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Lostsoul wrote:Used to use them,broke every set I had.Sometimes they take a lot more energy to use than not.
Build your leg muscles and knees up without them and get strong..be a man lol
Fri 02 Feb, 2024 2:29 pm
Biggles wrote:Helinox ridgeline LBB 135 (466g, 112-135cm, Alloy 4 section, collapsed size 54cm)
These are what I use for anything and everything for the last two years, and I've had many different trekking poles over the years. The Helinox replaced a Leki Terrano set (far heavier, clumsy to adjust and the plastic nuts holding the cliplocks broke repeatedly). I rolled my ankle last Monday afternoon stepping back from the letterbox outside, and now I use one pole to get around a bit easier by easing off weight!
Baskets are easily interchangeable for whatever small or larger versions are required. Tips, too, can be exchanged. One touch collapsibility is one of the best features (release the clip, snap the pole down and it's done), along with extended thermoformed foam grip for when the poles are fully extended.
I have small hands too, not helped lately by the onset of arthritis and have no trouble operating the cliplocks, even with gloves.
The benefit of antishock is overstated IMHO. I have never felt a dire need for it with the Helinox poles. Others swear by the feature.
There are other poles too, but of carbon fibre, unless you are a proverbial 'weight-weenie' (road cyclist speak for having an unnatural attraction to ultralightweight materials without little (or no!) justified reason...). I saw poles costing around $700 a set, aimed at trail runners, but they felt so flimsy that I seriously questioned how long they would last after a couple of head-over-heels moments.
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Yeah I did notice a couple of places online had no stock. Since they've done me well and haven't looked of lafe Im unsure if they've released an equivalent model.adventuremum wrote:Thanks - that model looks good 100-135cm, 430g & carbon/alloy. Now I just have to find them somewhere as looks like discontinued.
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Biggles wrote:Lostsoul wrote:Used to use them,broke every set I had.Sometimes they take a lot more energy to use than not.
Build your leg muscles and knees up without them and get strong..be a man lol
Yeah so?Maybe I do a lot more walking and a lot more off track stuff than most people
Eh!?
You've broken your boots.
You've broken your gaiters.
You're broken your poles...
This could be an interesting list. What else have you broken, hmm?
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