Cascade Mountain Tech Trekking Poles Black

I have twist lock aluminum poles. They do not rattle at all. And they're not super expensive ones. They cost me $38 eight years ago. (Camping brand beginning with K.) I wanted quick locks though. So I could maybe adjust to a longer length for downhill more often and save my knees a bit. And I wanted to try cork grips. But the RATTLING is a total dealbreaker for me. Though I'm still undecided on keeping them, truth be told. They're only $25, but even as just an extra pair for sharing with friends, I would have to gamble that taking them apart and stuffing cotton balls in strategic locations, as some have done, with mixed success, would work for me, to at least a significant degree. Additionally, the wrist straps, although basically fine, could definitely be improved. Though there is a wide padded portion, it doesn't line up with where you want it to be all that well - once you adjust the straps so that you can actually use them to help you transmit force to the poles. My other poles have this problem to a degree as well, and have the same basic strap adjustment design, but the proportions on these are different, perhaps as if they are intended more as leashes, which, to be fair, I'm sure is how many people will use them. At minimum, I would think it would be fairly easy for the manufacturer to flip the orientation of the strap assembly on the opposite pole, instead of having them all oriented the same way, though, to be fair, my other poles are the same way.