My biggest gripe with Komperdells is their baskets - they fall off easily.
They must have more than one basket design - on our Komperdell/REI carbon poles it is near impossible to remove the baskets once you put them on. We did 200 miles on and off snow with three such pairs and never had an issue with baskets falling off. We left them on for non-snow sections because they were so hard to remove.
Good to know that tips from other brands work - it's always difficult to find such parts.
