What CF hiking poles have an ALUMINUM bottom section?

my BD Contour have the top section in carbon, the other two are in aluminium.
Don't know if they are still on the market but you could look at BD anyway.

REI used to offer such an animal, but I believe they were discontinued because the twist locks were so undependable and so many were returned. Komperdell made them for REI.

I agree, it's a smart design the have an aluminum bottom section.
If you find some, let us know.

Billy

Oh, FWIW, I fell and broke the upper section on mine… but that aluminum bottom section was fine :)

This may be close….

http://www.komperdell.com/en/poles/trekking/carbon.php?id=194_2311_10

I had a similar thought that the carbon fiber segments might decide to protect the aluminum segment by breaking first. (Assuming a "lower segment trapped in rocks" scenario.)

and this…

http://www.komperdell.com/en/poles/alpin/carbon.php?id=184_1102_10

TITANAL .HF
the extra-hard hi-tech alloy, exclusively and only by KOMPERDELL

Since hardness and toughness are generally opposing attributes in metals, why is Komp so proud of pole hardness?

Gives Marketing something to spin at the great unwashed.

Cheers

I've used the Black Diamond Terra CF poles for many years and they are still going strong but they are long discontinued. The top two sections are carbon fiber and the bottom section is aluminum. They have held up well over the years but I really don't think the two carbon sections provide much of a weight savings over an all aluminum equivalent. They are not particularly light.

So… I got to thinking (always dangerous :)…
I pulled the bottom section of my Locus CP3 carbon fiber poles and thought I'd see if the bottom section from my aluminum Leki Cressida poles would fit into the CP3s…

Wala… they do!!! And there is zero weight penalty!!!

And… it seems to diminish the infamous, intractable 'rattle' of the CP3s!!!

To add to the discussion above… when I broke my previous CF poles that had an alum bottom section, I did that by falling directly on the top section… it had nothing to do with the bottom section being aluminum.

Also, the appeal of having an aluminum bottom section is not just what the Original Poster was concerned with: stepping on the bottom section and breaking it…
My main concern is that the bottom section is what takes the most beating from rocks. Just look at any poles that have been used for some time and you will notice most of the scratches are on the bottom section. Carbon fiber will not hold up to this cutting/scratching as well as aluminum. So there are two reasons to have aluminum bottom: cuts/scratch vulnerability of CF and aluminum will not break as easily.

billy