There green poles weigh a tonn they are 5 yrs behind the game. there premier pole carbontec or somthing my mate has one, you know the one without hose water runs through middle of each modular section, well he has had loads of problemsWITH SECTIONS LEAKING HE HAS HAD TO SEND SEVERAL DIFFERENT SECTIONS BACK and again heavier than equivalent poles,long story short he is getting a superlite.