If you are happy at this point then you can try a basic spin, again watching for any slippage or movement.
Now your pole should be ready for play, happy poling!
Is there something I haven't covered here? If you have any questions at all just let me know in the comments below!
Where was this guide when I bought my pole 🙁 Haha. I bought my pole from Amazon last September. It’s been pretty good so far, it wasn’t a name brand, but it was on sale and got good reviews. Looking at this guide, it has the wrong type of dome, and has caused some minimal damage to the ceiling. I can’t unscrew the parts anymore either. However, it’s never shifted or given me any reason not to trust it: even in spin mode (though the beatings are squeaky so I don’t spin that often). Since I’m in college, I can’t really afford to buy a better one yet. Do you think I can hold out another year until next June when I’m done with school and have a real job to afford a real pole? Or should I put away some internship money and buy a better one asap?
Since you already bought it I would just continue with your plan to upgrade when you can afford it if it’s not causing you any problems and put aside what you can, just keep an eye out for the dangerous adjuster covers (if it has them I would just take them off) and check if there are any plastic parts at all as that is the most dangerous factor.
It’s is a mega brand! Awesome glad I don’t have to worry! Sure thing, I’ll come back to this post with the one I buy!!
I wouldn’t say you have nothing at all to worry about exactly, just that I’ve heard from people who were happy with it.
Hey Taissa, I just wanted to check back with you as I have some updated info in the article about the tear drop shaped domes and a very easy way to check if it is safe.
I first thought it was the width of the dome where it drops down that made it unstable but it turns out that some of these domes were in fact made of plastic which is what caused them to break.
Can’t buy a pole for my home yet (ceiling problems and a stage is just unaffordable for me right now) but will definitely pin this to remember to check it when I do buy! And my intuition to go with X-Pole and 45mm is confirmed!
What problems have you found with your ceiling? We just moved house and it was so frustrating, needing flat ceilings for the pole ruled out a bunch of nice houses around here haha!
It depends what you want out of it, if you want to dissassemble to move it for pictures or outdoor pole then it’s easier to be able to take it apart. If your ceiling is less than 10ft you might want to check the height on a one piece (which brand were you thinking of?).
X-pole for example have a smaller extension for the top section if you need it slightly lower.
Nice guide! Just wondering is there any way to install a aerial hoop or silk to a permanent pole mount lie those of x-pole?
I don’t think it’s possible to attach a hoop to that but in all honesty I’ve never tried. The only hoop I have used was on an A-frame like this.
For Aerial hoop installment you need rigging like these at Aerial Essentials.
Thanks for the great article and advice, this is very very helpful.  My current studio has the really big 50mm poles and I struggle a lot with my small hands to get a good grip. I competed this year and fell in love with the lupit pole I was on so have been stalking them for a while. I’ve also heard that Xpoles can pinch you sometimes?
I don’t want to go too small in the pole diameter otherwise I think I may suffer, so I’m really hoping that the lupit pole is a good choice! I’m also looking to expand on my spinning technique, and i suffer quite a bit from sweat (I’m that girl that uses all the tac and grip in the world) and I know buying a pole is expensive, so I just want to make doubly sure!
No problem at all I’m glad you found it helpful! I think most people have problems with a 50mm width to be honest I know I prefer 45mm, although they will help your grip strength lots.
Is there a reason you haven’t considered your powder coated option in 45mm?
Not all competitions use Lupit pole and the standard is usually 45mm, so if competing is something you want to carry on doing it would be good to be familiar with the width, but then powder coated is going to be much grippier than chrome (the standard) too.
If you suffer with sweat (I do too!) then it really depends on what you want to get out of training. I prefer to stick with chrome 45s and figure my body out and get used to it, because I’d like to compete someday too and I wouldn’t want to get used to a grippier pole.
They also have a cool grip towel you can buy where one side is for use on the pole and the other side for you, I’m going to try that out in January! For help with your grip problem you can check out this article too.
I hope some of that helps make your decision easier!
I had a pole similar to the mega brand pole mentioned above.
It had all metal parts but just wasn’t as nice as the X poles in the studio I go to.
My instructor advised me to get an X pole and I’m glad I did.
The spin function is so much smoother. The finish of the whole product is so much better: On my old pole the chrome had worn off on certain spots after only five months of (intense) use.
Yes I agree, my old original (first generation) x-pole is still going strong haha!
I’m looking to purchase a pole and was wondering if you could advise me if the company ‘Platinum Poles’ is a good company to buy from please.
I haven’t heard any direct reviews from people who purchased from Platinum Poles so I wouldn’t like to say, just be sure not to confuse them with Platinum Stages, two very different companies!
i just purchased a pole from shots toys how are the poles? havent installed it yet or opened it.
This addon allows installing ubuntu packages from iceweasel, firefox, galeon or konqueror just clicking on a web link. For this to work, links need to have an url beginning with apt:// This package does not install the packages or download them from the web sites, it just launches apt, passing the package name to install as a parameter to apt.
We have similar tool apturl but with less options.
What’s the difference between aptlinex and apturl installed by default in Ubuntu 9.10?
Also the question “Is ok?” in the screenshot makes me wonder how much this package has been tested… (“Is it ok?” is better).
Yeah… just use apturl which is pre-installed on Ubuntu.
Great,Great and Great.Thank´s!
Unfortunately I am, as someone who handles the contact email for playdeb/getdeb and receives many emails about it.
The fix is to install the firefox-gnome-support package.
for me, neither apturl or aptlinex starts Synaptic. “APT Simple Frontend” box/prompt never appears. followed above instrux.
FYI, this breaks getdeb/playdeb if you install it. Just use the default apturl program.
The strong wind against us made the trip to Walton for elevenses hard work added to which Paul James was most put out that he was held up by a Ferrari - not once but twice - he should have rung his bell. We eventually left to go over Walton Bridge and along into Shepperton High Street. At the traffic lights we went straight over into Old Charlton Road and crossed the M25 using the spiral bridge and onto Charlton Lane to cross the M25 again and then around Upper Halliford. We took Halliford Road into Sunbury and went along the cycle track that crosses the back roads of Sunbury and onto Hampton Court Bridge. From there it was the short ride into Thames Ditton and lunch at Ye Olde Swan.
Five of us decided on Ewell Court for our tea stop and Liz Scrivens led us smoothly up the nasty little hill to Squires, Long Ditton on her new electrically assisted Orbea beauty. The grimacing strugglers behind could only imagine the grin on her face.
There will be an all day ride to visit the spring flowers at Fulham Palace Gardens on Saturday 14 March. The palace and gardens have been restored over recent years, there is a café where we can stop for lunch, and we hear that their volunteers planted 25,000 bulbs last autumn, so unless the squirrels have stolen them all the gardens should be well worth a visit!
I'm planning a route through Kingston and Richmond Park, threading our way along the north side of the river from Barnes bridge via cycle paths. Back after lunch through Putney, Putney Heath and tea, either at Wimbledon Windmill or Roehampton Gate. Relatively easy going for our first Saturday all day ride of the season.
Meet up at Nonsuch Mansion