On very steep inclines I’m a heavy user of trekking poles. I recently had to replace my BD Alpine carbon poles after my old pair was stolen in a car break in. I like the new poles except the new version has very wimpy straps and the padding doesn’t start until an inch down. The old version had wider padding that started almost at the top of the strap.
Is there any 3rd party strap or something I can add to the strap to make it more comfortable? Or another pole I should look at that has the same quality? I love the poles, just don’t like the straps.

