1. Outdoor mountain climbing and hiking

You can choose a trekking hiking poles with three or four sections, and it is best to choose a straight handle handle. The material can consider aluminum alloy support rods or carbon fiber support rods. Compared to aluminum alloy poles, carbon fiber poles are more sturdy and durable, and their prices are also higher. Friends with sufficient budgets can choose climbing poles with carbon fiber brackets.

2. Flat/field hiking

You can choose a professional walking stick with a slanted handle, and the material can consider carbon fiber support rods or aluminum alloy support rods. The wrist strap of a walking stick is different from a regular mountaineering stick in that it adopts a full palm style wrist strap, which can fully cooperate with the arm swing angle to exert force. A more professional walking stick is the Feistel folding walking stick. Currently, the three section carbon fiber walking stick is easy to carry and is quite popular among people.

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3. Leisure mountaineering/daily use

Two section, three section, and four section climbing sticks are acceptable, mainly depending on the needs of carrying them. The material can be aluminum alloy support rods, carbon fiber support rods, or wooden support rods. At present, the most widely used aluminum alloy hiking poles in the market can be roughly divided into telescopic and folding styles. The telescopic style has a longer length but is not easy to shake; The length of the folded version is even longer, with a folded length of about 35cm, but it is prone to shaking and there is no best choice, only the most suitable one.

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