I tried a reach IT. I turned up to someone elses demo to compare it to a gardiners pole. I think the guy is called Richard ? Anyway we done some side by side comparisons, 22, 27 and 40odd foot poles. They seem like good poles. I've no idea of prices. I'm a big Gardiners fan and for me no other poles have come close. But the Reach IT was in with a shout!! Its hard to do like for like comparisons due to having different brushes on, and they make a big difference to the feel and handling of a pole. If i couldn't get the Gardiners pole i wanted then i'd look seriously at the Reach It poles.