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minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoThe back legs have standard rubber stoppers. Tennis balls are a hack people use when those wear out.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoI found it funny that the shelves at the store that had walkers also had tennis balls…
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoNo the tennis balls slide better on hard floors. The rubber feet are usually still under the tennis balls. Source: I had old relatives who lived in nursing homes with these. They got the tennis balls on day one with the walker.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoAlso, tennis balls vary when it comes to grip depending on the thickness of the felt covering. Source: Had a grandma with a walker and I had to buy special tennis balls for her. RIP Grammy
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoDidn’t know that, the home they were in had a stash of balls ready when we needed them.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoYeah, but they don’t come from the factory colored “tennis ball yellow”. :)
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoWhen my grandmother first had to have a walker basically the first thing she did was put tennis balls on it.
The back legs have standard rubber stoppers. Tennis balls are a hack people use when those wear out.
I found it funny that the shelves at the store that had walkers also had tennis balls…
No the tennis balls slide better on hard floors. The rubber feet are usually still under the tennis balls.
Source: I had old relatives who lived in nursing homes with these. They got the tennis balls on day one with the walker.
Also, tennis balls vary when it comes to grip depending on the thickness of the felt covering.
Source: Had a grandma with a walker and I had to buy special tennis balls for her. RIP Grammy
Didn’t know that, the home they were in had a stash of balls ready when we needed them.
Yeah, but they don’t come from the factory colored “tennis ball yellow”. :)
That’s dirty beige.
When my grandmother first had to have a walker basically the first thing she did was put tennis balls on it.