Trekking poles
Two folding carbon poles, both light enough to forget in a pack lid — so what actually separates them once you read what each maker prints?
Both listings lead with a per-pole weight, and both stop at the same place: neither names the mechanism that holds the sections together. Five of the nine poles in this hub have that gap, and it is the single thing a folding pole lives or dies on, so the line below stays empty on both sides rather than being filled in from a photograph. What is left is a short list of published figures, and they point in different directions — one pole prints how small it goes, the other prints what comes in the bag.
Alpteq folding carbon poles, 115–135 cm, 35 cm packed, 231 g per pole
Wins 2 of 9
Check price≈ 59 €
| Compared on | folding carbon poles, 63–125 cm, 169 g per pole | folding carbon poles, 115–135 cm, 35 cm packed, 231 g per pole |
|---|---|---|
| Lock mechanism | Not published | Not published |
| Weight per pole | 169 g per pole — stated | 231 g per pole — stated |
| Packed length | Not published — stated to fold into a rucksack, with no figure | 35 cm folded — stated |
| Adjustment range | 63 to 125 cm — stated | 115 to 135 cm — stated |
| Shaft material | Carbon — stated | Carbon 3K — stated |
| Section count | Not published | Not published |
| Grip material | EVA foam, adjustable wrist straps — stated | Natural cork with an EVA extension — stated |
| Tip fitting | Not published | Not published — the contents are the poles and a bag |
| Basket fitting | Snow and mud baskets supplied — stated | Not published |
Each tick belongs to its own line and nothing more. The row of ticks is not a score: the two verdicts underneath settle the page, because these two answer different questions on the trail.
The lighter published figure of the two, 169 g per pole against 231 g, and the only one of the pair that lists snow and mud baskets in the box. It adjusts from 63 cm, which is a wider span than the Alpteq offers, and it stops at 125 cm — the lowest maximum in this hub, so check that against the length you already walk with. You are buying an unnamed folding lock either way.
The pole to take if packed size decides it: 35 cm folded is published, and the KEYTYTAR listing gives no folded figure at all. It also names its weave, Carbon 3K, and pairs cork with an EVA extension below it. The trade is 62 g more per pole on the published figures and no baskets listed among the contents.
Because neither listing names one. A folding pole is held at length by something — a lever, a collar, an internal cord under tension — and both makers describe the poles as quick to deploy without saying what does the holding. Rather than guess from the product photographs, this page leaves the line as both listings left it.
Both makers state the figure per pole rather than per pair, which is what makes the two readable side by side. Neither says whether the figure includes the straps or the baskets, so treat the 62 g as the distance between two published claims and nothing more.
Only the Alpteq, at 35 cm folded. The KEYTYTAR listing says the poles fold compactly into a rucksack or luggage and never gives a number, so there is nothing to compare it against — which is why that line goes to the Alpteq.
Folding carbon · 63–125 cm · 169 g per pole stated, the lightest published here · EVA foam grip · snow and mud baskets supplied · lock and packed length not stated
The lightest per-pole weight published in this hub at a stated 169 g, on a folding carbon pair with the lowest maximum length here and no lock named.
Best for: A long day or a fast pack where every gram is counted and 125 cm is enough length for you.
≈ 60 €
Folding · 115–135 cm · 35 cm packed, the shortest published here · Carbon 3K · 231 g per pole stated · natural cork grip with EVA extension · lock not named
The shortest packed length published in this hub at 35 cm, on a Carbon 3K folding pair stated at 231 g per pole — with no lock named and no tips supplied.
Best for: Travelling light with poles inside a case, where 35 cm packed and 231 g per pole are the figures being bought.
≈ 59 €
Prices in these summaries were read on the dates each review gives. The live figure sits beside every product.
