The media could not be loaded. I thought I’d attach a short video to this review that shows: - the (optional) cup holder - the (optional) cane holder (which is 2 parts: a little tray/base for the cane tip to rest on at the bottom, and a cane clip at the top (both swivel). - how I’m able to roll the walker myself through a “squeeze” point in my small house, all by myself! :-) I thought I’d need help lifting the walker from one part of my house to the other, so I thought I’d only be able to use it in half my house at a time without assistance. But I don’t have that problem, because I realized this walker still rolls and is pretty stable even when it’s folded up. You don’t have to pick it up to move it when it’s folded. I can make it narrow when needed while I’m walking with it by just pulling the little handle on top of the seat to fold it up, and continue pushing it along. No lifting required to move it is super helpful for me—and the strength required to lift up the handle & fold it up is, I’d estimate, just around the strength it’d take to lift a 5-lb bag of flour in a tote bag. So I think you should be able to fold this walker up yourself if you can lift a bag of flour. I should say, however—I do not need the walker for any significant balance issue. That might be a different story. I need it to help take some weight off of my hip, following a total of 3 hip surgeries on both hips. I don’t use it for complete non-weight bearing, just partial weight bearing (i.e., limping). I alternate it with a cane. I think if you needed to be completely non weight-bearing on a leg (i.e., either have your leg swinging in the air or putting almost no weight on it), this type of rolling walker would not be appropriate, because you’d need it to stay put for stability. (Disclaimer: always discuss this stuff with your doctor or P.T. of course, to make sure you’re being safe and not hurting your body.) As for the accessories (sold separately): These are super helpful. I noticed them on the same Amazon page as the walker. Only the Drive accessories will fit this walker (for the most part), because it’s a different shape than most rolling walkers, which are made from round metal pipe. This walker has wide, flat metal parts, which require specially shaped accessories to clip onto it. Cup holder - it works well for most “standard” size water or soda bottles, or a big travel cup that is tapered at the bottom—basically it’ll probably hold a drink if your car’s drink holder will hold it. It swivels to the front and back, which helps to not make the walker too much wider (it might end up making it about 2” wider, though, even when folded to as “low profile” as it goes). It clips on anywhere on the side of the walker (the colored metal part). It also has a cutout which will allow a cup with a handle to fit nicely. The cane holder - like the cupholder, the cane holder made for this Nitro walker clips onto the colored metal side of the walker. I was able to position both the cupholder and the cane holder to go on one side, so that I wouldn’t make my walker any wider than it needed to be. The cane holder nicely fits a standard metal cane firmly—however, I cannot clip one of my crutches onto it, because the tubing on most crutches is a little bit thicker than a cane. But the cane holder is extremely helpful, since usually, I need or want to leave my walker for short periods to access small spaces, and I don’t like to be without a cane when I’m using the walker. Overall, I am very satisfied with this walker. I am able to use it outside, it has no trouble with its large rubber wheels going over rounded curbs, cracks in the sidewalk, uneven pavement, grass, etc. It’s also very stable. The seat is cushioned, but a bit hard. There is no storage under the seat where it lifts up, by the way. The only storage is in that little quilter “leather like” bag in the front of the walker. If I was going to change one thing about this model, it would be to have that storage bag up higher, because I have trouble bending forward that far down, so it’s not very useful for me. It would also be nice if you could easily change out that bag with something else—for example, a basket or other open type container. However, the bag cannot be switched out for a different bag (because the bag has to fold up too whenever the walker folds up)—so you should know that it’s not changeable. The seat is also not completely flat, it is a little rounded on the sides—so a tray of food might be a little unstable if placed on top of it. I would say don’t plan on putting a tray of food on this walker, unless you rig something up on top of the seat cushion to somehow make the tray remain more stable when you push the walker. I think the brakes are a little hard to push, although they are adjustable. If you have a lot of weakness in your hands, you might have some trouble using these brakes a lot. If you flip the brakes down, it locks the brakes, which is a great feature. The seat, as I mentioned, is a little on the hard side, but it’s fairly comfortable. The backstrap, which is the thing that says “drive” on it (in embarrassingly large embroidered letters), is very comfortable when sitting. The walker really is a bit of a “showpiece” when using it in public. Well, I guess at any age, we have to hold our heads up and be proud of our mobility and independence (remember, nobody is completely independent, regardless of how healthy they are), so I say let your walker flag fly proudly, and just use the compliments to help encourage others to acquire or use their own mobility devices to maximize their health, comfort, and freedom of movement. I hope this review and video helps someone out there to sort out which walker works or doesn’t work for them. It’s a big world to navigate, and hey, it’s a lot of reviews to read, but at least we have a plenty of choices about how we roll! :-)
