I have made my pole work similar to this.
Having a pole with no joint at reel
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I have rigged my pole up so there is no join to the Trolley reel showing when I am working. For anyone interested.
First, I dont use a Tap on the end of the pole hose. I use an AquaTap, So this will work for AquaTap, AquaDapter (I think) and remote controls.
First I Took the old pole hose off and eplaced it with a smaller one that just hangs out of the end of the pole by 2 or 3inches
Then connect the hose to the Trolley reel as usual, without any protecta ball or obsticle
I put a little sticky padding around the male end section just in case the connection could release while sliding up and down the pole
Then I slightly extend the first section of the pole around 5 or 6 inches. This pulls the fitting up inside the pole.
And thats about it. A pole with a straight through hose with no connections showing
At the end of the day just collapse the first section completely and the connection pops out to disconnect.
Just a matter of getting used to not closing the pole the final 6 or so inches when working, perhaps marking the pole or something.
I use an SLX 22 and the closed length of the pole is only 1.49 metres so the pole is smaller than many, but I have always worked leaving the first section fully extended anyway to save on clamp wear as I only do tops WFP.
This can also be done using a normal 8mm pushfit fitting instead of rectus fittings, and also I have tried it with my microbore hose on the van mount and it works with that too.
O rings are not on as I was just testing to see if it works.
Not a good pic but works fine on van mount reel