I made an expensive mistake too last year!Had my slx30 with carbon gooseneck leaning against van still connected to the microbore.Pulled in the hose....you can guess the rest!Bang!Looked at the gooseneck and thought "thats a bad scratch",looked closer and realised it wasn't a scratch,it had a massive crack in it!Totally my fault and its taught me always to put the pole away first,then pull the hose in.Expensive mistake!Bought another - too good not to have.