Ua māhele nui ʻia nā mahiole i: nā mahiole piha, nā mahiole 3/4, nā mahiole i uhi ʻole ʻia, a me nā mahiole hapa. Koho mākou i ka nui o ka mahiole e like me ka hiki ke koho i ke ʻano o ka mahiole e lūlū i ke poʻo a ʻaʻole e lūlū, a ʻaʻole e kau nui i ka uhi pale lalo i ka wā e kau pinepine ai i ka mahiole.
Pono e hoʻolako ʻia ka ʻaoʻao o loko o ka mahiole me kahi liner e kūʻē i ka hopena. Pono ka liner e loaʻa kahi lua ea me ka hohonu o 10 mm e hōʻoia i ka holo ʻana o ka ea i loko o ka mahiole. ʻO ka ʻili o ke kino he 5 mm, a he māmā a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi ke kau ʻana i ka mahiole. ʻAʻole paʻa, ākea ka ʻike, maopopo a ʻaʻohe mea keakea, a ʻaʻole emi ke kihi o ka ʻike ma mua o 105° i ke kūlana paʻa.
ʻAʻole pono ke kaumaha o ka mahiole e ʻoi aku ma mua o 2 kg. Ke kau nei i ka mahiole, hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe maopopo a hoʻokaʻawale i nā leo mai nā ʻaoʻao a pau. Pono hoʻi ka mahiole e pale i ka ʻālohilohi a me ka wela, a pale i ka lepo, pale wai a pale i nā pepeke. Pono ke aniani o ka mahiole e moakāka a ʻaʻohe kala, me ka paʻa maikaʻi a ʻaʻole maʻalahi e haki. I mea e hōʻoia ai ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ʻia ka ʻike o ka holo lio, pono ke ʻano o ka mahiole me ka ʻano paʻakikī.
Hoʻomanaʻo nā mākaʻi kaʻa: Ke komo kahi kaʻa huila ʻelua i kahi ulia, ʻo ke poʻo kekahi o nā ʻāpana palupalu loa o ka mea hoʻokele a me ka mea holo. No laila, ma waho aʻe o ka mālama ʻana i nā kānāwai a me nā lula, pono ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo e ʻaʻahu pono i nā mahiole palekana ke hele ʻoe ma ka mokokaikala a i ʻole ka paikikala uila e pale aku i nā ulia.