# Komperdell Cloud Compact

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/komperdell-cloud-compact
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/trekking-poles
- Placement: #12 of 17 in Trekking Poles, C tier
- Brand: Komperdell
- LP on this board: 400
- Last researched: 2026-09-23T20:52:58.752Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Ranked #6 for being the lightest pole in the test while maintaining a tough all-carbon construction and Austrian-made hardware with an excellent durability record.

## For

- Lightest pole in the test
- All-carbon three-section design
- Austrian hardware with excellent durability
- Lightest trekking pole in TGO Magazine's test
- Very tough and well-designed

## Against

- Higher cost due to specialist-ultralight design
- Smaller support network than Leki or Black Diamond
- Premium price

## Evidence

Backed by one cited source so far

Limited coverage: fewer than two distinct outlets are cited for this placement. Read it as a weaker reading than a product with broad coverage.

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thegreatoutdoorsmag | thegreatoutdoorsmag.com | B | https://www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/gear-guides/best-trekking-poles/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 | MSR DynaLock Ascent Carbon | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/msr-dynalock-ascent-carbon |
| 8 | Leki Makalu Lite | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/leki-makalu-lite |
| 9 | REI Co-op Traverse | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/rei-co-op-traverse |
| 10 | Gossamer Gear LT5 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/gossamer-gear-lt5 |
| 11 | Gossamer Gear FT3 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/gossamer-gear-ft3 |
| 13 | Black Diamond Trail Ergo Cork | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/black-diamond-trail-ergo-cork |
| 14 | Retrospec Solstice | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/retrospec-solstice |
| 15 | Leki Cressida FX Carbon AS | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/leki-cressida-fx-carbon-as |
| 16 | Black Diamond Trail | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/black-diamond-trail |
| 17 | Montem Ultralight 100% Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/montem-ultralight-100-carbon-fiber-trekking-poles |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/trekking-poles.

## What this tier means

- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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