Ultra Strong Trekking Poles

I searched for a replacement pole after my mom knocked one off the ledge of a bluff. I like the large rubber tips that I could buy with these poles. They have always worked well in Arkansas terrain. The poles are a great price, well built and lightweight. I just took them on a hike this weekend and had zero problems on a waterfall area with slick roads and loose gravel. I am loyal to good brands so I will stick with this company. However, it does not look like I will need any poles for a long time. They will make great gifts for others though.

Superb quality, firm when extended. Grips are terrific. Thoroughly pleased with them.

My Ultra Strong Trekking Poles preformed flawlessly during our week hiking in Zion and Bryce Canyon. They kept me upright on multiple occasions. Highly recommend.

Spent a long day in the mountains just north of our little town in south central Alaska. The poles greatly helped this senior hiker keeping up with several young friends. Steep trail, some slick mud, scree fields, creek crossings, and a bit of glacier. The poles helped my balance on sidehills and rock piles and the ability to easily adjust poles length was a great asset. Lost one pole basket; replaced it with a goat vertebrae!
8.5 miles, 4600 feet elevation gain, 9.5 hours. Home safe before dark!

I haven't gone on any long hikes yet but I did manage to throw my back out loading 50 pound bags of Quikrete cement at Lowes on Wednesday, 6-14-2023. I ordered a back brace from Amazon. These trekking poles were very helpful in getting around the house. 24 hours later I'm feeling better but won't attempt to deal with the cement until the back brace comes in. My neighbor may have suffered a stroke. He's using a walker and I'm tempted to mention these trekking poles to him as an alternative to his walker.

I'm happy with the weight, feel, and ease-of-use of these poles.

I'm not so sure about the durability. On my first outing, the tip of one of the poles broke off. Montem said that was NOT typical and quickly sent me a replacement pair.

On a 90-mile hike of the Appalachian Trial NOBO through MA (CT to VT), the plastic locking nut on the adjustment lever proved to be a weak point. One fell apart and broke off. A second cracked. (There are 4 in a pair of poles). I had to resort to duct tape (fixing one of the pole segments) to finish the hike.

Once again Montem Customer Service was responsive. Unfortunately they don't have any replacement locking nuts, so they mailed me another set of poles. CRAZY. And actually not very helpful for field failures - I want a small supply of locking nuts with me so I don't have to duct tape in the field. So, I went and found that a 5mm wing nut (see photo) seems to work well as a replacement, though I haven't yet tested it in the field to confirm that it will not loosen up during heavy use.

My tracking polls! I went hiking in Pennsylvania on a trail that was steep and muddy. The polls give me good balance especially climbing over fallen trees. I am older gentleman and often trip over unlevel ground. But with these polls I was much more confident. Thank you so much for a great quality item!
Thanks Rex D.

Just took them out for first time red river gorge. They were easy to adjust to desirable size.. The hand straps are a work in progress. Still trying to d
Figure out how to keep them my desirable tightness around my wrist. Keep loosing up as i go. But my problem that i have with them is that i lost my mud basket on one of the 3 mile into my hike. Other one was loose. Tighten back up next stop was loose again. Tighten up again and the seem to finally stopped spinning loose. If i could go back i would have lock tighten them or even superglued them on tight. I do like the feel of them. The price wasn't too bad. I feel it's a good product, but i wish i would have glued or checked more oven on the mudbaskets.

I brought both poles for my trip to Jordan and Israel. However, I only ever used one at a time as a tourist (I use both together at home). The single pole worked fine for balance on rough and sometimes slippery and steep paths in Jerusalem old town, at Petra and other sites. I walked a lot more than usual, and my feet and old ankle injury were fine! They fold up enough for my suitcase. I used the extra heavy tip protector.

My sister gave me the jacket and these hiking poles for Christmas. It has been the best gift she has given me, I love hiking and this was the perfect complement to my trips! These are the best.

These trekking poles arrived promptly as promised, looking and feeling to be high quality. Instructions were simple but helpful for setup (who needs instructions for poles? Apparently...me!), and I have used them successfully in brief mountain snowshoeing and city hiking exercise. So far, I am delighted with this choice and highly recommend the product and seller to others.
Too early for a thorough assessment, but if I don't write this now I will probably forget to do so later. Still, if you don't see a later update, you can assume they continued to be great.

Excellent trekking poles - I had bought these based on the positive reviews from The Hiking Guy and comments left by satisfied Amazon customers . I am not a hiking guru by any means and have only started taking up this fun adventurous sport since 2016 - but at my age (59 and semi retired) and petite female (somewhat out of shape - 32+ years at a desk job) I needed a trekking pole that would be strong enough to occasionally lift me from a sitting position with a heavy backpack (those blasted hiking shoelaces that need constant retying) and help me navigate around various terrain (don't want to slip and bust my butt on those muddy wet trails we have here in eastern North Carolina). These poles performed exceptional well and recently passed the ultimate test hiking 12 miles in mid 30 temperatures at the Neusiok Trail in eastern NC two days after a heavy thunderstorm! That's right - mix terrain of trails covered in dry pine needle and roots; quite a few sections with thick mushy mud with areas of standing water and a few slippery boardwalks (some that never see the sun) covered with slightly green moldy surface that's super slick in spots) - during my long hike, the Montem poles performed exceptionally well in helping me keep my balance while navigating this challenging environment! Yep I did have to tie my hiking boot shoelaces once during this trip - I was impressed - the Montem trekking poles held firmly as I pulled myself and my 15lb backpack to a standing position- unlike the other (will not name brand) trekking pole that immediately collapsed during my last hike (better weather conditions and different location). That other less than ideal pole - which I also purchased from Amazon never got my less than stellar review since that product listing is no longer available for viewing.

I am quite impressed with my Montem trekking poles, purchased for my backpacking trip in June. I'm larger than the average (active) man and experienced no failures of the equipment during more than a few treacherous segments. The telescoping pole did retract once when I fell through some ice, but it was good that it did because it was on my uphill hand. However, once re-tightened they didn't budge any more the entire trip. The tungsten tips are durable and gripped all surfaces well. I removed the rubber feet at the trail head. At first I did not use the baskets, as when they are installed they don't slide easily through the strap on my pack where I prefer to store the poles. But, because our first day included numerous snow field crossings I screwed on the baskets and left them on for the rest of the trip. Without the baskets the poles did pierce deeply into the snow, and sometimes too deeply into dirt and rocks between roots. With the baskets the poles did not get stuck between roots and rocks and they worked well on the snow/ice. While I've not tried it, I think they could be used for skiing. The aircraft aluminum used is VERY VERY strong!

For years I thought trekking poles were excess equipment or for old people. Whether I was wrong, or whether I've just become an old person, hiking with poles is a much different, and more pleasant experience. I do agree that using poles uses more energy. So much was evident based on the lactic acid build up on day two and three. Going uphill I was able to maintain almost as fast a pace as descents. The poles were invaluable for two wide, fast river crossings. But the most value I got out of them was for foot/blister control and end-of-day cramp management, particularly during descent. The grips have very comfortable pommels on the ends of the handles. There were no sharp edges and the rubberized texture gave me an excellent grip (even though it would twist sometimes - the wrist strap helped keep the poles straight on longer downhill reaches). Also, grasping the poles by the grip pommel extended the effective length of the poles such that I didn't have any need to extend either section of the pole for descent. Held in this manner, for each step taken downhill my alternate-handed pole would be placed far out in front of my next step giving me a virtual brake on my velocity while putting all of the pressures from doing so on my arm muscles, taking significant stabilizing effort away from my legs. When hiking uphill, instead of shortening the poles, one can move their hand down on the cork grip to the foam lower grip. I still had leverage and did not need to stop for adjustments. (which also made the poles more reliable, because with the extended grips I didn't need to readjust the pole segment flip-locks, which meant that I wasn't at risk of having loose segments each day)

The synthetic cork-like grips provided good grip on bare hands and gloves. They did not absorb sweat from my hands, were easily cleaned with a damp cloth. The grip shape was comfortable in my both hands, are not left/right preference, but fit either hand. On a later trip I hiked with only one of these poles (having given the other to a hiking companion) and found that I changed hands occasionally based on switchbacks and other obstacles. Employing one pole was was almost as beneficial as using two poles: sped up the uphill hiking speed and gave me increased stability going downhill.

The hand straps are a thick nylon strapping with padding inside the straps. The odd part, and a little irritating, is the nylon strap hand protector, meant to protect the hand from the nylon strap. I would have expected the protector strap to have padding on it too, on the side facing the hand. I didn't experience any actual harm (no rash or blister) but I did use gloves more than half of the time. I suppose I don't have any real complaint about it, other than the design seemed a little underwhelming. The poles do not have an anti-shock system, but honestly I like being able to feel the ground beneath me. Plus, if I'm trying to carry load on the poles, why would I want a suspension system that is likely to wear out over time? I am confident that these poles will last me a long while!

Bought 2 pairs. One pole broke after a handful of uses -- the plastic sleeve detached from the fastener. AI bot couldn't find record of my purchase -- even when I sent the Order # and email confirmation! Then said that it was unfixable, no replacement part. Finally got ahold of a human. Human said if I didn't register my poles (!) then no warranty. Register hiking poles? Lame. Done

Great poles!!

Product never received.

Good quality. Disappointed with the fake camo color but otherwise good value.

These are tremendous assets for a 72 year old trail hiker. They are very supportive and stable allowing some pretty strong pushoffs going uphill and security coming down. I love them.

so far good

Thank you for standing behind your warranty. I am a longtime customer and will continue to be so.