I have been looking into investing in an xtel hybrid. I am looking at something between 28 and 30 foot. However, the sizes of the poles seem to vary from site to site for the same thing (it seems to me). For example -
Gardners - 31ft.........7x4' 6" 2.8 kg (makes sense)
essentiallypure - 27ft Hybrid X-tel Pole 7 X 4.6ft sections 2.8 kg (7x 4.6ft=31.5ft by my calculations)
Chic cleaning seem to have the 7 section in at 33 foot.
What is the truth???
We always quote the actual length of each pole. With the X-Tel range all we have done is extend each pole fully along the ground and measured the length simple really!
The trouble is that the manufacturer makes them in metric sizes and then they get converted in their pricing structure to an imperial length for the UK market. This leads to confusion in the actual lengths, so we refer to them by their nearest full foot size as below:
Glass Fibre
Pole.......Sections........Extended Length............Weight
9..ft........2x 5'...............9' 6"..........................0.59kg
Base section diameter = 26mm
13ft........3x 4' 7"...............13' 3".....................950g
Base section diameter = 30mm
17ft........4x4' 6"...............17' 4".....................1.3kg
Base section diameter = 34mm
21ft.........4x5' 6"...............21' .......................1.55kg
Base section diameter = 34mm
24ft.........5x 5' 2"...............23' 8"...................2.15kg
Base section diameter = 38mm
28ft.........6x5'...............27' 8"........................2.6kg
Base section diameter = 42mm
31ft.........7x4'9"...............31' 4" ....................3.15kg
Base section diameter = 46mm
Hybrid
24ft.........5x5'2"...............23' 8".....................2.0 kg
Base section diameter = 38mm
28ft.........6x4' 6"...............27' 8".....................2.3kg
Base section diameter = 42mm
31ft.........7x4' 6"...............31' 4".....................2.8 kg
Base section diameter = 46mm
35ft.........8x 4' 9"...............34' 6"....................3.3kg..
Base section diameter = 50mm
Carbon
45ft.........9x5'...............44' 9".........................4.92kg
Base section diameter = 54mm
60ft.........9x6.5'...............59' 9".......................6.52kg
Base section diameter = 54mm