I never much cared for them synthetic walking sticks much. I suppose a collapsible one is better if space is really a concern, but I much prefer heading to the hills and picking a few nice cedar saplings. I like to find them with a 2" diameter butt tapering to about an inch or so at 6 feet. I'll pick 4 or 5 out of a grove (helps to thin the grove a little anyways). I take them home, put the draw knife to them, sand them smooth, let them hang dry, then stain them with something nice, and varnish them up to protect them. Sometimes I carve little designs in them. Usually I just ball the butt end and put a plastic pipe cap on the other end. I like Cedar because it is so light and yet has incredible strength along the length of the pole. I've used them for batoning big knives to split logs. It dents the wood, but it is not so bad. I've yet to snap one. If I need a shooting stick, I just drill a couple holes in the handle and make some dowel pegs and that seems to do okay.

It cost me a little elbow grease, but what the heck, they last a decade of rugged use.