Dear all, I am a user of a white cane since 6 years. I am not much into the advanced canes that are coming up in the market these days. Although the white cane perfectly fits my need, one problem i have is the the elasticity of the chord wears out. This is not the chord that runs from within the cane, but the one with which one holds the cane together after it's folded and also wear it around their wrist while they are walking. after few months, the wornout chord sometimes can get tangled with the cane foldings and that makes it difficult to open it. so i came up with an idea of using velcro instead of the chord. I took help from a designer to fix one end of the velcro tape to the cane using a nut and a bolt. the other end of the tape can be fastened as per our use (holding the cane while it's folded and wearing it around our wrist). The length of the tape could approximately be 25 cm. It seems the life span of nylon velcro is 10,000 times, so if i use my cane on an average of 20 times per day, it will come up to 7500 times per year. Right now, i am testing it out to see how durable and long lasting it will be. I am writing this mail to know if anyone of you face the same problem with the chord or not. how do you manage if the chord wears out? and what do you think of the velcro tag. I will be curious to know your opinion.
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