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By dgores from Durango, CO on 12/19/2008 Pros: Easy to adjust, Good grips, Lightweight, Strong Best Uses: Backpacking, Day trip, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: These trekking poles appear to be solidly constructed, light weight, collapse to a small size for carrying in luggage and overall a good product. After 3 knee surgeries, I needed a product that took some strain off of my knee joints. Based strictly on price, the Sierra Trading Post offering was a good deal.
The best Treking poles around ! By crazy backpacker from California on 12/02/2008 Pros: Easy to adjust, Good grips, Lightweight, Quiet, Strong Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: These poles are freakin' awesome! The people that complain about them collapsing must not know how to use them and probably don't belong in the wilderness anyhow. Occasionally (twice in the many days I've used them) the locking mechanism does slip (e.g. won't tighten), but if you just slide the pole 1mm in either direction it will grab just like it should. The poles are also exceedingly quiet and don't produce the anti-nature clacking and banging that aluminum poles do.
Super light weight-great product!!! By nitram2 from Greater Midwest on 11/12/2008 Cons: Grip slightly awkward Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: Contrary to other reviews, these poles do NOT slip. I'm near 6ft tall, and weigh 175lbs, and carried a sub 25# pack, yet I had no problem with the shafts slipping. (Pole sections must be sufficiently tightened to avoid slippage.) These are great poles, and I definitely noticed the weight reduction in comparison to other aluminum Komperdell poles. Only complaint was the slightly 'non-ergonomic' handles, though it didn't cause any discomfort.
DuoLock? Should be DoNotLock By DB121 from Abroad on 10/14/2008 Cons: Collapses Too Easily, Lock mechanism breaks Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend Comments: Yes, they're lightweight and the wrist strap is cushy but the Duolock locking mechanism doesn't work at all. The sections slip very easily, either collapsing or extending, under normal use conditions. Worse, if a section slips out beyond the "Stop" mark and you put any pressure on the pole, it snaps. This happened to me. The Duolock cracked making the pole unusable. And it seems that replacement duolocks don't exist for the carbon model.
By longlegs from Northern Nevada on 09/25/2008 Pros: Good grips, Lightweight, Strong Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I have a pair of these and love them. I have really soft hands, and after using them once or twice and softening the neoprene strap and connecting nylon, I didn't even have sore spots.
I am getting a second pair for my husband, so he'll stop borrowing mine - at this price, they are a killer deal.
Also, the notes I've heard about them collapsing - not true with mine. I've run down a mountain with a full pack and put my full weight on them (about 180 lbs with the pack), and they never failed me once. But when you adjust them, they have to be clean. So pack a bandana or use your shirt to wipe them off before adjusting.
By Ephraim from teaneck on 09/04/2008 Cons: Collapses Too Easily Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend Comments: What a waste of carbon!
They collapse what else needs to be said By Ephraim from Teaneck on 08/23/2008 Cons: Collapses Too Easily, Unstable Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I purchased these poles - they collapse, are hard to lock, I sent them back for Lekis that weigh three oz more and it was the best thing I could have done. Komperdell should never have released these poles to the market. They are not high end poles they are a disgrace. I am so upset about the hassle these caused on a hiking trip I will never buy a Komperdell pole again.
Very lightweight, but the sections slip By mountain guy from Palo Alto, CA on 08/09/2008 Pros: Easy to adjust, Good grips, Lightweight Cons: Collapses Too Easily Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: This is a wonderfully lightweight trekking pole that I have carried across the Himalaya and on numerous backpacking trips. However the adjustment lock easily comes loose and the pole sections slide in or out. If a section slides out, any sideways force easily snaps off the plastic tightening bolt.
By oldskierdude from Colorado on 07/28/2008 Pros: Good grips, Lightweight Cons: Collapses Too Easily Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: I've used these poles for a couple of hikes/climbs. They are light weight, strong, and have a good grip. They still collapse on occasion (I experienced around 2 - 3 collapse events each trip) but they are better than some poles I tried a couple of years ago.
Can't get better than these! By Lynn from Australia on 07/20/2008 Pros: Easy to adjust, Flexible, Good grips, Lightweight, Strong Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend Comments: Extremely lightweight. Comfortable grips. Easy to adjust as the terrain I covered jumped from steep ascents to descents. I accidentally stepped on it & an aluminium pole would have just snapped - thank God for carbon fibre! Carbide tip has great grip on rocks.
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