no brush martin i got a free replacement supalite mono as the one i bought the other month was a bad batch(bristles frayed after 2 weeks!).
ambient ive been wfp for 10 weeks and bought the xtel.used it for two weeks then bought a 25ft hydra alloy and have been using that for 8 weeks.i also have a 30ft unger teleplus and a short pole made up from a unger optiloc!
the clx is lighter than the hydra/unger and xtel and its a very light user friendly pole for standard domestic work.and for the price i think its a great buy.
i will be ordering a 25ft SLX when i next want a pole!!

dazmond