These are awesome. They\'re easy to click on to my gloves, and a simple push-down from my thumb releases them. What\'s best is there are no straps, so there\'s nothing to catch onto when riding the chairlift. I like to stow my poles under my leg when riding the chair lift, and on occasion I\'ve had my poles with straps get caught on the pull-down bar in back of me when the bar hasn\'t been pulled down. With these Leki poles, I never have to worry about that.