Walking Poles

Advantages: Reduces impacting of knee joints
Disadvantages: No free hands

Last week I walked the 80 mile Great Glen Way across Scotland from Fort William in the west to Inverness in the east. The walk is mainly flat although I\'d say about 25% of it is up and down some fairly big hills. I had never used walking poles before last week and seeing as I had not walked a long distance walk for nearly 10 years I thought I would give these particular pair a go, given they had such a good review from Miskah. Well I\'m very happy ...
...highly enough to other long distance walkers - this is what I did on the way last week in fact to quite a number of non-walking pole walkers ! After the 5 day walk I was expecting to come home with a limp and a bit of difficulty walking for several days after - well that just has not happened as the poles have reduced the forces on my legs especially on downhill parts. My arms are now stronger and I am now feeling as fit as I did 10 years ago thanks ... Read review

Advantages: easy to carry around, comfortable to sit on
Disadvantages: the foldable stick is better (for me)

...the UK, from the firm LINDEN LEISURE LTD from WINCHCOMBE so that I can write on it and tell you my experience. The stick in question is called Elite SeatStick, the model I bought is the Walker (Adjustable Height Model). The walking height can be adjusted by pressing in the two spring buttons, sliding the inner tube to the desired length and making the two buttons spring out into the required pair of holes, the stick can be between 83 and 90 cm (32 ...
...on the homepage of LINDEN LEISURE, I found a foldable version with the Maximum User Weight of 125 kg (275 lbs); even if I made a fattening diet, I wouldn't reach this weight! The good thing about the foldable model is that it is stored away in a bag which can be carried round the shoulder, I had to carry my stick with me in its full length, a bit awkward when getting in and out of trains or trams (as we had to do repeatedly), I was afraid I might ... Read review

Advantages: increase stamina, stability, safety while walking on any terrain
Disadvantages: you might not want to use them round sainsbury's

...with a matched pair of LEKI Poles. A little bit about LEKI : ≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈ LEKI is always written in capital letters because it is an acronym. LE from the first two letters from Klaus Lenhart’s last name and KI is from the location of the company, Kirchheim, Germany. LEKI is pronounced, Lake-ee They are well known ...
...also possible to get a LEKI pole of 100% carbon fibre but these are very, very, very expensive Trekking basket: ≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈•≈ You’d be excused for visualising a little pannier for keeping goodies handy but this term actually describes the screw on fittings at the end of each pole that prevent it sinking into soft earth. There are different ... Read review

Advantages: Light, Strong , reliable, well designed, anti shock
Disadvantages: Not cheap

I have used LEKI poles for years and recently upgraded my old pole which had served me for 10 years to a pair of LEKI super MAkULU cor tec poles with anti shock. These are superb and a great improvement on the old design. They are lighter and wieght very little , have a stronger lock mechanism and as well as the cork handles they have a black cloth sheath protecting the cork from dirt which is a great idea Features cork handles; a great idea as ...
...worn at all! Also on leki poles the very bottom is flexibale and after thinking I have destroyed my pole after getting it trapped in a rock the very tip slowly reforms back straight! Good top strap with release mechanism , most people dont realise how important it is to loop your wrist through the top strap these poles came with a very high quality strap very comfy Many people still have a poor opinion of walking poles seeing them as an old mans ... Read review