LEKI Travel Wanderfreund SAS Pole

by Leki

Product Features

• Super Lock System offers a secure adjustment hold with the least amount of torque (hand strength required) to offer secure, reliable support
• Soft Anti-shock System (SAS) features an internal suspension system that cushions the impact of each pole plant for comfort and security
• Carbide Flextips are concave, cylindrical tips that provide a secure hold when Nordic walking off-road on all terrain and surfaces; carbide is extremely durable while the entire tip is replaceable.
• Rubber tip easily attaches and removes from carbide Flextip (designed for use indoors or on pavement only); remove tip to expose carbide while on trails

Product Description

Product Description

A member of LEKI’s Travel Series of trekking poles, the Travel Wanderfreund SAS Pole offers a cane-style grip for those who need extra support or load relief on or off the trail. A three-section heat-treated aluminum shaft adjusts from 75-135 centimeters while LEKI’s Super Lock System allows the pole length to be adjusted with the least amount of torque (hand strength). Like all LEKI trekking poles, the carbide flextips are replaceable and offer a very secure hold on any terrain and surface.

Specifications

• Series: Travel Series
• Shaft: Aluminum 3-section / 10.5 ounces
• Grip: Multi-Medical Grip
• Strap: Cord
• Finish: Ultra Sonic
• Comes with Rubber Tip
• Adjusts from 75-135 centimeters
• Lifetime warranty against shaft breakage

About LEKI

LEKI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ski, hiking and trekking poles, had its start in Kircheim, Germany as a hobby of its founder, Karl Lenhart, an airframe mechanic and avid skier. Lenhart believed aluminum would make a superior ski pole compared to the heavy steel models available in the late 1940’s. After successfully creating lightweight poles for his friends, in 1954, the hobby became a full time business. LEKI originated the use of nylon webbing for straps and created plastic molded grips and baskets in place of metal and leather. Additionally, Lenhart developed an aluminum tempering process that produces pole shaft with incomparable strength, durability, and reliability.

In 1984, Klaus Lenhart, Karl’s son, assumed leadership and shortly there after developed the first dual-component grip. He is also responsible for improving adjustable pole-locking technology and grip innovations such as the Trigger Click-In system and COR-TEC, a material made of real cork and latex. As the ski market continued to flourish, LEKI began manufacturing hiking poles primarily for European mountain guides. The concept of using two poles as means of relieving stress on knee joints and the lower back appealed to climbers who also saw benefits in performance and safety. LEKI poles eventually caught on with the general hiking and trekking population that recognized and appreciated the preventive health benefits as well as the climbing support and stabilizing effects. In 1990, LEKI USA was incorporated. The North American market has embraced the company’s line of alpine, Nordic, back country, mountaineering, Nordic walking, and trekking poles. Like their European counterparts who have been loyal to LEKI for nearly five decades, North American outdoor enthusiasts know and appreciate LEKI quality and value.

Product Description

When your step is not like it used to be, the Leki Wanderfreud SAS Single Pole enhances your balance, and extends your exploring stride with a staff or cane option grip. An added Soft Antishock System (SAS) uses a spring/elastimer design in the shaft to reduce stress to the wrists. The Wanderfreud SAS Single Pole is made of rugged HTS 6.5 aluminum in three telescoping sections that adjust up to 135 centimeters long. Set to an optimum length, this pole helps to distribute up to 25 percent of the effort to your upper body, and minimize stress on your knees. At the tip a Carbide Flextip presents a durable break resistant design equal to Leki's top performance trekking poles. An interchangeable basket design allows for the easy addition of a basket given the terrain and conditions. The scratch resistant Ultra Sonic finish helps to keep the pole looking good after multiple uses. Leki is the first pole manufacturer to be tested and approved by TUV, the prestigious Technical Inspection Service of Europe.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000F7RKQK
• Item model number: TN2084-07
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,856 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #49 in Sports & Outdoors > Snow Sports > Snowshoeing > Poles

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is nothing like this walking stick, January 5, 2008

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N. J. Simicich "Gadget Geek" (Labelle, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LEKI Travel Wanderfreund SAS Pole (Apparel)

I'm reviewing this as a medical cane, not as a hiking stick. I have a limp and weakness in my right ankle that overtakes me suddenly and I need a cane to balance on if I am in the mood where the cane might collapse on me.

A common problem for people who use regular canes is that the weight of the cane causes elbow pain. You have to lift the cane between steps, and the heavier you are the heavier the cane needs to be to support you - thus you are damned if you do use the cane by elbow pain, and damned if you don't by whatever caused you to need the cane.

This cane breaks all those rules. It can hold a 350 lb person without bending, and it weighs a fraction of what a typical metal or bentwood cane would - literally, it feels like a feather after you have been lifting a bentwood cane. And it can go offroad, in snow, beach sand, or on sidewalks.

On an airplane, you can collapse it and it will go into the overhead - so that you will have it when you need it to get to the toilet - or when you need to get off the plane since the flight attendants never bring you your cane after landing. A full sized cane needs to be taken and put in a closet, and try and get it back.

I'm on my fifth one. I've given them to desparate friends and lost them. I ran one over with a golf cart and bent it up. All my fault, so I sent a request to Leki for repair parts and a bill, or a way to order them on a credit card. They sent me repair parts and no bill. Despite the fact that nothing could be expected to stand this abuse, they sent me a new lower half for nothing.

It can be made tall enough for me to rest my head on while sitting up (I'm a tall person) and I can easily adjust it a bit to let me straighten or bend my arm a bit to change the angle while walking. The spring can be defeated by twisting the cane a bit while collapsed, or it can be left fully working to make it less prominent.

The spring may be less important than things like the weight and the wrist strap and the fact that collapsed with a carabiner (included on the last one I bought) you can easily clip the cane to your belt so that you could limp with both hands free.

I've used a bunch of different canes and this is the best cane ever built. Bar none. It solves so many different problems so perfectly that it should be considered by anyone who can use a simple cane without upper arm support. After I bought my first one I threw my other canes away.

Of course, were it sold as a medical supply it would cost $300. Since it is a high tech hiking stick, you can get it for only twice as much as a heavy, weak, drugstore adjustable cane. And, with all that, the grip is more confortable than most of the ones from a medical supply house.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent design, October 6, 2007

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A Friend (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LEKI Travel Wanderfreund SAS Pole (Apparel)

I bought this for an elderly friend who has terrible arthritis in her knees. Her hands were very sore from using a regular walking stick. The spring action of this stick combined with the cork handle make it far more comfortable and she really likes it.