I am retracting my previous 4-star review. While I still love the flick-lock of BD poles, this pole has a little button lock on the lower segment. Mine stuck, never to retract again (even in a vice). Since then, I have noticed many other people who ran into the same thing...maybe that is why they switched to a double flickloc.
Ergonomic design, lightweight (relative to others of similar design), great handle strap for winter or summer that won't get slippery when wet, durable
I have had the hardest time keeping the snow buckets on these things in the winter. Have gone through 2 pairs of buckets.