[pct-l] Costco Trekking Poles

[Scott Williams]

CF can certainly break, and catastrophically when it does.  I've trained
with the Costco poles now for 3 years and they do fine, but I still do my
long hikes with Lekis.  However, when I got a Leki tip caught in some scree
jumble on a steep section of the Collegiate Peaks on the CDT, the bottom
section snapped in half just as quick as I'd expect one of the Costco poles
to do.  I use poles hard, and have broken several now over the years.
You're just lucky if you can effect a quick fix to get you to town for a
proper fix or a new pole, no matter which ones you use.  A good friend of
mine used the Costco poles for the whole AT and still uses them 2 years
later.  So they are definitely a good buy for the price.

Shroomer

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Luce Cruz <lucecruz13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Hikingsolo a.k.a. Allen Swanson <
> allen.swanson at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > My Costco CF trekking poles self destructed at mile 152ish after a slight
> > bend and then a soft hit on a rock.
>
>
> Sorry that happened to you.
>
> CF tubes don't bend. I would have expected them to break after that, same
> as the Leki's if they were also bent at some point. There's a reason the
> Costco CF poles are as cheap as they are, but they are still a good
> bargain.
>
> I'm not a fanboy, I just know what kind of abuse CF can take, and sometimes
> I know a pretty good deal when I sees it. I have a three year old pair of
> Costco CF poles, and a back up pair ready to be sent to me if needed. I
> haven't needed the spare pair *yet* (knocking on my vinyl covered fake
> granite print topped cheap plywood breakfast table).
>
> --
> Luce Cruz
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