I feel I need to fight Brodex's corner a little bit, I recently bought the 36' hydra carbon fibre, had a few problems but brodex sorted it straight away. Didnt like the brodex own brush, water was dribbling out, phoned them and they sent out a vikan within 2 days. Also one of the clamps was dodgy, wasn't tightning properly but phoned them up and they sent out clamp and pole section because the clamp is sealed again within 2 days. Apart from a few teething problems the pole is nice, light and comfortable to use. I have a brodex 6', 12' 18' 57' and now a 36' and have had no other problems, very robust poles, very, very good value for money, 6, 12 and 18 were all half price and seem like they will last a long time without starting to go wrong.