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Absolutely fantastic forearm crutches. I love their lightness. I am 4’10” and find them to be excellent to work with. I had hip replacement and need them for the little extra weight Deering support. Much nicer than the heavy duty ones I used for my other hip replacement in 2008. These are so comfortable to use. The others were loose in the band for arm support and had to be slid into from the top to prevent bruising my arm. Theses are so easy to lean my arm into from the front. Smooth and comfortable. I am sure these would be excellent for a child due to the weight—-plus they are pretty and so easy to use.

I am very, very satisfied with these crutches! USPS Messed up the Delivery first time but Amazon arranged a replacement for me! These are my first pair of forearm crutches, I switched from using a Cane / Traditional crutches due to them putting too much strain on the wrong joints, although, compared to even my Standard shoulder crutches, the grips on these handles are HARD, I had used a couple of cut up towel and safety pins to create a makeshift hand padding. Lots of support, but if you put your weight greatly to the left or right of the crutches, they do flex somewhat. The crutches DO NOT flex when i am walking forward, ONLY when I attempt sideways maneuvers or offset my weight on the crutches. Super easy to adjust, took me 5 minutes to get it adjusted to myself. The bottom locking mechanism fits really tightly which gives me peace of mind. Overall great crutches for myself currently, I am likely going to Order some smart crutches from smart-crutch-usa when they re-open Jan 1, as these still put a little too much strain on my elbows.

I don't usually write reviews but there aren't enough reviews on crutches, especially about durability. I've only recently, in the last months, have I really started using these crutches for non-weight bearing, but for the last year or so, I have used them as an ambulatory crutch user, moreso using only one crutch. I've used them at least a few hours every weekday for the last month or two. My body specifications: My elbow height, with my forearm parallel to the ground, with my shoes on, is about 39 or 39.5 inches. Height is 5' 6.5" I weigh around 120 pounds. Pros: Nothing significant has broken, even crutch tips look good still, and are sturdy (I mostly use them on tile). I didn't even know this but the crutch tips actually have metal in them, which may be why they're quite durable. They're pretty easy to adjust, and the inner tube has holes spaced about 1 inch apart from each other. The thing to note about adjustment for this is that there are 2 external holes. So if the top external hole doesn't work for you on all of the inner hole settings, then you can use the bottom external hole with the inner tube holes to make the crutch taller. The handles are actually really nice and kind of the perfect size for my bony hands/long fingers. I've only gotten wrist pain a few times with these (and that's likely a height adjustment issue rather than a handle issue). Using both crutches, I've rarely gotten wrist pain from using this, and the plastic seems to support my small forearms quite well. Now for the con.. One Big Con: With my height and/or elbow height, and my shoes, these crutches were either too tall or too short. Having 1 inch spacings for forearm crutches is just not going to work for some people's heights I guess. I wanted to use the top external hole, but I was inbetween the top inner tube hole (which was just slightly too tall for me) and the one lower than that. This may be because I often use them walking rather than with standing - and with standing I can have it on the very top inner tube hole and it often works fine. However I have weak shoulder muscles/probably hypermobility, and trying to be non-weight bearing while walking did hurt my shoulders a little bit (this may be due to weak shoulder muscles/incorrect technique though, so take the height adjustment info with a grain of salt). I do think in general it would be nice to have smaller steps than 1 inch spacing for forearm crutches though, due to needing the angle to be right, especially since the length of the cuffs aren't adjustable (luckily for me they are just about perfect) Luckily someone I know helped me drill another hole that I needed (about .4 inches bellow the top inner tube hole) so I could use these comfortably. Oh and don't leave them outside in below freezing weather for a day or two - because if you take the plastic clip off it will break off. Somehow only 25% of the plastic came off, so the clip still works magically. Of course the other con is just that they don't have cuffs on them, so you can't really carry stuff around if you're using 2 crutches. And for height adjustments, another thing I didn't think of earlier would be to get a taller crutch tip, which might fix the height issues (just about to try the MTip and a Fetterman tip though I haven't used them yet - the Fetterman tip adds about 1 inch of height, the MTip maybe slightly less than that). I do like the crutch tips that come with the crutches, especially because they do stay on the ground more than traditional crutch tips I think (more flexible), especially as you're walking, but the MTip seems like it gives you a little more help with walking than the one with this crutch does, and possibly a bit more cushiony, since it's not metal. Conclusions: This is a super sturdy pair of forearm crutches that somehow hasn't broken yet which I'm really impressed by. Everything's still in tact after about a year of use, mostly on hard surfaces too. Impressed the crutch tips haven't worn out yet really. Honestly I think it's worth the buy even if the height adjustment isn't ideal, as getting other crutch tips might be an easy solution (and if you did want to drill a hole you could.. we drilled a hole in the inner tube and a hole in the outer tube, and they are just as sturdy as before). If the height adjustments worked for me, would give it 5 stars.

perfect item

Love these crutches! I had a pair that said 6’2” but they were 4 inches to short. I had to look hard to find a pair that was 39 inches and not 35 inches. I just got them yesterday and tried them out today with my physical therapist. They were so light it felt weird to use them. The box they came in was heavier than these. I am relearning to walk after back surgeries 4 years ago and recent knee replacements. This will make it easy to walk normally since they are so light.

These crutches are decent quality, and easy to use. They've helped a lot with my mobility and moving my weight from my hips to my shoulders and back. There are some issues I have, however. Upon my crutches finally arriving, there was an immediate issue. My crutches have a length discrepancy. Set at the same height, one is just slightly taller than the other. This isn't too much of an issue for me, but for others I can see how it may affect their balance. There's also the issue of long term use. It's been very rough on my wrists with the angle they have the crutch handles at.

These are great for my needs. With arthritis I’m in need of extra support when walking and these are more comfortable than regular crutches because I can have my hands in a more normal placement than rotated outward. They save wear-and-tear on my wrists and hands. These MAY NOT BE right for use with a broken leg where you need more support. I am using both legs, but knees and ankles are weak from bone loss due to arthritis.

Understand that these are not your high end ergonomic orthopedic crutch. For those you will pay four times the cost of these. In this price range these are quite good. They don’t have the solid feel that the high end ones do, but don’t feel rickety either. I have used them for a couple days now and feel it is my arms/shoulders that don’t quite have the strength yet that contributes to my instability feeling, not the crutch. The handles are more formed than a basic handle but not as much as a truly ergonomic handle would be. They are definitely light in weight. Instructions for adjusting the height really should be included with these. It would eliminate a lot of confusion. Please read the comments of others looking for a good set of instructions that indicates height adjustments of 1”, because it can. On the exterior all you see are the two holes, but those are the base points. For short term crutch requirement (a couple of months), I am fine with these. If I had a long term need (permanent disability) I would look in a higher price range.