So there I was the other day working away with my SLX when zap, I managed to break the angle adaptor. No problem I thought as I carry spares of most things. And then it was that I discovered that my spare angle adaptor had a major architectural defect: There was no hole in it. This was one of those moments when I look a bit more closely at equipment and noticed that while most suppliers drill a hole in the no1 section of their poles (to take the pole hose), Gardiners tend to supply the angle adaptor with the hole instead - a much better way of doing things IMO.
No great shakes really. i just reverted to using my Ionics glass pole. When I needed some extra height or needed lightness for an awkward angle, I just got the SLX out and used it with external pole hose. A bit fiddly but I got by. I now have some angle adaptors with AND without holes
