Have come to appreciate at the first use of the sticks. They are pleasantly light, but you can tell immediately, especially when things are looking up, what they can do. The Korkeinlagen the handle I find very pleasant, had as compared other sticks in their hands, their plastic handles have promised me far less. Not quite pleased I am with the wrist strap, the strap is not 100% fit to my hands, which has cost the 5th star. This of course is not a general flaw, but a very personal "relationship box" between the loop and me.