Guide X Trekking Poles

Following a total knee replacement earlier this year, I upgraded my poles and have been extremely pleased. They are very sturdy, lightweight, and easy to use. I packed out a deer for 1.5 miles over rough terrain and these poles were a game changer!

Very cool features, a few nit-picks

I love the design of having threading in the handles to allow them to be attached together to serve as a tent center pole or tarp shelter pole. I love that the threading is the same pattern as Vortex's opics adapters which allows one pole to be turned into a very quick, easy, and lightweight option for glassing. I love that there's also a shooting stick adapter for the same reason. My only gripes: - For the price ($165 is a LOT for trekking poles IMO), the adapter to allow them to be threaded together should be included and should not be $20 more. - The poles wobble/rattle noticeably more than my $80 REI Trailmade aluminum poles when hiking on rough terrain. Granted, the Argali's are substantially lighter, but at $165, my standards are higher. - I'm sure part of the reason these are $165 is the hybrid aluminum/carbon construction. In my opinion, with the carbonX poles already existing, this is unnecessary. These should just be aluminum and be cheaper.

Excellent! Took these on a 10 day backcountry elk hunt and they were amazing. Tons of deadfall, water crossings and very steep terrain put these poles through their paces and they preformed excellent.