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Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair

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Item # 750120

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These sturdy rubber guards cover carbide tips while walking on asphalt or other hard surfaces.

Prolongs the life of your pole tips, while protecting the walking surface from wear and tear
Remove rubber tip to expose carbide tip if walking on gravel or icy surfaces
Replacement rubber tips for Leki trekking poles

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Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair Customer Reviews

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Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair

3.8

(based on 13 reviews)

85%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Lightweight (6)
Durable (4)
Easy to use (4)
Good design (4)
Good grips (3)

Cons

Best Uses

Day trip (5)
Backcountry (3)
Hiking (3)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (7), Casual/ recreational (7)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (5), Comfort driven (4)

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Jul

2011

3.0

Worked, until I lost one

By C Hammer

from Minneapolis, MN

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Good grips
Lightweight
Strong

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

These tips worked great for me on my recent trip to Philmont where I was carrying a 50# pack after food and water.

The tips made it 5 days awesomely. But halfway through the sixth day I realized that one of the tips had come off. At that point the standard tips still worked for me, but it would have been nice for the tips to have been designed to hold onto the poles in a manner other than simply friction.

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Jan

2011

4.0

Works well, lasts, but failure mode bad

By Bill Sanderson

from Philadelphia PA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable

Cons

Best Uses

Walking-smooth hard surf

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

I use these for aid in walking and getting up if I fall, on normal city exterior surfaces. In this usage, they hold up quite well--but I find the failure mode a problem: When the rubber wears through, the metal washer is exposed, and at that point, the walking stick tends to slide out from under me on tile or hardwood surfaces.
Not sure how to fix this--perhaps the metal washer could be painted bright yellow so it would be easier to see when it wears through the rubber.

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Dec

2010

4.0

Protects floors; ..might satisfy TSA?

By vwbmw

from St. Paul MN

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

These Leki rubber tips (4.5cm) also fit BD Trail/Compact/ErgoCork poles, and the BD Walking tips (3.5cm long) seem to fit snugly on my Leki AERGON T2442 poles. However, BD tips cost 45% less. I've yet to use them on a trail (hence tentative 4 stars), but they certainly eliminate the carbide tip 'clatter' on neighborhood streets. And since I find that poles are useful aids during indoors winter stretching/balance exercises, the rubber tips prevent 'unthinking' damage to hardwood floors! As solid tip covers, I'm also hoping they may allow poles (sections) to be transported within carry-on luggage through airport TSA screening.

To simply protect pole tips or section ends from wearing holes in luggage or backpack fabric, or scratching something or someone, there's no need to buy special 'tip protectors'. Instead, buy 30 cents of ½" diameter clear vinyl tubing; cut 2" pieces to slip over carbide tip and/or plastic inner guide. Fits both BD and Leki.

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Oct

2010

5.0

Excellent alternative

By tailslide

from Orangevale, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Durable
Easy Setup
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry
Day Trips

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

Most of my trail hiking is Sierra granite. Carbide tips are noisy, slip on rocks, and generally not very satisfactory. These tips have metal inserts to prevent the carbide pole tips from punching through, and are made from a very durable hard rubber material. Now I use them all the time, even on dirt trails. I haven't used them for a full season yet, but so far they show almost no wear. Highly recommended.

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Jul

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

superior walking tip

By WLS

from Oshkosh Wi.

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Durable
Easy to Use
Good Design

Cons

Best Uses

Day Trips
Travel

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

it's a walking tip so not much to say. The new model does not match the picture but it seems to have a superior design with deeper groves and better rubber. It has a metal washer to help prevent the carbide from poking through. It sticks on well and is bit expensive but I think it's worth it. It's not as agressive a design as their Nordic walking tip and not as expensive so I would say it is a good choice for all around summer hiking where the carbide is not needed and can actually mark up the trail excessively. Kind of the same reason steel studs were outlawed on tires in the summer. Respect the trail and don't scar up the rocks and wood!

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Jun

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good protection

By Dakota650r

from DC

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Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry
Day Trips
Travel
Winter Camping

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

I bought these to use with the Leki Khumbu Aergon SpeedLock Trekking Poles. The tips I recieved do not look exactly like the ones in the picture here at at REI. The pic here must be of the previous model. A current pic can be found at Leki's website. They look great and they fit great. They are easy to put on, easy to take off and yet they feel like they are secure once on the pole. They won't just fall off the pole. Can't comment on durability just yet. I do love the Leki Khumbu Aergon poles and I can recommend getting these tips to protect the poles.
No cons. Somewhat pricey. I think they should be priced at five or six dollars. That would be a more reasonable price. It probably costs Leki mere pennies to have them made, and REI probably makes a pretty good margin on these. Nine is a little high, but it is still worth protecting your hundred dollar poles.

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Apr

2010

1.0

Wore out in a few days!

By CreakyKnees

from Puget Sound, home of webbed feet

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Not Durable
Wears prematurely

Best Uses

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

Nice idea, good design... However, shoddy in the extreme. They wore out in under ten miles of walking on harder surfaces, precisely the type of uses they were intended for. Worse, the metal tips of the poles penetrated the things in just a few miles, it's just that it took another handful of miles for the things to become totally worthless...

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Apr

2010

5.0

Excellent product

By Treasure walking far without fatigue

from Mount Shasta

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

Durable
Easy to Use
Good Design
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry
Day Trips

Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

I hiked the entire JMT and used these for much of the way on my REI poles, as they are perfect for both rocky paths and sand. Any time I felt they were not quite right for the surface I was crossing, I simply pulled them off (quite easily compared to others I have used) and put them in my pocket. I also use them daily on my 4-mile pavement walk, and they are very long-lived.

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Aug

2009

(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Excellent fit

By Mach-1

from Pittsburgh, PA

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Cons

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Comments about Leki Rubber Walking Tips - Pair:

Tips were tested on "non-REI logo" Komperdell poles.

Fit is excellent. They mount securely without any shifting or movement during use. The inside diameter of the channel that accepts the tip of the pole decreases at its terminus, corresponding to the diameter and shape of the carbide tip of the pole. The transition to the narrower section is strengthened my a metal washer.

The symmetrically round shape to the head provides for a secure footing regardless of what angle the pole is to the surface.

I have used these tips on pavement (only when necessary), gravel, and hard-packed and loose soil with positive results.