The glue failure video I saw was what gave me initial hesitation to buy. I am around 185# and my wife closer to 120#, so I had less fear of it being an issue for us, considering the additional pin that prevented a total failure for the guy in the video.
I would have to guess that the company would replace the stick as that seems like a warrantable failure? Has there been any follow up on that. Was it one person that experienced a glue failure or many?
If I had to replace my last paragraph, I would say that I don't find these sticks to make any more or any less noise than any other stick I have climbed with in the last 10 years, in the way that I climb the tree (patiently, quietly). I don't tap sticks together to see how much noise they make, drop them to the ground, etc. I would say that with them being shorter, they are easier to handle when hanging from the tree than a longer stick.
Better?