i'm not rubbishing modular poles at all but when all you can say to champion them is Oh, i can raise my pole .001 seconds faster than you then you are totally missing the point. I bet you can raise a superlight faster than a facelift, that's not in question, i bet i can retract my pole & get it round the many tight corners, gates, washing lines etc. that we encounter every day 10 times faster than you. read my above post very carefully. many people rely on this forum, especially newbys to wfp, so i think in the context here you are misleading them. there is absolutley no way a modular pole is better or easier to use on every-day domestic work than a light carbon telescopic, & thats my point!
Davew seems to realize his mistake, even squeeks who has just bought a superlite has just advised tosh to buy a facelift, as far as i know these guys are mainley domestic & i think its wrong to mislead them & others like them.
the superlight (as i stated above) is THE pole for high work, a job where you may be there a while doing much high work, when you've got time to assemble & diss-assemble with care etc.
as for the pipe going through the facelift pole, you just add a wee speed-fit connector & bobs you're uncle, you can make the pipe any length you like with this method, or even multi-length. (allthough there's no need to at the 24ft mark).
I pull my hose around with the base of my pole, how would i do that if the pipe was on the outside?
tony