Great balance restorer
At 45 these are my first pair of forearm crutches.  I like them a lot at day 2 and I hope they last as they are very quiet but I'm not a power user yet!  I put the large black zip ties on the cuffs so that my hand can still easily go in the opening but they won't fall off my arms when I'm not walking and let go of the grips (melt the ends of the zip ties after cutting so they aren't sharp).  For the last 30 years I've had trouble walking smoothly that's gotten worse with age.  My neurologist calls it Spinocerebellar Ataxia.  In the last 7 years or so I've started having balance problems as well and my knees have gotten wobbly.  All that results many times in my falling and when out on concrete this is hazardous.  I watched YouTube videos on how to get these properly fitted and the basics of using these to walk and that was all easy.  I'm pleased to see that my balance and wobbly knees seems to be better with these and walking doesn't seem to be such a task anymore.<br /><br />Edit<br /><br />After 2 days I was finding that the zip ties I added to the cuffs were cutting my arms even with the cut ends melted smooth, so I wrapped the ties in soft cloth and duck tape and now real comfortable.<br /><br />Edit 2:<br /><br />Found out that if u squeeze the cuffs they will tighten and keep the adjustment.  Use a rubber band (I used black cloth covered hair elastic ponytail band) if u want to close the cuff.<br /><br />The only con I've found about these crutches is possibly the crutch tip, though it might be crutches in general as I've only been using crutches for 2 weeks.  These crutches tend to deliver a lot of shock to the upper back after 10 minutes of just walking with them.  Compared to other crutch tips it is smaller but universal.  I easily switched the tip for heftier Guardian Signature tips.  But now the crutches aren't so quiet.
Rating: 4 stars