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Walking Stick With Suspension, Flashlight and Flashing Signal is Perfect for Supergran
Posted by Kit Eaton at 10:44 PM on August 18, 2008
Were I an old geezer right now, my gadget-cravings would no doubt include this multifunction walking stick. It's adjustable, has in-built suspension, an LED flashlight, flashing signals and an alarm and is one bad-arse walking assistance device. Ok, so it's probably designed mainly for hikers and other outdoorsy-types, but if your grandma or grandpa is into gadgets and has walking troubles, then I can imagine they'd love this. Available now for US$31. [Gadget4All via 7Gadgets]
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Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 11:11 PM 18/8/08
Needs to quadruple as a ice axe.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 11:07 PM 18/8/08
Available only in Gotham City, circa 2029. Soon available elsewhere.
OMG! Ponies!
Denver_80203
Posted 11:39 PM 18/8/08
Torch? That'll get Grandma tackled by the TSA.
It's only a torch! Ghaaaa!
Denver_80203
Ben Zvan
Posted 12:14 AM 19/8/08
Does it bother anyone else that it looks kind of like a hammer. I don't think the old folks need that kind of encouragement.
Ben Zvan
Groggy Banana
Posted 12:28 AM 19/8/08
Someone call Hugh Laurie. We've got next season's new gimmick.
/I can't believe that I'm the first one here to say soemthing about House. I'm ashamed of you people.
Groggy Banana
Geisrud
Posted 12:26 AM 19/8/08
Nothin' like a nice high-quality beat-down stick.
Geisrud
weatherman
Posted 12:25 AM 19/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: that's not an ice axe, that's for beating whippersnappers!
weatherman
godwhacker
Posted 1:01 AM 19/8/08
somehow i don't think that suspension on a walking stick or "Multi-function Crutch" as it is described on the product page, is a good idea. if i am not mistaken the point of the device is to take pressure off your leg/foot so you can motor about more easily.
godwhacker
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 12:52 AM 19/8/08
@Ben Zvan: As long as it doesn't look like a banhammer.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
dwarfgoat
Posted 1:55 AM 19/8/08
If only it also contained a hidden sword. That'd be something!
dwarfgoat
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 2:31 AM 19/8/08
@godwhacker: If used as a walking stick, then suspension is a good thing. I don't know the mechanics of it, but I have used both a plain stick and a hiking pole, and there is a difference.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
godwhacker
Posted 3:06 AM 19/8/08
mebbe if you were hiking, and kind of stabbing terrain for balance? the suspension might be good then.
godwhacker
Ben Zvan
Posted 5:35 AM 19/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: A banhammer, properly applied to young whippersnappers may not be such a bad thing.
Ben Zvan
infmom
Posted 5:21 AM 19/8/08
@godwhacker: Having used both a hiking staff and a cane, I can tell you that a little give in the cane would not be a bad thing. It takes a bit of pressure off the hand that holds it.
infmom
infmom
Posted 5:20 AM 19/8/08
Second House comment:
Git'cha exact replica of House's cane here!
infmom
RE-L
Posted 6:38 AM 19/8/08
My father is too proud to use a walking stick, but I wonder if he'd be into this one.
RE-L