally figured it out ;)
To unlock, you hold the cane at roughly a 45 degree angle (like you are using it), raise the tip up and give it a good whack (once again, not so hard you shatter the thing). You may need to rotate the cane and repeat once or twice to get all the joints to unlock.
When our store first got the canes, we very quickly learned they locked... but we were never told how they unlocked. :O We finally figured it out ;)
blindjo [OP] 2 points 6y ago
Thank you!
KillerLag 2 points 6y ago
No problems, glad that is the issue! The first batch of those canes had some production issues and had a tendency to break as well... but that was a while ago and the newer canes seem better.
k00l_m00se 1 points 6y ago
I had the same problem with their folding stuff.
awesomesaucesaywhat 1 points 6y ago
I would recommend calling them. It shouldn't be doing that.
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