Fetterman Tornado Rain Tips

I use this with the Nova heavy duty cane. While both are heavier than a standard cane and tip, it offers me stability and comfort with walking and using staircases The bottom of the tip shows hardly any wear after 3 months. In the rain and slushy surfaces, it is pretty slip resistant. At over $60 for 2 tips, it costs more than most tips. But if it saves me from a fall, then it's worth it. Also Made in the USA!

I've been on crutches for 21 years. I've went through way too many crutch tips to count... until I bought these. I actually bought them in May 2020. I also got the matching hand grips and underarm pads at the same time. I am just now getting to the point that I need new tips. Yes, they've lasted for over five years. I was going through a new set of tips every six months and had many slips and falls on wet floors. With the Fetterman tips I have fallen ONE time. As long as Fetterman makes tips I'll never buy another brand. Yes, they are expensive. But compare this price to paying $10 every six months and falling all the time. I know where my money is going.

I had a skiing accident and ended up having knee surgery, as a result I was on crutches for about 13 weeks total. I bought these during the first week as I really hated the crutches I was on and wanted to improve them however I could. In addition to these crutch tips I bought 'Crutcheze pad, grip cover and bag'. Anyway, these tips were such a good purchase! I'm up in Maine where it was super wet and snowy, these tips functioned admirably. They have way more contact with the ground so I feel much more stable when crutching around everywhere, and they absorb way more of the impact when moving so it's just way comfier. Overall I'd highly recommend purchasing these crutch tips, they are such an improvement over the basic ones that come with regular crutches. At $60 I know they look steep, I really pondered the purchase, but then again for 13 weeks it comes out to $4.6 per week! And these are easily worth $20 a week for the comfort alone!

These are expensive suckers but, knowing that I'll be on crutches for at least 14 weeks in the middle of the Pacific NW's rainy winter, I felt they were worth trying to keep from wiping out as I navigate my world. Since I've been on crutches I've come close to going down on wet floors at the burger joint down the block, at my office, and at a couple of restaurants. I haven't been back to the same restaurants since putting on the Tornado Rain Tips but I have been back to the burger joint and my office on super rainy days, and have not had the super scary skids I did with the standard issue emergency room crutch tips. The true test will come when I try my crutches poolside next week. These buggers are pretty tough to get on the crutches, so I knocked off one star for that. After struggling with one, I used baby powder to help force the other one on. It did make things easier, but then had the baby powder one on at a different level than the non-baby powder one so struggled to get them evened out. Also, do they really need to be as expensive as they are? $56+ bucks is a heck of a lot of crutch tips, but with no options between the super cheapo and these, I didn't feel that I had much of a selection.

My friend uses crutches due to a permanent disability. The Fetterman rain tips are a godsend for him. We don't have to worry about him "doing a Bambi" on wet floors. The shock absorbtion means less wear on his arms, shoulders and back. Their ability to pivot provides complete ground to tip coverage, reducing the likelihood of a fall. They are a little pricey, but they work and they last. We usually replace his tips about once a year. Obviously, wear will depend on how frequently you crutch. We have complete peace of mind with these tips.

Been using Fetterman's Tornado gel rain crutch tips for years! Makes my crutches more stable, almost non-slip! (grit, paper, debris, oil on hard surface will make even non handicapped slip) And they are much longer lasting than the drugstore brands! Can't imagine using any other tips! Absolutely worth the price for comfort, stability and not needing to replace tips every few weeks! (I get about 18 months of use. Daily 1-4 miles on city sidewalks plus around home.)

My husband has been on crutches since 2003. He’s always used the standard crutch tips - the kind that he goes through every 2-4 weeks. They slip, they slide, they are a safety issue. Then a lady told him about these crutch tips when we were grocery shopping. I immediately looked for them. I’m not going to lie - the price was a huge turn off. But my husband needed a better option so I bought one set. (In case he hated them.) Not only does he love them, but he’s safer on them. They are heavier than the standard tips but they offer more stability, slip resistance and a longer life. They are constructed well - I’m interested to see how long they last!

Tornado Tips have been my go-to crutch tips for years. Unfortunately, this pair came apart in one day. The non-slip pad doesn’t feel like the pads on my others version that gradually wore down over months. This non-slip pad is actually smooth and it just came right off after barely using them for one day. The second pad is also loose. Since I threw my old tips away, I can’t even send these back.

Nearly six months on, I've decided to write a review on these tips. They have been through wet, puddles, dry and uneven ground. At this stage, they've never missed a beat. The tread on the crutches is still in good condition. In the past, I've used flexi-foot (sp?) tips but there have been some issues (when they land on paper and like products) where they completely lose grip of the ground and cause me to have near falls. To me, this is a deal breaker. I don't care how much or little they cost. If the tip is not giving good grip on the ground, it's not worth having. These tips fit standard crutches and literally took seconds to fit. Removal seems as easy as the fitting. Would I buy in the future (when the existing ones wear out)? Absolutely.