Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] Lesotho bound
From: jhandsfield at att.net (James Handsfield)
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:38:37 -0500
References: <63f46be9d4ac6e03fb521373d76bd7ea@reid.org> <6228E173-DC79-4BAC-AA5F-3197EBC5A278@gmail.com> <D104135C-2043-4B19-97A7-37C22DDD533A@lighttube.net>
 
In general, suction cup grab bars are insufficient to stop a person from 
falling.  A 120 lb falling person can put over 500 lbs of stress on a grab 
bar.  Propery installed grab bars can support 600 lbs.

> On Dec 20, 2019, at 7:57 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Brian,  
> Your photo choices sound great.  My experience with suction cup grab bars 
> was that they can be problematic unless the surface is very uniform.  I 
> suggest you try it out before you depend on it.
>
In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Lesotho bound)
Message from lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] Lesotho bound)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Lesotho bound)