I purchased these with the intent to use them as training tools for myself and for the private keeper training I do every week. I thought that purchasing poles with spikes at the bottom would be limiting -- that I could only use them on grass fields and wouldn't be able to train on turf or indoors. The inconvenience of the base anchors is making me second guess my decision... I originally filled the bases with water, but that leaked everywhere in my car after a practice that I loaded up quickly. I haven't tried filling them with sand yet, but I anticipate that that will be better. If I ever end up using them for a training... Normally I just borrow the local club's poles with spikes.<br /><br />I also don't like how awkward and bulky it is to store everything. Poles with spikes would be much easier to store and pack around. That's another big reason I have hardly used mine -- they are just too hard to tote from my house to the field and back again.<br /><br />Next time I make a purchase in this area of training gear, I am going to get the poles with spikes.

Okey.

I was expecting something more sturdy for the price. Also, there were no directions on which poles go where. I think I received way more poles then mentioned in the description and some extra caps. A few of the clips were stuck so I had to use pliers to loosen them up like the others. I plan on filling the bases with sand as water leaked out of them.