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Cool! I will try to find them. Thanks!I have cheap Decathlon poles, with the secret weapon of Leki tips.
Haha, thanks, yes, that’s the page that I have just found as well. I hope we have them in Australia.
I find these type are good. View attachment 47131
I had the same problem initially. I even tried putting metal washers inside the tips.
The easy solution is to buy the tips made from 'hard' rubber, not soft rubber.
You can easily feel the difference when you find them.
I found them in Zubiri.
+1. These foot shaped ones if you can get them made of car tire rubber last forever. I have a pair of tips that have lasted two and a half caminos!I find these type are good. View attachment 47131
I’ve tried the REI, Leki, and Black Diamond tips. The Black Diamond tips lastest the longest for me. The Leki tips lasted half as long (1 month vs 2 for the Black Diamond). The REI tips lasted the shortest amount of time (2 weeks). Make sure you get the tips meant for use. The tips that come with the poles are just meant for transport.Dear fellow Camino walkers,
On the Camino, I usually use my walking pole with the rubber tip on to reduce the noise it makes on paved roads and paths. But it wears out very quickly. Typically, after 2 days and a distance of about 50km, I start to see the metal tip of my pole emerging. I have tried to find rubber tips that are more long lasting, but the ones I have seen all look similar to those I have got.
I also wonder if I have been using my pole incorrectly, which wears out the rubber tip more quickly than it would otherwise.
Grateful for any advice on a good brand for rubber tips, or appropriate pole use, to address this. Thank you!
Probably. I find they last. How it works, I do not know, but they always seem to gravitate so that they are the right way.Are they ‘nordic’ tips?
Me, too.I find these type are good. View attachment 47131
I saw someone with corks on the end of their walking sticks to solve this problem. I seriously considered this at one point .Dear fellow Camino walkers,
On the Camino, I usually use my walking pole with the rubber tip on to reduce the noise it makes on paved roads and paths. But it wears out very quickly. Typically, after 2 days and a distance of about 50km, I start to see the metal tip of my pole emerging. I have tried to find rubber tips that are more long lasting, but the ones I have seen all look similar to those I have got.
I also wonder if I have been using my pole incorrectly, which wears out the rubber tip more quickly than it would otherwise.
Grateful for any advice on a good brand for rubber tips, or appropriate pole use, to address this. Thank you!
I have cheap Decathlon poles, with the secret weapon of Leki tips.
Wine bottle corks worked wonderfully on my Portuguese Camino last year - I displayed them, along with my shell, on the mantle after my walk.Dear fellow Camino walkers,
On the Camino, I usually use my walking pole with the rubber tip on to reduce the noise it makes on paved roads and paths. But it wears out very quickly. Typically, after 2 days and a distance of about 50km, I start to see the metal tip of my pole emerging. I have tried to find rubber tips that are more long lasting, but the ones I have seen all look similar to those I have got.
I also wonder if I have been using my pole incorrectly, which wears out the rubber tip more quickly than it would otherwise.
Grateful for any advice on a good brand for rubber tips, or appropriate pole use, to address this. Thank you!
We always carry extra tips.Dear fellow Camino walkers,
On the Camino, I usually use my walking pole with the rubber tip on to reduce the noise it makes on paved roads and paths. But it wears out very quickly. Typically, after 2 days and a distance of about 50km, I start to see the metal tip of my pole emerging. I have tried to find rubber tips that are more long lasting, but the ones I have seen all look similar to those I have got.
I also wonder if I have been using my pole incorrectly, which wears out the rubber tip more quickly than it would otherwise.
Grateful for any advice on a good brand for rubber tips, or appropriate pole use, to address this. Thank you!
Got something like these with my Expedition trekking poles, but took them off and left them in the forest outside of Lourdes. Got a replacement pair at the outfitting shop in SJPP, €8 fr the pair.I bought a pair of these from a Decathlon branch in Madrid before one of my stages on the Via de la Plata. Bulbous mushroom-style things in plastic. I walked 300+km on that stage with little visible sign of wear. I then took one of my poles with me to Japan and used it along with a traditional wooden staff for another 1200km, mostly on hard road surfaces. Still not worn through yet. Very impressed with them.
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How long did they last? I need rubber tips for my Black Diamond ones and another for Hubby’s Leki poles. Only need them to last 320 km. The clicking sound on pavement drove us crazy on our first Camino.Me, too.
Hi AD. My tips lasted the 500 miles on the Frances and still had some wear left when finished. Mine are styled like a "boot" with treads on the bottom, from Amazon.How long did they last? I need rubber tips for my Black Diamond ones and another for Hubby’s Leki poles. Only need them to last 320 km. The clicking sound on pavement drove us crazy on our first Camino.
Ok thanks. Just ordered a couple.Hi AD. My tips lasted the 500 miles on the Frances and still had some wear left when finished. Mine are styled like a "boot" with treads on the bottom, from Amazon.
Get the big ones. They look like mushrooms on the end of your poles. My wife used them, and they lasted her about 400km. You can buy them in SJPP for sure. We ordered replacements from Amazon when at Finisterre for our next Camino.Dear fellow Camino walkers,
On the Camino, I usually use my walking pole with the rubber tip on to reduce the noise it makes on paved roads and paths. But it wears out very quickly. Typically, after 2 days and a distance of about 50km, I start to see the metal tip of my pole emerging. I have tried to find rubber tips that are more long lasting, but the ones I have seen all look similar to those I have got.
I also wonder if I have been using my pole incorrectly, which wears out the rubber tip more quickly than it would otherwise.
Grateful for any advice on a good brand for rubber tips, or appropriate pole use, to address this. Thank you!
The big mushroom like ones are handy in that they don't get stuck between the cracks. I discovered this walking on the boardwalks by the coast on the CP.Get the big ones. They look like mushrooms on the end of your poles. My wife used them, and they lasted her about 400km. You can buy them in SJPP for sure. We ordered replacements from Amazon when at Finisterre for our next Camino.
Happily will dopeddle them to all the needy én route....
Unnecessarily overpricedLeki tips on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0029CHE3I/?tag=casaivar02-20
The ones I bought are the same minus the brand name stamped on themMaybe so but they work..worth every penny
My rubber tips stay on all the time. It was too much of a hassle to switch them out all the time.Once again, I want to sell the idea of donning the rubber pads as you go from concrete and tarmac into inhabitated areas and remove them when you hit the gravel again and when you want this distinctice bite that the tip has when you need it.
I still do it on the fly without stopping.
Rubber go in my back pocket,never lost them, original pair still perfect after three caminos..
I hate the tickety tackety just as much as the next guy...
Happy you like the one you bought. I included the link not for the price but only to show that they were available .The ones I bought are the same minus the brand name stamped on themand far more reasonably priced. $14 is way too much for 2 rubber tips.
I use very similar ones. They are great and don't wear out.These are the tips I use, never have had to take them off as they grip so well. Have walked 3 caminos and many kms at home and only replaced one that I caught and pulled too hard. Found them on Amazon after someone mentioned them on the Camino forum. Just great !!! No more clacking for me !!! Will be heading for 4 in a few months ! P.S. They were a bit big for my Black Diamond, so wrapped tape around the pole ends and pushed them on !
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I cut two rounds from a bicycle tyre with a ‘drill hole saw’ and then used two part araldite glue and glued the ‘disks’ to the rubber tips … VERY TOUGH resultDear fellow Camino walkers,
On the Camino, I usually use my walking pole with the rubber tip on to reduce the noise it makes on paved roads and paths. But it wears out very quickly. Typically, after 2 days and a distance of about 50km, I start to see the metal tip of my pole emerging. I have tried to find rubber tips that are more long lasting, but the ones I have seen all look similar to those I have got.
I also wonder if I have been using my pole incorrectly, which wears out the rubber tip more quickly than it would otherwise.
Grateful for any advice on a good brand for rubber tips, or appropriate pole use, to address this. Thank you!
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