User Review: Mountainsmith Rhyolite 6061

Mountainsmith Rhyolite 6061
Above: The current Rhyolite 6061, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed November 30, 2008 by f_klock

Rating:
Price Paid: $19.95 ea. (Too much)

I bought these because I forgot to pack my regular poles. Learned my lesson. I used them once, for about 2 hours, and the spring lockout failed on one of them. I can no longer lock the shock absorber out. Also, the insides rattle when you apply pressure on them or tap them on the ground. Very annoying.

Truth is, as hiking poles, they perform as they are supposed to. Then again, so would a pair of sticks that I could have found along the trail. I should have just done that instead of paying for these.

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