Ultra Light 100% Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles

One pole snapped. But Montem won’t stand behind it. Not clear when I purchased them that I had to fill out a separate lifetime warranty form!! So beware!!

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.

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.

These poles were highly rated but one of them broke the first time we used it. I'm not able to find any way to fix it so they're useless now. Don't buy.