Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Okay so not much different then the 4000 reviews for these poles. What has been said has probably been said somewhere. So the poles first. We have the updated design with the threaded rubber feet instead of the push on version. Very nice to have that feature. The poles come apart easily and back together while unlocked. With these poles to give it just that quick test. I set them leaned in with 6 feet 240lbs and these did not move at all. Which is great because I bought them for the wife who is accident prone. The color the wife loves (berry pink). The accessories has things that my poles do not. First is the bag. That is great just to keep all the accessories and poles together. The different tips, which we may get some use out of the mud ones but so far just normal rubber tips are good for the wife. Easy to adjust poles do come in handy for moving snakes off the paths. And the cork handles I love more then mine. Plus Boomer on the logo is not a bad touch. Not to mention a 3 year warranty for parts at the time of this review. So if mine happen to get destroyed, lost, or dropped off lovers leap then these are going to be the replacements. And the thing that is not an accessory is the clips that kept the poles together in the packaging. I liked those so much I came back here to see if I could get another set just those of those. You see I wanted to strap my poles more out of the way in the SUV while making them easy to get to. Those little clips are perfect for linking the poles together and strapping to the ceiling or side. And they just pop right off the poles when you need them. So how did we get here. This is our forth round of poles. Our first round are just carved walking sticks that we have just for show of the trails we have been on. Not much use for actual hiking. Then during one of our walks we ran into this older couple that was just tearing up the trail with hiking poles, while I am helping my wife over every stick and rock. So that is it, we are getting some poles. So mine are cheaper (not by much) with no accessories, no bag, foam handle but has the flip locks. And I love them, but had I done more research I would have bought trailbuddy instead. The wife then got our third set of poles. Research was done for purple poles. Seemed ok, so why not. This was a mistake. Those poles were those twist kind. You may have tried them...the kind that if you need to brace yourself slip back down to the smallest size while you continue your tumble. And that when you go to put them in your pack they lock in place that vice grips are going to be used to get them packed away. And then finally after dealing with all of that. The wife hands me a pole in two pieces and says it came apart. No problem, I can just slip the two pieces back to...geth...er....wait... I think I have it, well isn't that something. I am going to estimate of 30 minutes by the car trying to put two poles together. I am normally Mr. Fix it but man these poles humbled me. (I can not put to sticks together can you believe it). And when I did finally get it together it would not shrink so locked in a place too tall for the wife. So I gave her mine to try and walked with her one pole that semi worked. With a vow that she is getting new poles and they will not be twist locks. So then she took a trip to see her sister in Arizona in which they walked all over the place. But good luck getting those twist locks in a suitcase. And I really did not want to part with mine, but they are going to stick out of her pack on a plane. So she showed me these and finally I said sure....looks ok. But this time it was more then ok. They come apart easy and back together and are just as tight locking, but easy to adjust. Worth every penny and we are now back to hiking again in north Georgia and Tennessee. I cannot wait to try to get these past TSA when we go to key west to visit the other sister. Final note - give Boomer a treat and a walk. He deserves it.