>>2756792It's the kind of market where it's fairly easy for a scam to slip through and for cheap shit to be overpriced because most people don't know what they're buying, there's a pretty big price range for where you can still get acceptable poles if you're not an ultralighter.
Just make sure it's comfortable to use (no hard edges or mold lines on the grip that will rub), adjusts well (definitely should not retract unexpectedly like your dick upon seeing yet another gearfag thread) and doesn't disintegrate on you (sometimes the adjustment rings just fall off).
>>2756834Not sure about going with carbon sticks again after one stick just splintered in half while tapping snow off skis.
