What is the cheapest carbon fibre pole on the market these days and who sells it?I have always used Gardiners for past 8/9 years but find I’m constantly having to tighten the clamps all the time. Hard to beat price wise thoughNeed a 25footer, anyone heard of Bayersan? A lot of them on EBay.
Hi RPCSS
As has been said it should not be needed to constantly have to tighten the levers - even on a worn pole
How old is the pole?
What condition is it in?
Is it that the lever sets are coming loose - if so how quickly?
Have you tried fitting new locking nuts?
Generally a lever set will only need adjusting for one of two reasons:
1. if the pole has worn - this rarely would happen enough in 1 day to be noticeable.
2. if the locking nut has allowed the bolt adjuster to turn in use. This is more likely and if this is the case replacing the locking nuts inside the clamp assembly will prevent this happening.
A new set of 5 locking nuts would cost £1.25+VAT which is even cheaper than a new pole, so probably worth a try