Slalom poles themselves are fine. Delivery and communications around the delivery with DPD were a joke. They sent a email to me and Karakal to say the package had been delivered and to contact them if I had experienced any problems. The photo of the package being delivered turned out to be fake, and I wasted 2 days chasing. They delivered it 2-3 days later. The first email was seemingly just to demonstrate to Karakal that they were meeting delivery targets and the promise Karakal make to customers. They don't delivery as promised. No trust in DPD, so won't be buying again if you still use that courier.