Any recommendations. Must have features to get. Recommended brands to get our watch out for.
Otherwise I'll probably just go into the local and grab something light weight
Cheers
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Any recommendations. Must have features to get. Recommended brands to get our watch out for.
Otherwise I'll probably just go into the local and grab something light weight
Cheers
I got ones from Macpac. Get ones with a clip lock rather than the twist lock. Twist locks wear out over time.
I prefer the lever lock type, my twist-to-lock one now twists but won't unlock.
The shock absorber feature is neither here nor there for me, I had poles that had both options, most of the time I turned it off.
Bivouac Outdoors usually have a good range.
Support your local shop would be my suggestion, the smaller and more 'mom and pop' the better
Having the handle twist off to them is as camera monopod is handy, can then make up a rifle rest to twist on. Doeseam they need to be a bit longer
Could never find any long enough for my 6'8 frame so I'll stick to my manuka hill stick, rock solid and never let's me down.
Don't think.i didn't see the way you were looking at it longingly last week @223nut :thumbsup:
After 35 years guiding I'm yet to see any collapsible walking pole that actually works properly or lasts more than an hour or 2 in steep hill country. And god knows I have had a heap of clients turning up with one of the bloody noisy things, sometimes 2. A good ol' fashioned Manuka hill stick lasts for years, and its cheap, and it dont break.
Get a good brand like leki etc
Don't get carbon fiber and stay away from the macpac ones there absolute junk.
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I have been using Mountain King 'Super Trekker' poles for a few years now - not the lightest but super robust and have seen plenty of use on steep hill country. I have got both types, twist-lock and lever-lock, and both work well - the lever locks are probably a bit easier to adjust when it's freezing cold. I got mine from FurtherFaster in CHCH.
I’ve had my Macpac ones for about two years. They are carbon fibre and are great haven’t given me any problems at all. They get a lot of use.
I can't make then last a trip Stug and for the price they should! After the 3rd pair being a slow learner I tried another brand and have had them for years, another mate also had a very bad run with the macpac polesQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
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Pacer poles if you can get them they are paired left and right handed info here and are what a lot of long distance trampers use. They have both twist lock and cam lock available.
You must be a ruff bugger @BRADS
Definitely get leaver lock !!!
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Thanks for the advice guys. Will go and have a look at a few of those options.
Fantastic this site for the wealth of knowledge it there for everything hunting related. Much appreciated
Yup always try and sort the local. Problem is that green machine it's all that's left in many places as others can't competeQuote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
I love my mustering stick, but it is not something that can be used correctly without some tuition. The mustering stick used correctly has several advantages over walking poles - descending, running screes and steep faces, sidling, crossing rivers. The only area where it is not as good as walking poles is going uphill. Has anyone tried a combination of one walking pole and a mustering stick ?
Is this the same as a hill stick?Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
yes
Lekki titanium have lasted well
I've run this for a few years now, I don't hunt without it. Saved my ass many times in country not recommended for humans
https://www.mtngear.nz/product/mtnstick
No whilst they may look the same, Farmers and Musterers us 'Mustering sticks' whereas trampers and other softies etc use hill sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Remmodel7
Trampers and those undergoing sexual reassignment are prone to removing the inner bark from their stick which ruins them. Musterers only remove the fluffy outer bark from Manuka and Kanuka.
Looks like interesting piece of kit :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by hotsoup
Be interested to see if he has a rubber foot / protective cap for the spike. One of my pet peeves is the amount of damage spikes do to tracks. I understand the point (duh) of the spike in snow and ice, but on gravel tracks it causes a lot of damage.
Ok I have a different stick for when I'm mustering and things aren't going well. But it's made from alkathene and has a different useQuote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Black Diamond Lever lock Aluminium , on my second set only because I dropped one crossing a stream and never saw it again , great poles , Bivouac sell them
Collapsible manuka hill stick - except carbon fibre, 232 grams
https://zpacks.com/products/carbon-fiber-staff
US$125+ blah blah
Interesting little youtube clip of it supporting a big blokes entire weight jumping across a stream somewhere on Te Araroa, then yank disclaimers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDhG42nrbe8
Pretty sure @Tikka7mm08 has one, what's your thoughts Bob ?
I've killed a couple of sets of macpac carbon fibre ones - first ones were twist lock and the clamps failed within a few months, took them back and they replaced them with the newer leverlock model. Those survived 2 or 3 years of fairly solid abuse - including falling sideways onto one with it jammed between rocks. Around 100kg of me plus 30kg pack landed on it, the pole felt like it bent like a banana and I was expecting an assfull of carbon shards (less than ideal on the second day of a 2 week Olivines trip), then it sprang back straight and tipped me off. Much impressed! The ends detached from the carbon tubes and fell off after 2 or 3 years of mountain bashing.
Now I have some Komperdell alloy ones which apparently have a 'if you manage to break it we'll replace it' warranty that I haven't needed. But I don't spend as much time in the mountains as I used to.
After about 5-6 years of abuse, I finally broke my Macpac carbon fibre one. The handle snapped off, still useable though.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
Just replaced it with the same model. Two poles for $100 (pro deal) ain't too bad at all.
Ask Shane how many he's broken.....and I've done more so either we both got mutilple lemons or you and stug got the only two good ones ever made [emoji1787]Quote:
Originally Posted by Pop Shot
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I have a zpacks CF foldable. Light ASF. Haven't used yet.
I've seen Shane use his rifle to try chop trees down 😅Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
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... :ORLY:
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.
Just weighted my mustering sticks:
Manuka thats been drying 3 months 520 gr
kanuka 20yrs + heavy duty very strong 545gr including full length bungi for shoulder carry
Kanuka 20yrs + lighter 445gr with Bungi
What who doesn't do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pop Shot
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Then he wondered why he missed two different deer that trip... but hey we all love @199p too bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
I have a pair (usually just take one) Black Diamond Alpine FLZ poles. They are aluminium with flick locks and cork handles. Have had them for about 5 years and beat the hell out of them, still going strong.
Super durable
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I take this,been turning sticks into walking poles for 30 years now.
