Thread: Which collapsible walking pole

I've killed a possum with one of the Macpac carbon ones if that counts for anything? (though I think the finishing blow was with an ice axe to make sure it was properly dead and not suffering).

The point of failure after 2-3 years was the end fittings were weaker plastic and only glued onto the carbon shaft, the tips broke or fell off somewhere in the hills. From memory one of the tips is somewhere on Gunsight Pass if you want to look for it...

Carbon fibres weakness tends to be point impact damage, so if you make a habit of swinging them at trees and rocks then you are probably better with alloy. If you are just using them as walking poles then carbon is fine.