Carex Canvas Walker Basket
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4 Stars good product
We purchased this to use on a walker for quick access to a phone, tissues, etc. I wish it was made of a lighter color material. Things get lost in the black material. Otherwise a handy item.
4 Stars Great for my Father
I ordered this for my father, and it works like a charm, he tends to fall even with his walker, and the basket will come off when the walker goes over, but some velcro cord ties stopped that problem. Now people are asking him where he got it.
2 Stars Not a horrible basket, but I had problems
I bought this basket to replace a cloth pouch my mother had sewn for me which hung straight down from the center crossbar, as the pouch had seen heavy wear and was ready to be retired. (I had never had a basket attached to my walker that stuck out the front.)
The attachment mechanism is not the best, either. The are mere sprung hooks, which come off easily with any sort of rough treatment (putting it in the car, for example). It would have been better for it to have something that wraps around the bars that make up the walker, thus securing it.
The walker had a definite tendency to tip over forward if left unattended with any kind of load in the basket (two bottled waters, even). This led to its eventual downfall (literally), as one of the pieces attaching it to the walker broke off, rendering it useless. And having the load that far forward of the your center of mass when walking multiplies the strength needed to lift it, if that is a concern.
Now I’m back to the homemade one, I guess, repairing it as necessary until it falls completely apart. I definitely won’t buy a basket that attaches to the front.
3 Stars Good idea, mediocre execution
I bought this for my Grandmother’s rolling walker (rollator) because it’s pouch-like — there’s no wire grid for things to fall through.
Trying to use it, we discovered several problems:
(1) The mounting is poorly designed and the unit will only mount on walkers with the right “H” or “T” formation to its bars. A basic, cheap walker will work but a fancy walker or many rollators will not.
I had to machine a special bracket to get this mounted on my grandmother’s walker. If the bars are not all 1 inch tubes, it will not work either.
(2) The mounting is flimsy and unstable. It has only one support, top center and then two rickety side braces, none of these are secured to the walker bars very well.
What this means is that bumping the walker or basket the wrong way (easy to do) dislodges the thing and causes it to come off or spill its contents.
(3) This is a bag that opens with a flimsy plastic accordion mechanism. It does not lock open and tends to collapse, especially when bumped. This makes it harder for Grandma to rummage around for things and is very annoying.
5 Stars Excellent Product!
This canvas basket is an excellent product, that is much better than a wire basket. It has an internal frame that allows it to expand or contract, as needed, so it doesn’t take up any more space than needed at any given time. It is very well made and durable. I added a couple of plastic tie-wraps to make the attachment to the legs more secure, which helped a lot, as it tended to come loose too easily without them.
