Zipline Blurr 16.0 Ski Poles Graphite Carbon Composite

I love these poles.. very light and durable.. the only issue I have with them is that the pole straps are a little small.. with my gloves it is hard to fit my hand through the straps even at their largest setting. But, they work great.

I ordered green but received silver. Fortunately I am a fashion catastrophe on the slopes. None of my gear ever matched but I just got a new coat last year that was similar in color to my skis. That was not done on purpose; I just noticed when I was out skiing. Then I ordered these poles and was thinking, OMG, I am going to look like I am trying to actually match! Fortunately, they sent silver instead of the green I ordered and I was so relieved. That would be horrible to actually be color coordinated on the slopes! My ski buddies would disown me.By the way, I skied with the poles yesterday and they were great. It was a powder day and they come with powder baskets so that was fine but we don't have many powder days here and I would rather have smaller baskets but it is not possible to order those on Amazon.com. I had to buy them direct from Zipline.

…for a reasonable price. Light, sturdy, with easily adjustable wrist strap. Got sick of my ”collapsible combination poles” collapsing on me going downhill.

The media could not be loaded.  I haven't used these yet, so will update later if I run into any problems that I see in other reviews like chipping paint. But, the poles look nice and are lightweight which is the reason why I returned a previous pair and got these instead. I'm a casual intermediate skier getting in maybe 4 days a year, but recently bought my own equipment to avoid the hassle of rental equipment.My only complaint is that the baskets were a small pain to get on. Couldn't get the thread to catch just trying to push hard with the pole standing on its handle, but contacted Zipline support via their chat app on their website and the support agent was patient and sent me the attached video. It basically showed a person just screwing the basket on while pushing on it, but I guess somehow turning the pole while holding the handle (not having it standing on the handle and just turning the basket against a stationary pole) worked better and I got the baskets on. The baskets didn't make a "pop" sound once they were fully on as it seems to do in the video, but they are on and free spinning once they are all the way on.

The pole and basket themselves were nice, and even the grip is very comfortable, but the strap is a very stiff Velcro nylon strap that makes it non adjustable. I could not get my gloved hand through the grip properly at the one position it would hold at, and if I tried to make it big enough, it would not stay fastened.

I'm not sure more expensive poles could be better. These are high quality and light weight.

When installing the baskets the directions say to screw on . There is no threads just ribs looking like threads. They do press on relatively easy . Press evenly until you feel a snap when they are COMPLETELY seated. The poles aren't 100% graphite/carbon so don't expect a super light pole. All poles break! Surely i will break these to. I was hoping they would of included small baskets but no dice.

I expected them to be be lighter, but my old World Cup aluminum poles actually feel lighter. Sturdy poles and are quite useable, though. I only got the powder baskets with them, whereas the site says they come with powder and regular baskets, but I have not bothered to contact the seller. Probably won’t bother.

Exactly as described and pictured. Life them.