funny mentioned this to richard at isparkle today
( thats why he answered first because now he knows something 
)
,its were the clamp is biting in to one spot.its happening to mine
i know thers fair wear & tear but on something that costs what an slx 22 does. plus a new clamp set in under 12 months
surely this is not really an acceptable timescale on a major fault/s occuring.
if say you bought a powerdrill for £500+ and less than 12/24 months down the line the chuck doesnt work , you get it repaired /replaced foc , under a guarantee.
now when the slx works as it should do there is not a better pole, the elite is very very close and, i am sure if the weights were closer and closed lengths i would be tempted to get another.
i have an elite 30 stripped back and an employee uses that everyday and he doesnt get the windmill thing at all, it goes up easily and clamps.
on single houses where 1 operator jumps out and my lad has to use my slx22 he is constantly faffing about with it and in his words hates using my pole.it does his head in big time
everyday on every house i am continually changing clamp tightness on different sections , and the more you tighten to stop the windmill efffect , the harder it is to extend on the other sections.
i swear my shoulder niggles are down to this constant battle with an pole that costs ££££££
and dont even get me started on the pathetic plastic fan jets they supply with the new brushes, 2 sets in 1 month on door handles , ,had to fetch the fans out of a medium sill brush to get the medium dual trim back working.
why have i got a medium sill spare well in my opinion it is pants , absolute pants, fans are too high and spray everywhere above the brush head creating dirty drip zones, you have to take out bristles to get even fanjet spray and easily distorts beyond recognition when using hot/warm water ( tried restoring it with the boiling water method by the way,) it sits on my water tank rolling around as another £40 down the swanny.
i do like the stiff dual trim brush though, i use it everyday.
