its a flex test, nothing to do with price
not including the old fibreglass pole that touched the ground
it shows clearly the cl-x is the worst pole
You always jump in with excuses or want a retest
if the outcome doesnt favour your equipment
in reviews (aerial brush), pictures (elite pole) and pole videos
I dont know of any other company
that responds with so much waffle everytime this happens
the entire grafter pole's had far less bow
so whichever grafter pole you use
its going to be better than the cl-x pole
Hello my dear old 'namesake' 
These tests are informative and as previously said I always enjoy these videos. However comparing a 27ft pole fully extended against 14ft or 22ft pole is not a true' side by side' comparison - this is not an 'excuse' just a fact. I would hope that a Grafter+ was stiffer than a CL-X as it is from a price bracket above the CL-X. What would be really good to see is the Grafter24 (6.44m) side by side with the CLX22 (6.37m) and see what they both looked like - this would be a real side-by-side flex comparison.
I was very pleased to note the performance of the Super-Max40 compared to everything else, although again it was not an accurate side-by-side comparison to the other poles as it was about 9ft longer than any of the others.
alex all the poles were side by side in a box
it showed the different levels of bend from a range of poles
the cl-x bent the most (not including the old fibre glass pole)
regardless of price or length
some cost more others less
poles were both longer and shorter than the cl-x
Hi Alex.
I think that we are talking around the same point here. To get an accurate assessment of the video data, we need to apply filters. All of the poles that were significantly shorter than the 27ft CL-X should be discounted as they cannot be compared unless they are the same length - this means the Grafter14ft, Grafter21ft, Grafter+21ft need to be left out.
The only Grafter we can compare (from the video) is the Grafter+29ft which is indeed stiffer than the 27ft CL-X - as said previously though it really should be stiffer as it is nearly twice the price (£300 v £150) and is in the price bracket of full carbon poles that are a comfortable margin stiffer (as can be seen on the video).
I really love videos like these and wish I had more time to do a set myself. About 4 years ago I published a whole series of charts showing rigidity factors of all the poles on the market at the time. Unfortunately it is now very out of date as most are no longer sold. I did carry out a similar photo test myself today to show a client the difference in rigidity between a Super-Max50 and an Xtreme48 - great fun.
Interestingly the 'old fibre glass pole' you mention from the video is not an 'old' fibre glass pole, but a brand new fibre glass pole from one of our competitors!
