Walker Hugo

Introducing the latest member in a growing family of assistive devices around our house is Walker Hugo (not to be confused with his distant cousin Victor Hugo). After weeks of trying to get by with the two-wheeled, brakeless walker that my cousin graciously lent us, we decided that with my particular handicap that walker was probably more dangerous than nothing at all.


This time, with a little more time to check out more possibilities, and with the experience we had gotten from Walking Matilda, we bought Hugo. Although he doesn't have the fancy design lines of Matilda, he has the following improvements:

1. The seat is padded and contoured for comfort
2. There is a padded backrest
3. The handlebar handles are contoured for comfort
4. The under-seat basket does not allow everyone to see what's inside
   

On the other hand Hugo is not as adjustable either in the handlebars or the seat and so far seems a little more difficult to fold for transport. Because of that Hugo is likely to be used more around our house while Matilda gets to go on the field trips.