User Review: Black Diamond Spire

Black Diamond Spire
Above: The current Spire, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed August 18, 2007 by Gordon MacNeil

Rating:
Price Paid: $75

Just returned from putting these through their paces in the Jotinheimen mountains in Norway...where their strength was much-appreciated. Comfortable grips, though you need to learn how to use the leashes or they slip. The flick-lock feature works well; it never slipped on me.

Four stars instead of five because they are a bit on the heavy side compared with other poles. For me the weight penalty was worth not having to mess with the twist-lock slippage that my wife and others experienced with Leki poles.