LEKI Makalu Lite AS Aluminum Adjustable Light-weight Strolling Poles for Trekking & Mountaineering

Best sticks ever!
I like these brand better than others….. light weight, durable, and sturdy. The AS is way better, all Leki products are built tough. I am glad they continue with the anti-shock concepts because of wrist and arm relief. Nice that they now use clamps instead of the twist locks which allow faster adjustment on the fly. The corking and padding below grips is a plus in adjusting hand placement. Only knock is the lashings or straps are a little flimsy. I like to lock my wrist into these and these straps seem they won’t hold up but we will give them a go!

Strong and dependable
We’re retired and wanted to get out walking down our quiet country neighborhood. I’m a big guy with bad knees and want to safely drop 50 lbs. I prefer the aluminum versus the carbon because it won’t crack when temp goes below freezing. We really like the safe and secure feeling they give us, and if an aggressive coyote bothers us it’s in for a painful surprise!

Quality poles, and the vibration damping works!
Too busy having fun in the woods to write a long review. These are great.

Quality Decline
I had a pair of Leki hiking sticks that I bought about 20 years ago. They had spring anti-shock mechanisms and twist locks for each section. Unfortunately, they were lost in early September while going through TSA inspections. Someone walked off with them I believe.The spring mechanisms were far superior to the current anti-shock devices located near the handles. They provided great shock absorbtion on downhills and helped immensely in propelling one uphill as well. The new sticks I purchased don’t provide much benefit at all as far as I can tell.And I found the twist locks to be much easier to use and much quicker to adjust as well.Sometimes it’s better to leave things alone instead of trying to improve them. In this case, their improvements are anything but.

Super Wanderstöcke, ich bin den GR20 in Korsika mit ihnen gelaufen. Sie funktionierten großartig – sind stabil, ziemlich leicht und haben einen bequemen Griff.

以前より気になっていたこの製品。私は身長が高くないので、3つ折りのポールだと、最小の長さでも少し長く、トレッキングポールとしてはイマイチだなと思っていたので、伸縮式を考えていました。やっぱり名門のLEKIということだけあって、作りもよく、フィット感やポールを使っての歩きやすさはとても感じます。アルミなので少し思いかもですが、私は登山はそこまでしないので気にならないレベルです。見た目(色)でもわかりますが、マカル―ライトのアンチショックが付いてないモデルもあるので、その点ごっちゃにならないよう、購入時には注意ですね。

伸縮調整は非常にやりやすく且つしっかり固定できる。