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I'm going on a New Foundland caribou and moose hunt in October on a bum ankle and looking for a good pair of trekking poles. I used an aluminum pair from Walmart last year and when I put all my weight on one pole in the process of falling, the pole collapsed and I did a slow fall to the ground. Maybe poles aren't supposed to hold all of my weight which is 225 lbs. Thanks in advance.

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Leki (micro vario carbons) have served me well for 8+ years now. Still using my original poles regularly though I did introduce a new pair last year solely for extended backcountry hunts, just in case. They have supported up to 350lbs (myself/pack) without failure.

I highly recommend adding the Wiser precisions quick-stiX to any pair of poles you end up with.


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I’ve gotten excellent service from the BD Alpine Carbon. They’re gone through some stuff that I thought for sure should have broken them, and they can (and have) support all my weight with loaded pack many times. Great poles.

If I were you I’d be looking at Leki or BD.

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I bought a set at Costco, used them all around Colorado, MT and WY, cheap, light weight and durable. I think they were something like $29. I'm 6'4", 225 lbs, I was not easy on them.

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I’ve gotten excellent service from the BD Alpine Carbon. They’re gone through some stuff that I thought for sure should have broken them, and they can (and have) support all my weight with loaded pack many times. Great poles.

If I were you I’d be looking at Leki or BD.


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The costco ones (cascade mountain tech) are great for the price. As long as you don't scratch the carbon, they are quite sturdy. Loose, large rocks are what break them. Likely you won't be in those conditions in a caribou/moose hunt.

I think the Black Diamond poles are the best out there. Have had excellent service from each pair of mine - all of them have been AL, but have buddies that run the carbons and like them. My Leki experience was not good, but I'm an outlier there.

Whatever you get, realize that the locks are likely adjustable, and you will want to adjust and test them with your full weight before you go anywhere.

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Be sure to bring suitable tool for locks on long treks.


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Joe--what tool are you talking about?

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Either a Phillips or blade screwdriver.


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I have two sets of Leki’s The first set I bought are aluminum then I figured I would try the lighter weights. I use both but I prefer the heavier aluminum set. They fit my hands better and its probably only in my head but I am more confident in them. Im no little fellar and clumsy as heck.


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Thanks guys, I'm still deciding, a lot of good suggestions. Do you guys prefer cork or rubber handles? I'm leaning rubber which leaves some suggestions out. I had a couple of cork handle fishing rods get beat up in travels.

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Originally Posted by Sako76
Thanks guys, I'm still deciding, a lot of good suggestions. Do you guys prefer cork or rubber handles? I'm leaning rubber which leaves some suggestions out. I had a couple of cork handle fishing rods get beat up in travels.

My wife has BD Carbon poles, but really dislikes the cork handles so I got her cushy foam handles, which she prefers. When I use my BD Carbon poles, the cork doesn't bother me. You'll likely have to sort that for yourself.

We've owned a lot of Komperdell poles over the last decade. Austrian made, and excellent. I got her something similar to these (if you're an REI member you can get another 20% off these right now):

https://www.rei.com/rei-garage/prod...nture-powerlock-foam-trekking-poles-pair


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Originally Posted by Sako76
Thanks guys, I'm still deciding, a lot of good suggestions. Do you guys prefer cork or rubber handles? I'm leaning rubber which leaves some suggestions out. I had a couple of cork handle fishing rods get beat up in travels.
The cork on my poles has held up well to a bunch of use/wear and tear. I wouldn’t worry too much about that. But cork vs. foam is a preference thing. I’ve owned both, and prefer cork. It seems to wick away sweat and provide good, firm traction.

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The only issue I have seen with cork was on the cascade mountain tech poles, and that was only one set out of probably 10. Cork vs foam makes no difference to me, they both work fine.

Eta: I had a couple sets of komperdell poles back in the twist lock days. No interest in going back to twist locks, but I had no complaints about the quality of the poles.

As to the adjustment, all of mine adjust easily without tools.

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Originally Posted by cwh2
Eta: I had a couple sets of komperdell poles back in the twist lock days. No interest in going back to twist locks, but I had no complaints about the quality of the poles.

Komperdell's no longer have twist locks.


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Leki lightweights here. After many years I had a partial sporadic failure with one. CS asked for a few pics and promptly mailed the correct replacement part free of charge.

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I just threw my set of leki cork lites up on the classifieds. Might work for you

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I bought a set at Costco, used them all around Colorado, MT and WY, cheap, light weight and durable. I think they were something like $29. I'm 6'4", 225 lbs, I was not easy on them.

I'm assuming they would be the same price at all the Costco's, but the other day the Cascade brand was on sale for $15. Nice poles at $30, for $15 you can't go wrong.

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Another vote for BD Alpine Carbon. That being said, I haven't tried others. I stopped with these bc they worked well and saw no need to look further.

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