Hi lads you may remember my post around the start of year with my 11 month old xtreme pole and section 3 snapping, luckily Alex G swapped out for me because the courier messed me about so much not collecting it to return for inspection but Alex thought it was user error which personally I didn’t totally agree with as I really do look after my poles and not a heavy user finishing work most days early afternoon mon-fri.
Anyway he was great doing that for me and I can’t knock him but recently my no1 had been spinning at the very top below the clamp which is common apparantly and my no4 section has split half way down the pole, bearing in mind its about 14 months old now I decided to try and replace the no4 section with an slx as I thought its lower down I won’t feel the weight diff as much and I don’t really!
Then here’s the best bit, I spent £75 on a set of phantom clamps from wcw and after a bit of chopping and changing the pole feels bloody awesome again.
I am going to order a new xtreme anyway in a month or so but thought for £150 for the clamps and pole I’d give it a try.
Can’t recommend the phantom clamps enough, they feel too loose when opening and shutting them but they clamp brilliantly and 3 days use i havent got any carbon wear on my hands yet!
As regards the xtreme pole though and wear we all know the slx is probably the best all rounder and you can bounce it off walls but for me even at double the price and the fact that you generally get 12-18 months use out of them its money well spent for me, I found I’m earning more as my not as crackered and my shoulder injury from football many years ago has gone again and ever since using the xtreme I get peaceful nights sleeps!
The extra money I made this last year has way more than paid for itself😉
