After my stroke I needed a walker for a short while, then I graduated to a large-base quad cane.

Then I used a single-point cane for about a year. Since then (about four years now, I guess) I use a small-base quad cane. I've found that the best thing about it is that it stands on its own; I don't have to lean it on something when I'm not using it.

For the record, at home I don't need a cane at all; I walk pretty well. But when I'm outside, I use the cane to help my sense of security when people are moving around me or there are changes in elevation.

My first unaided steps, a couple of months after the stroke: