My walking ability deteriorated markedly earlier this year when I reached 90 years of age. My physio advised me I should use a Walker for support when moving around out of doors. As I have resided in a sheltered housing flat for the last 12 years I have had the opportunity to observe residents using various models of locally acquired models.of Walker.The shopping centre of this local historic small English town is around five or so minutes walk at a normal walking pace. It is accessed via an unevenly paved footpath, a couple of kerbs, and finally by a downward sloping pathway. The centre has a cobblestone market square, from which radiate four long streets of shops. Many of these have a step or two to access. Pedestrians who use locally available walkers have some difficulties in shopping. I therefore borrowed one such walker from a resident and found I was only able to visit two or three shops at most before becoming exhausted and having to struggle home up the inclined route with further problems getting up kerbs. I surfed the web to locate a source for a better quality walker and found the Trionic site to be a potential source. I received a comprehensive catalogue on request which arrived from Sweden in a few days. Some details needed to be clariified and each of these was resolved via a series of e-mails to an from Stefan Kindberg, (the inventor/designer and owner of Trionic) The optimum model was identified as the Walker12er.. This has 12 inch diameter wheels and is designed to overcome the difficulties of manoevering kerbs and steps.I called up the order form on a Monday,and completed it and payed via the Paypal option,. Promptly I received a confirmation, and a message that the order would be despatched from Sweden that same day,to be delivered to me (via UBS) on the Friday.four days later.It arrived on time in a stout cardboard box which when opened, revealed the 12er as fully assembled.; Included was an instruction book giving comprehensive instructions on how to set it up for individual use.and on how to use the braking systems etc.The 12er has been used daily over the last month and has performed faultlessly. .It has coped with with all the problems mentioned earlier. Now I can shop from one end of the town to the other for over an hour and return home.without any fatigue and the 12er is undoubtably the Rolls Royce of walkers. This superior performance is clearly a function of the design which is based on four 12 inch wheels each of which swivels easily...This latter feature also makes traversing indoor corridors and doorways easy. Also the ability to control the level of braking applied is a useful safety factor. as it prevents the possibility of the Walker attempting to run away on a severe downward slope. .The 12er is fitted with an adequate basket for light shopping loads and incorporates an ingeniously designed seat for resting, if neccessary.There is a price to pay for this excellent Walker but the loss of my walking ability was so high that I could envisage having to enter a care home for treatment and rest and thus generate astronomic costs. So I am able to rate the expense fori the 12er as most worthwhile.. .
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