I know, I know, this has probably been asked before, but I'm going to ask it again, sorry.
Today, due to my stupidity and a gust of wind my pole hit the ground far harder than it was ever intended to and the gooseneck parted company with the rest of it!!
It was a rather old, but still reasonably light weight glass fibre pole that I used to clean 2nd floor flats, the gooseneck being very handy for reaching over window boxes.
Being in a position of needing another pole I'd like to up grade slightly and have been offered a " Hybrid " pole with a gooseneck and a 38ft reach for £399 + vat, which sounds reasonable enough.
My question is, what are they like?
Even my 42ft reach pole is glass fibre, one of Varitech's old, original orange poles. It does the job, but to be honest it's heavy and at full length pretty sloppy; thirty minutes at a time with it at that length is more than enough.
Also, the diameter of the hybrid sounds nice at 51mm, compared to much more on my orange jobbie.
So, if any one of you has handled, used or at least seen a hybrid pole your input would be most welcome. Carbon would obviously be nicer, but the family holiday sounds nicer so the £1k+ will stay sitting in the bank for now!!
Many thanks.