I like the look of it and a little extra weight would be worth it if the pole lasts. i have a superlite 2 pole. Great pole and very light, but the top 3 sections wore thin pretty quickly (about 9 months) and eventually broke, but I did use it as my everyday pole so was put together and taken apart quite a lot. I keep saying to myself that I will part with £300 to replace them, but never get round to doing it. Unger stuff usually lasts forever.