[pct-l] Costco Trekking Poles

[Stephen Clark]

I'm sure it all depends on how hard you use then... I have had mine (from
Costco) for about 5 years. They have roughly 2800 miles on them and just
now the springs are starting to give out.


On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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