DO NOT BUY THIS!
I'm still having problems trusting this to support my weight; it just seems too flimsy to do it.  I'm 265 lbs. and this cane is rated for 300, but I'm skeptical if it really would support that weight.  It's a plastic shell of a handle that houses the batteries and electronics and I can feel it flexing and making small crunching noises under my hand.  Time will tell I suppose, I just hope I don't wind up on the ground.  Other than that, I like the flashlight and blinking red light.  They help quite a bit when I walk down my drive and out into the road to my mailbox at night.  I wish there were a way to toggle them individually though.  Sometimes I don't need the white light (full moon) but would like to have the red on for safety but that isn't an option.  The first push of the button turns on the white light, the second adds the red to that, the third shuts them both off.  It would be an improvement if the third turned off the white but left the red on, then the fourth shut them all off.<br /><br />The alarm function, while I'm sure it has its uses, really isn't loud enough to help much, and my cats hate it.  Oh well, it may come in handy at conventions... &#34;Gangway!  Old-fart coming through!&#34; WeeeeeWeeeeeWeeee!<br /><br />Update: So I got this on February 26th, and today is April 15th.  48 days.  Still on the first set of batteries. That's how long it took to break.  One side of the hinge on the battery door seems to have snapped, and the door no longer stays closed properly, causing the lights to flicker and go out when you least expect it.  The plastic handle is also starting to split apart when I put my weight on the cane, causing it to pinch my fingers now and then.  I'd send it back but it's just now worth the expense of the shipping and the cost of getting it to the post office to send it.  (My truck gets 11 MPG and the post office is 25 miles round trip)  It's a good idea, and I'd love it if it were better made, but I have to be able to trust it and it's not up to that.<br /><br />Update July 26:  I knew I should have gotten rid of this thing.  I got lazy tonight, and instead of walking back to my office for my regular cane I grabbed this one in the garage to use taking the trash cans down to the street for pickup tomorrow.  The thrice blasted thing broke on me as I was going down our steep driveway and I fell, banging myself up pretty good in the process.  The handle snapped clean in two on it, right at the seam, and down I went.  Batteries went one way, cane went another.  I've got a nice gash on my hand where the plastic cut me that took a few stitches to close and I had to crawl on my hands and knees back up the driveway to the house.  Took me about half an hour to do that with my bad knees and arthritis.  I have half a mind to call my lawyer and sue, but I blame myself for not throwing this piece of junk away a long time ago.
Rating: 1 stars