Guardian Vibram High-Elasticity Zero-Drop Cane Tip 5/8, 16mm

Great cane tip! It takes away all the bulkiness from a standard cane tip and I feel so much better using my cane. It feels like I am walking much more natural with it. I will say this, in order to install it on a standard cane, you will need to add some lubricant to the bottom of the cane tip. I added some liquid hand soap to the bottom of my can was able to slide the new Vibram tip on just fine. Once it's on, it will set up and will not come off. With out the soap, it will not slide on and will not fit at all.

Great product. Good longevity and great grip. Wish they were a little cheaper or had a multi-item or subscribe and save discount though.

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.

Doesn't fit many trekking poles-the inside of this rubber tip is very shallow. Didn't work for me.

Great rubber... Just check your sizing... Smaller that ppl realize....

Updated review: it’s inexpensive, lasts for ever compared to all other replacement tips I’ve tried. It’s light and is stable in very cold circumstances.A couple of points to add after having used the same tip for 5 months now. Firstly I’ma large man that relies wholly on my cane for mobility, so I use it from getting out of bed to climbing back into bed. I was literally walking my old replacement tips to that embedded washer in two to three weeks. At a cost $6 for two of the ones I’ve tried, simply my cost was only a dollar per week. This replacement is 5 months old and as you can see in the photos, it’s far from needing replacement. In fact, I’ve replaced the cane and kept the tip (it was no easier to put on a second time either) I know this is a relatively inexpensive item but honestly the best part is the insignificant weight at the end of my cane. Anyone that is reliant on a cane can tell you every little nuance about it. But the best part is the confidence I have in the product’s Ability to maintain traction in sub-zero conditions. Short of clear ice, this thing grabs the ground. Again this may sound ridiculous but if you walk several times a day and you find yourself tense throughout your back, shoulders, hands, down your arms, and well everywhere really, the ability to relax any amount and not get exhausted from an inferior tip, then you know what I’m talking about!This tip is probably cheaper over the duration than the budget tip I was using before. I didn’t know if it would fit my cane because the tip is an 1/8” to small. But I used hand sanitizer to lubricant it. It was a chore to get on but well worth The effort. It is absolutely stable and the composition predictably is lasting beyond my initial guess.

Just by looking at it in person, it will not fit any 1 inch diameter cane. Will fit a 1/2 inch, might be a tight fit on a 3/4 but impossible for a full inch.

I'm guilty of using my golf Umbrella as a light-weight cane when standing around at bus stops or during yard duty on student break/lunch. The tip of my umbrella was getting tore up. The first tip kept coming off so I got a real cane tip. Of the two different ones I bought, this one worked the best. Put a little 2-part epoxy to make it permanent. Friction fit was pretty tight but I wanted to be extra sure it wasn't going anywhere. Without the VIbram branding it almost looks like it came factory installed from UV-blocker itself.