Ez2care Guardian Vibram Cane Tip 5/8, 16mm

Had a good pair of hiking boots many years back with Vibram soles and they lasted almost 20 years. I bought this cane tip for my hiking stick and expect it will last many years as well.

This product is relatively expensive and worth every penney because it far superior to all alternatives that I have seen or used, noting that I rely upon a cane for mobility all day, every day, and have had little choice but to do so for about 5 years. For safety a good cane tip minimally will give a good grip on the variety of indoor floor and outdoor ground surfaces as routinely encountered across varying weather. The Vibram tip is not perfect in this regard. But even with a full year's usage wear on every surface I find it is as good to substantially better than all alternatves I have tried when new. Several tips I have tried seemed OK when new out of the box, but slipped scarily on tile floors with as little as few days wear. My 1 year old Vibram tip shows visible wear. But I honestly beiieve it still sticks where planted just as well as when new. It seems obvious that this must change with wear eventually. But not yet! For good service and value, a cane tip should last a while. i waited a year to write this review because that is a durability factor that sort of fits my "I am happy" threshold. I am guessing the Vibram tip will last another year before it balds enough to lose grip. For reference , I bought a new Vyve cane several years ago. I like the cane. But the tip it came with fell apart in about 3 months. I thereafter went through a half dozen or more different drug store rubber cane tips. A couple were scary slippery on tile either out of the box or with a few days wear. All showed visible wear in a week at an average cost of probably $3. The longest one lasted was 6 weeks or so. The average durabity was probably a month. The annoyance of constantly replacing tips took me to Amazon willing to pay more for a hopefully better product. I saw the "Vibram" name and recalled that going back at least 50 years I had never been disatisfied with either grip performance or durabilty of Vibram lug soles on hiking, climbing or hunting boots. A year of use convinces me my expectations have been met for cane tips too. The Vibram cane tip is a tight fit. Try lubing with a little liquid dish detergent and, once started, driving the tip fully home by pounding the tip squarely on a concrete floor. A dozen or so good raps should do it.

This is the best rubber cane tip that I've found. Very grippy and very sturdy. Vibram will outlast ordinary rubber cane tips probably ten to one. I'm really pleased and have ordered several more, just in case Amazon stops selling them (which seems to happen whenever I find a product that I really like!) I just wish these cane tips came in more sizes. I have a number of canes in different diameters. This tip says it's for a 5/8" diameter cane....but it's a really tight fit. It would certainly fit snugly on a 1/2" cane too. I'd like to outfit all of my canes with a Vibram tip, but this tip is too small to fit most of the canes in my collection.

The tip that came with my cane was standard, but only lasted about a month before it started wearing down. Not this thing! I've had this tip for nearly 2 months now and it looks the same as when I got it. That doesn't sound like much time, but I don't use my cane as intended (I use it more like a crutch). My hip sort of drops when I walk, so my cane supports much of my weight when walking. That was too much on my other cane tip but it isn't a problem for this one. This thing looks like it's made out of tire rubber! It hasn't marked any flooring yet, though I haven't used it on indoor hardwood. I also grips well, and perfectly fits my 16mm (5/8") cane.

Wish it came in larger sizes