Elbow Crutch - Universal (Adjustable)

Product itself is amazing but its expensive on Amazon, other sites its at low price available

For my daughter during her recovery from a foot injury

These are great, so much easier to use than a cane and gives much more support. Helps me get around much easier and helps me feel like I can get out and do things again!

Really A Genius Product, Value Of Money, Brilliant Quality And Nice Rich Look It Feel Like You Use Premium Stick.

The crutch seems to be ok and useful (hardly 3 days since I used, so can not say for sure if it is very good or very bad), but the first impression is good. I think it is not metal (aluminium or steel), but plastic or fibre. The advantage of this feature is that it is light weight, but doubt its durability. The bottom rubber foot is fairly large in diameter with rubber pins which give good grip while walking. I was using normal walking stick earlier, which I found little difficult to put my hand pressure downwards and hence on recommendations of a friend I bought this. I have to use it for some more time and give comparative review after some time with update. I am unlucky that within 3 days of my purchase the price has come down by Rs. 100. But one thing I am very much disappointed was the way the product was packed. I was shocked to see the delivery man bringing this almost as in opened condition. I normally receive products from Amazon in decently packed condition with air pillow packages and then in a cardboard container to avoid any possible damage to the product. But this was just packed with just POLYTHENE sheet with delivery address label stuck on that sheet. I didn't expect such low level package from Amazon. Also it is customary to pack any product in such a way so that the content is not visible outside people. But this one came almost NAKED.

I was excited by these at first as they appeared lightweight and suitable for long term forearm crutch users. However after just one month, I have discovered that due to the low quality materials used, these crutches are useless for long term use or by overweight users as they fall apart. These users would be better served by the metal-based alternatives on the market with reinforced cuff designs. PROS: - extremely light weight - pleasing looking design - velcro strapping threaded through the cuffs is well designed CONS: - low quality materials and workmanship. - mine fell apart (the locking pin holding the cuff on broke in two) after just one month of full-time use (and that was partial weight bearing - I have severe arthritis from inoperable cancer). - the tips are terrible quality and I had to replace them on arrival as they were dangerous (shiny plastic moulding with no traction - I actually had to use a file to roughen the base to improve traction, but it wasn't enough and I gave up at that point). - unsuitable for long term use (ie. long term disease rather than temporary use after an accident) as the components wear out in a fraction of the time compared to their traditional metal-based counterparts. The plastic moulding becomes detached, and the cuffs are designed with a fatal point of weakness where the stem and locking pin meet the cuff. - unsuitable for heavier users (80 kg+) due to the poor quality plastic frame and components. - unsuitable for elderly as the plastic moulding becomes very unstable and "sways" within the bracket - combined with the light weight frame, this would be insufficiently stable for this user group. - the cuffs are so poorly designed at the stem that I ended up supergluing mine into a fixed "down" position to improve stability, which totally negated the rotational flexibility that I originally purchased them for. COMMENT: - the fact that my crutches were shipped from the "Returns" Department of this manufacturer should have been a clue to the workmanship. I do not recommend them as the money saved on the purchase is negated by having to replace them with a different brand just one month later. PHOTOS: 1 - showing the cuffs, the red circle shows a homemade locking pin after the original snapped. The other cuff has an intact locking pin but I have superglued it to add temporary stability. Both cuffs are superglued into a fixed "down" position to improve stability until I can replace them with another manufacturer's product. 2 and 3 - showing the small, poor quality crutch tips with low traction (plastic rather than rubber)