BAFX Products - Replacement Hiking/Trekking Pole Tips SPECIFICALLY FOR BAFX PRODUCTS HIKING POLES  Designed specifically for use with the BAFX Products hiking poles. ADD TRACTION  Using rubber tips on your poles helps to add stability and traction for your hike when traversing over flat smooth terrain such as concrete, asphalt, & more! Using your bare metal tips on such surfaces can cause slipping of the poles PROTECT THE ENVIROMENT  Using rubber tips on your poles can help protect the precious beauty of the world around you. When using metal tips hiking on flat rock surfaces, they may scratch the surface of these rocks! With rubber tips on your poles you can help preserve the beauty of the natural environment around you! Keep in mind, some trails REQUIRE that you use rubber tips on your poles! PROTECT YOURSELF  Using these tips on your hiking poles adds one more lay of cushioning between the earth and your wrist, helping to reduce the shock on your wrist with each pole placement leading to less fatigue and more hiking! ALWAYS CARRY SPARES  Purchase one of our larger packs of tips so that you always have spares handy! We recommend always taking few spares on every hike as tips will wear out with time and can get stuck/lost in muddy areas, it never hurts to have some backups!