We bought a pair of Covacure Collapsible Hiking Poles for the New Zealand trip. While we have full sized hiking sticks for use at home, they don't pack well. These sticks are very light, so much so that I was worried about fragility. They are composed of 3 aluminum sleeved sections, which snap together like a tent pole. You assemble the 3 sections and then pull on the main section to take up the slack on the shock cord, which then makes the stick flexy but not in a bad way.
We used these sticks nearly every day on the New Zealand trip. They assembled and disassembled very well, taking up little space in the small car we rented. They fit nicely into the checked bag that we have. We never used any of the accessories that came with the sticks and for a weight-limited trip I'd leave the accessories behind.
The stuff sack the sticks came with was very fragile. We destroyed them by the end of the trip. That's a minor nit. I'd highly recommend these sticks for anyone.
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