1. Check the locking: lock each section of the climbing stick and press it down with all your strength to ensure that it will not break and that the locking system can bear the load.
2. Wear a wristband: wear a wristband when hiking, which can make you comfortable, and swing your cane back and forth. If the wristband will abrade your wrist, continue to look. It's best to choose a soft wristband with some elasticity, which can be simply adjusted to the required firmness and is not easy to fall off.
3. Select handle: climbing sticks with cork and foam handles are usually the first choice for hikers whose palms are easy to sweat or who often walk in rainy days, because these materials have better friction even when they are wet. Handles made of rubber, plastic and other materials will be slippery when wet, and the feel is not particularly good, but they are durable and strong. If your palms sweat easily, avoid using plastic grips because they tend to slip out of your palms like wet fish. Stick made of cork or foam is best to grasp. In cold weather, the handle of foam feels warmer than cork, plastic, wood or rubber.
4. Choose material: aluminum alloy mountaineering stick, which is strong, light and cheap. Most manufacturers use aluminum alloy material. If you are a person who requires high quality, you can choose a new light walking stick made of carbon fiber or titanium alloy. Carbon fiber, as strong as aluminum alloy, but lighter in weight, but more expensive. Titanium alloy is lighter, but more expensive. The climbing sticks made of carbon fiber and titanium alloy are relatively small in diameter, which makes people feel very light. When using them, you can throw them quickly, and it is easy to put the tip of the stick in a suitable position.
5. Select the number of sections: first, choose according to the intensity of the activity. The more the number of sections of the walking stick, the lower the corresponding load-bearing capacity. When leisure activities, the most prominent thing is convenient to carry, so four sticks are the first choice. When activities have a certain intensity, three sticks are selected to ensure safety.
