Mtngear stick 4.1

[Jenks11]

Doing some drinking and thinking, and I have been debating getting rid of my trekking poles and going to the mtngear stick 4.1 as my main hiking stick and shelter dig out tool. Looking for people who have done its input. Good, bad or indifferent? Is it better to use trekking poles and a regular ice axe? Or if there’s a better tool out there I’m open to ideas. It would mainly be used early spring, in steep mountainous country. Thx.