so you are buying a pole with problems and relying on new parts and updates to sort it out. that sounds like bad business sense IMO
No I'm buying a pole that has the new parts on it.
I have only heard of 2 poles with problems.
Can you 100% say that if you buy any brand of pole that it will never have problems?
I heard more people complain about the clamps on the Gardiner poles having to be replaced, friend of mine has to replace some of his clamp arms on his slx poles.