Carbon vs Aluminium

LEKI poles feature stable, light, and durable materials - aluminium and carbon. From stability to weight reduction, these materials are key for your journey, and an important basis on which Leki poles to choose.

ALUMINIUM

For their aluminium poles, LEKI uses high-strength aluminium alloys like the ones used in aircraft construction.These are prepared and hardened using a special process developed by LEKI. The tubes are given the highest degree of stability to withstand the most extreme conditions and applications. With this cutting-edge technology, LEKI plays a special role in the durability and resilience of the tube design and quality.

- Highly durable and resilient
- Light weight
- High-strength LEKI aluminium shafts for the greatest stability
- High elasticity when bent
- More impact resistant than carbon

CARBON

Carbon fibres are the result of a carbonization process using synthetic polymer fibres or organic substrates. The result is a compound made of fibres that are significantly thinner than a human hair.

The carbon fibres are processed into mesh mats, bound with resin components, cut and laid over one another in a specially developed layered construction and then hardened in an oven.

LEKI offer both 100% HM (high modular) Carbon, and also Carbon Composite models, where a certain percentage of fibreglass is added.

- Maximum stiffness with minimal weight
- Very light
- Higher degree of stiffness than aluminium with same tube diameter
- Optimal vibration behaviour during highly dynamic movements
- Individual construction using various fibre technologies and layers.

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