BrownmedSeal-Tight Freedom Universal Cast & Bandage Protector - Adult Arm Cast Protector for Shower & Swimming - Reusable, Waterproof Cast Shower Cover - Adult Arm

This review covers four recently purchased products that are helping to make life with my broken foot somewhat bearable:1. Drive Medical DV8 Aluminum Steerable Knee Walker2. Knee Walker Pad Cover by Vive3. Schwinn Quick Release Wire Basket4. Seal Tight Freedom Cast and Bandage Protector - Adult LegI am a sixty-five year old male, 6'1" tall, 185 lbs. I am recently retired and kept in good shape through running and gym workouts. During a run a little over a week ago, I made a quick move to avoid dogs on a leash lunging at me, rolled my ankle and broke my fifth metatarsal (Jones fracture). Upon leaving the emergency room, they gave me crutches. I used them for about a day and a half and found them to be a real pain in the hands and lacked stability. Luckily, we still had my mother-in-law's old walker. I used the walker for the next five days. During this time, my orthopedic doctor fitted me with a walking boot which in my case is a misnomer because I'm not supposed to walk in it. Apparently they don't cast your foot anymore but instead give you a walking boot to keep your foot stable and protect it. I found the walker to work much better than crutches for getting around. Since I'm retired, 'getting around' means just in the house. I can't imagine needing to get around with a daily job. Even though the walker worked much better, after a few days, I found that my hands had become very sore from pressing down on the walker handles to support my weight. I started wearing my padded bicycle gloves but my hands still hurt. At the time that my doctor gave me the walking boot, I recalled that such a thing as a 'knee walker' existed and had him prescribe one for me. My wife took me to a local medical supply store where they told us that they first had to submit the request to Medicare (I am proudly now on Medicare). The next day we found out that Medicare doesn't cover the use of knee walkers. The store did tell us that we could rent one for $150 per month. I checked with another store that told me that I could rent one for $100 per month. Now on day five of my injury, I searched Amazon for knee walkers.After my usual extensive research, I decided to purchase the knee walker that I named above. I am very happy with my purchase. First of all, I must say that using a knee walker is so much better than using crutches or a regular walker. But having a regular walker is still useful in certain situation such as when getting in and out of the car for a visit to the doctor or where ever. The knee walker handle bar stem does fold down and I'll probably test out having my wife get it in and out of the trunk for an appointment that I have next week that will include a semi-lengthy 'walk'. I purchased this particular knee walker for these reasons: 1. The seat is not split but rather has an indentation that allows you to position your knee perpendicular to the seat - I felt that this would be beneficial when needing to 'stand' near kitchen counters and the such. 2. My wife would be more easily able to lift an aluminum knee walker as opposed to a steel knee walker. 3. I felt that dual brakes were better than one brake. And yes, I think you are better with dual brakes because they really don't grab particularly well. But that is a result of having 'tires' that are skinny and hard (a good thing in this case). The 'tires' are like large inline skating wheels. Because they are skinny and hard, you can slide the knee walker around easier. For instance, when I'm sitting at the kitchen table and have my knee walker next to me, I can easily slide the back end of the knee walker across the floor so that it's pointing in the other direction for easier transfer from my chair back to the knee walker. I don't really use the brakes to stop my forward motion. I would lock the brakes if I wanted to kneel in a stationary position without rolling out of place. 4. This knee walker had the best and most reviews on Amazon. I did see that this walker did not come with a basket but I felt that points one and two for my reasons for buying over-rode this one negative point.As for the knee walker pad cover listed above, it fits the seat perfectly. I can tell that without this extra padding, the seat could become uncomfortable on your knee over time. I do recommend getting the seat cover.I saw that most people purchased the Schwinn basket. I tried seeing if I could find a cheaper basket because I figured that a basket is a basket. But anything less expensive appeared to not come with mounting brackets. I didn't really see brackets discussed with the Schwinn basket but I figured that customers would give negative reviews if it didn't come with a mounting bracket. I can tell you that it does come with a mounting bracket. It mounts up on the handle bars rather than down on the pole which is perfectly fine. And it has a release mechanism and the basket has a handle so that you can remove the basket and carry it around if necessary.Finally, I'm glad that I ordered the cast protector. I initially felt that putting a garbage bag around my walking boot and keeping it in place on my leg with a rubber band would be fine. And actually, that did work fairly well. But I always kept my leg outside of the shower because I didn't trust that my walking boot would remain dry. With my new cast protector (named above), I can easily keep my leg inside the shower without worry that my walking boot will get wet. We have a standing shower that I normally use. But the closest shower in our house is a tub/shower. I place a shower chair (thanks again to my mother-in-law) inside the tub and take a nice relaxing shower while sitting with both legs inside the tub. I don't have to worry about water splashing outside of the tub because my leg is not outside the shower curtain. The rubber seal at the top of the cast protector is an excellent seal around your leg. But it does take a little work stretching the rubber seal up and over your walking boot. I try being very careful not to catch the rubber on anything that might cause it to rip. I've used it for three showers now with no problems.I've never broken a bone in my life except for twice getting some cracked ribs from bicycle race crashes years ago. Since the whole process of living with a broken foot is such a pain (although the foot doesn't really hurt much unless I move or knock it the wrong way), I wanted to provide this lengthy review in order to help others finding themselves in a similar situation.

I am aware there are reviews here that complained about leaks and difficulty with putting this on without help. Personally I had no issues with this - the plastic material is pretty thick. It worked for me to keep my splinted ankle dry when I showered. I made sure the silicon seal part is at least 3" above my knee and that there is a smooth seal all around before turning on the water to shower.As for putting this on without assistance from someone, I can see how this can be a challenge for folks with flexibility issues or if it is your knee that is splinted. As it is my ankle that is splinted and I am able to easily touch my toes before this ankle issue, I didn't have much difficulty putting this sleeve on myself over my splint. The silicone seal part is not difficult to work with once I open it wide enough to slip my feet in and get it over my ankle, I then open the silicone seal part bit at a time to slide it up my leg and over my knee.I used this for about 2 weeks while I was still in the splint that needed to be kept dry. Note that you may feel a sensation that your feet/leg got wet, but if you have a good seal it is not wet. No water got inside at all when I used it.

Works perfectly and has withstood a month of daily use so far with no signs of issues. There are a few caveats to it's use, however, making it only a 4 star product instead of 5 stars. It is tremendously long and impossible to use your fingers for any fine motor activities like washing dishes (tip, use a regular medical glove and you'll be fine unless you're messy or scrubbing a giant pot) or washing your hair. I'm a tall female with very long arms so make sure you consider how far up your arm that you want this to go. I do wish I had taken this into consideration and bought a child size. I found that putting the waterproof band just below my elbow (forearm/short cast) and using a hair tie or rubberband to contain the loose plastic worked best. My second cast needed to include lots of extra padding and is very wide but I still have no issues getting the cover on so fit related to width is not an issue. I will say that it is extremely tight and you don't want to use it for a long time but this is a great feature as you know that there's no chance of water getting in if you put it on right. Despite the negatives I highly recommend purchasing it for home use.Edit: Does NOT work perfectly and I can't seem to find a way to contact the seller. I wrote this review the day the return window closed and a day later it had water in it. Thinking it was my mistake and I dripped some water in after I took it off I put it on again the next morning and nope. Attached a picture to show the hole at the seam. This is not at the tight band for closure but a cm or so away so this spot doesn't even touch my skin. I don't see any way this could have even happened nor have I used it for anything other than showering due to its cumbersome size. The hole renders the entire product useless for me and I had really hoped to use it for the lifetime of my casting needs. I will be having surgery next week and then two weeks in a splint followed by 12 more in another hard cast and then an indeterminate number of weeks back in a different splint. This means I'd theoretically need to purchase four or five more just to get to the point where I can fully use my arm again... $75 without tax on the conservative end so I think it's time to try another brand or go back to using doubled up produce bags and rubberbands.

It did its job and kept my 3 year olds cast dry during bath time. Even with typical bath tub play time it held up just fine.

Es muy pequeño

Mi mamá se quebró ambas muñecas y está fue la solución más práctica, quedan un poco ajustadas pero son todo lo que uno necesita, espero no comprarlas de nuevo 😅, la idea es no tener que usarlas! Pero si las necesitas son todo lo que necesitas

El producto lo recibí en la fecha prevista. Es un producto excelente. No se mojó la fibra de vidrio en lo absoluto. Lo recomendaría para cualquiera que llegue a necesitar cubrir un yeso o férula. El tamaño es perfecto. Como no soy muy alta, me quedó muy bien.

Esta enorme, aun asi me sirvio pero solo tenía roto un dedo y mis brazos son pequeños, la tuve que adaptar pero fue incomodo. No entra nada de agua

Funciona maravillosamente, no deja pasar ni una gotita de agua, pero si estás muy muy gordito puede que te apriete muchoen la pierna porque la goma de la boca es muy fuerte.