Foxelli Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles – Lightweight Collapsible Hiking Poles with Cork Grips, Lever Locks & All Terrain Accessories

These hiking poles are lightweight (as stated) and easy to carry, but strong. Included are various tips for various types of terrain (a definitely positive addition) and the adjustment holds firmly - meaning they don't telescope back into a short pole when you put weight on them during use. My husband says they are as good or better than his, which cost almost twice the price. Can't beat that!

I have used and have high quality poles for many years over mountain trails. There is great benefit to use poles not only for stability but also manage weight on your feet/legs over time. We purchased the Foxeilli poles because they break down small enough for packing in a suitcase and we had also thought they were shock absorbing poles as advertised. They are NOT shock absorbing, maybe the manufacturer considers the cork handles as shock-absorbent? I do not, other poles have systems that actually give in slightly like a car shock absorber. The product's literature that came with the product makes no mention of a shock absorbing characteristic. In any event, for the trek we plan to take in the UT natiional parks theses poles are suitable, are well made and should survive well. They are light, sturdy, easily adjustable and well constructed. These should work well for our light duty trekking. I'm happy with the purchase.

I just turned 50 recently and my back and weight are not what they used to be. The family is planning to hike Kilimanjaro this summer and I decided to start hiking mountains in my area to train. After my first run I discovered: 1) I am very out of shape, 2) despite this, I CAN do it, 3) I NEEDED a set of hiking poles.After searching around, I found these Foxelli Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles and saw they were highly rated. I purchased them and the rating is well deserved! They are LIGHT and extremely rugged. I am 6'2" at 280 lbs and these poles had NO problem dealing with me. They easily adjusted to my height and held that position the entire 5-hour hike. I even used them to help me stand from a sitting position and they still held their height! They are easy to adjust and have several endpoint attachments to stop them from slipping in various terrain. They also have a loop on each cork handle (which is really comfy and deals with sweat very well) that allows them to swing as you walk (should you chose to use it that way). Overall I am EXTREMELY happy with these poles and recommend them to anyone.One thing - The poles got me through my second mountain hike but when I got home I finally realized how much help they were giving me. I went to get out of my car to get some food and couldn't even stand. I never would have finished my hike without these poles!

Light. Sturdy. Easy adjustment with good locks. Love the cork handles. Haven't had them on a real trail yet.

These are an OK set of poles I like some other commenters thought they were going to be the actual Shock-Absorbent type of pole. I have a single pole from Cabela's that is an actual spring loaded Antishock pole that you can turn on or off as desired.These are not those, These are ( as I now see ) Advertised as the Material itself the Carbon Fiber has Flexibility in it, It being the Pole itself, Allegedly the Pole has give in it to help absorb impact, If it does it is more than likely just the pole Bending a bit, No scientific proof on my part just my observation after using them on Trail.They are a good sturdy strong light weight pole easy to adjust, Though if you move the Height of the adjustment you will need to loosen or tighten the screw on the clamping feature each time as well as doing so after you have collapsed the poles for strapping to your Backpack when not in use which can be annoying, That is just the difference between the twist and the clasp type of pole.Collapsed down depending on which Boot you may have on the bottom they should be about 24" to 25" long.Mine weighed 8.20 oz each when new I put some Elec. and Duct tape on mine as a way to carry those on Hikes so mine do weigh a little more. The advertised weight is 7oz so unless my cork grips have sucked up 1.2oz of sweat not the case.I did have one instance where a pole came apart it was in a wet / muddy spot and there was no indication ahead of time that any such defect was about to happen both poles were doing fine, When I put the pole back togeather it has never happened since and I did no gluing or anything to it.The Cork hand grips as advertised are Great for absorbing Moisture from your hands if you tend to sweat and do not wear a glove or fingerless glove I usually wear a fingerless but at times have not and the Grips are fine, Also if you extend the poles to a very long posture for down hill you can use the EVA foam sleeve under the Cork Grip and not have to adjust the pole height.Some 1 star commenters have talked about Early Severe Breakage I have no idea what some of these people may be doing to there poles but mine are Very Strong being used properly I have a hard time believing that some of these breaks are not from miss use, I have Hiked Hundreds of miles with these poles and other than the coming apart instance the one time these have been very good poles, I only gave 4 stars because I thought they were going to be Spring Loaded Antishoch not just the Material.The Flashlight is very bright 9 leds takes 3 aaa batteries and weighs about 1.80oz if you were inclined to use this for Hiking there are no adjustments just on and off.All in all a good set of sticks I just miss read how they were advertising the Shock Absorber aspect of the Poles.