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HomeHealth ProductsRehabilitationKnee Walker,Wheeled,1/cs *Free Shipping! |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Do not buy this item. Nov 07, 2009
By An electronics enthusiast
I recently had an ankle surgery and I currently have a half leg cast with a non-weight bearing left leg. I bought this item thinking that it would provide me more flexibility than a pair of crutches. I was wrong.. This particular item is useless. It does not have a steering wheel, so it only goes in straight lines. Moreover, since it is bulky, it is quite difficult to maneuver. The foam pad was quite thick but it did not have soft cushion. The pressure it exerted on my cast was so much that it started hurting on my ankle. The brakes were not working well. Moreover, they were pre-installed for a right hand use. Since my cast was on left leg, i needed to reverse them. Although the instructions stated that it was quite easy, but I could not change the brakes them from right handed to left handed after repeated try.
The worst of all, even though I returned the item after trying the item for just one day at home, I was charged an 18% restocking fee. On top of that they charged me the shipping fee for the original shipment to me, even though it had been shipped free to me in the beginning. At the end I only got $169.33 back. Needless to say that I paid additional $20 for shipping it back to them. All in all a loss of $73 for me.
In summary, a complete waste of time and money. I would recommend going for a walker which has steering capability. Otherwise, it is just not worth it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 A good complement to crutches Jul 27, 2010
By K. Seaton
I've used this twice now for my various lower leg injuries. Before my purchase, I was aware of the lack of a steering wheel (which adds another few hundred dollars in other models), and ultimately I found that it worked fine. In essence, to steer it, you have to pause in your walking and lift the device briefly to correct its direction. I found it very intuitive and not a problem to learn this technique for steering, and frankly I was happy to save the extra money versus other models.
Three great things about this that cannot be said about crutches: 1) you can carry things in your hands, and 2) you can go farther distances without getting tired, and 3) an added bonus is that you are bearing some weight on that side of your body while you're doing it, so I believe the muscles in your thigh will atrophy just a bit less than when you have no weight bearing at all with just crutches. That's big when it comes to recovery time!
I will say the brake is not wonderful; you have to squeeze pretty hard sometimes. I think that is because the wheels are made of such hard rubber that they don't grip well against the brake. I suspect that could be remedied with some tinkering if it posed too much of a problem (e.g., rough up the wheels with sandpaper to increase the friction).
I still used my crutches for many other purposes, e.g. going up/down stairs, maneuvering in tight spaces, but I used the knee walker in the kitchen in particular because it was so much safer to carry things in my hands (rather than hopping - bad, or putting weight on my leg when I'm not supposed to - even worse!).
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