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Things to know BEFORE you buy a pole!!!
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My question is that i have a 10 foot ceiling and want to be able to "dance" on the pole as much as possible. With the Lil Mynx I can only "dance" on 8 feet and the top 2 feet of the pole cant be used b/c it’s unstable. With the X Pole can I dance on all 10 feet of my pole if I put the extenders on the bottom? I know someone ready to buy my used Lil Mynx pole if I get an X Pole..but I want to know this first… I dont want to waist money. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif
My 50mm X pole is 12ft!! and I dance all the way up to the very top and its totally solid. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif -
okay.. that’s great. thanks !!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Thank you so, so much for this post. I almost made the mistake of getting a Carmen pole. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif
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I can’t wait till I get the x pole.Have to wait 3 more months https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_sad.gif Right now I have the carmen electra one. The only place I use it is in my basement cause since the ceiling is short I wedged it in there and that baby is not going anywhere! It works for me in the basement but horrible anywhere else.
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oh tia!!! please be careful!!! id hate to see you get hurt, but from the sounds of it that pole is pretty stable the way you have it set
ysl- mm means millimeters. when they say a 50mm pole, it’s about 2inches grip for example…
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https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_evil.gif i bought the peek a boo hot pink pole to start on. and i can’t climb it. xmas needs to come so i can buy a good one https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif
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hey everyone! I am FINALLY getting a pole and have decided to go with the 50mm x-pole. Should I get it in chrome or titanium. I want to get the right material and they’re only like, 50$ apart so I’d rather spend the extra bit and get the better one.
what do you guys think?
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Flirty Girl pole is one screw into the ceiling disguised as a plant hook and rubber non slip pad at the bottom, the pole is aluminum. I have had big time ceiling damage from it shifting and digging 2-3inches up inside my ceiling I cannot even see the "plant hook" anymore its so far up there which the good thing is its not going to fall down the bad thing is the ceiling damage to our apartment. it twists but does not come loose so for now I am using it until we move in 2 weeks and I get my XPOLE.
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hey everyone! I am FINALLY getting a pole and have decided to go with the 50mm x-pole. Should I get it in chrome or titanium. I want to get the right material and they’re only like, 50$ apart so I’d rather spend the extra bit and get the better one.
what do you guys think?
I like Chrome, because the Titanium gold has more grip and I LOVE to do spins on static mode, so a really grippy pole isn’t as good for that. After you warm up your body and the pole Chrome is great, I like the silver color better too. LOL -
I like Chrome, because the Titanium gold has more grip and I LOVE to do spins on static mode, so a really grippy pole isn’t as good for that. After you warm up your body and the pole Chrome is great, I like the silver color better too. LOL
we have brass at the studio that I dance at. Is the chrome one going to be more grippy than that? Because I find that I’m constantly putting Mighty Grip on while I’m there.
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Brass has the most grip of all the finishes.
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Brass has the most grip of all the finishes.
I think I’ll buy titanium if that’s the case https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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is Titanium and titanium gold the same?
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bought my pole last night!!
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I think Ll Mynx are great poles. Get the stainless steel models. The powder coated steel poles have a surface that can sting for grip slides. They go up and come down FAST. I have been using them along with other poles for 7 years. I use custom cut 11 foot Lil Mynx poles but they do not have rotator option after 10 feet. The "petite" model is also nice and I am testing their soon to be marketed spinning "petite".
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Ugh i got the flirty girl pole i am sooooooo sad i wish i could get the x pol!!! but i am still paying off the flirty girl one!Flirty girl sucks! what do i do https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_mad.gif
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hi i just wanted to ask…. The xPole you guys sale on your webisite StudioVeena.com is it the actual xpole? i was reading on the xpole and i read to be aware of the fake xpoles….that many other places and websites are selling fake very similar poles…. im about to purchase one and i really wanted to order one from your website… but just wanted to make sure….. please i would like to know more on this…. thanks Veena
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Yes, the pole Veena sells is the actual X pole – I bought mine from Veena a year ago and it is the best!! That’s why it is not inexpensive – it’s the real deal. don’t be fooled by inexpensive x poles, they can be downright dangerous. Check out Veena’s original post to this thread – very helpful!
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ok i just got my xpole and I wanted to rave about how great it is! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif I’ve owned a multi piece platinum stages stainless steel pole, a brass once piece pole and now the new xpole Xpert.
The Xpert is the most stable out of all of them. I feel totally secure while dancing on it, and i always feel nervous about getting on a newly put up pole while in a bridge move or something like that at the very top, but not on the xpert. it was really great. with the joint in the middle it was so much more stable and i feel like the dome really helped too. I had 180+ lbs men jumping on it all last night and it held up without any sort of noise or tention release coming from it.
I even feel unstable in my once piece pole compared to that one, but maybe its cause i’ve had the brass one piece pulled from the ceiling before. I really like getting use to the new finish on the xpole too, its different, what veena said, slippery but grippy too. it made me feel alot more fluid on it and like i didnt have to work against the metal. i was working with the chrome.
so i just figured i would put my 2 cents in, because i know alot of girls looking for new poles and wondering how the xpert was. save up and buy one! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif -
I have a lil mynx stainless steel rotator I love it but it just a little slippery plus I need to increase my grip strength but it funny because we use the same pole at the studio I go to the only difference is my pole is shorter and it rotates … I am not sure why but my grip strength with the studio pole was much better??? maybe because the studio poles get more use
I have been thinking of getting another pole. I have had the opportunity to use the xpole chrome I think? at a pole jam with bertsybooboo and a few others from SV and felt it to be the same as using the my lil mynx both good quality poles I would say
but because I am not extremely familiar with the xpole, I am wondering which may be more stable of the xpole for 45mm or 50mm for a curvy lady like me?
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I have a lil mynx stainless steel rotator I love it but it just a little slippery plus I need to increase my grip strength but it funny because we use the same pole at the studio I go to the only difference is my pole is shorter and it rotates … I am not sure why but my grip strength with the studio pole was much better??? maybe because the studio poles get more use
I have been thinking of getting another pole. I have had the opportunity to use the xpole chrome I think? at a pole jam with bertsybooboo and a few others from SV and felt it to be the same as using the my lil mynx both good quality poles I would say
but because I am not extremely familiar with the xpole, I am wondering which may be more stable of the xpole for 45mm or 50mm for a curvy lady like me?
Cream I have the SAME problem. I have a lil mynx rotator. The one in the gym is way stickier than the one I have at home. I noticed if I turn the temp down iin the house (usually 68F) the pole gets grippier. I think the gym is cooler than my home so this helps the problem. Have you tried that? Just coling down the room before you practice a little bit?
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thanks for the tip penny girl that could be just the thing because it is usually really warm in the room I practice in … thanks so much for the tip. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I have the chrome X-pole and its fab! its the sturdiest thing i’ve ever been on and I’ve never taken it down or re-tightened it in over a year (NOT what the company recommend so dont copy https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif) my x-pole is 11’5 and i would be confident about death laying at the top (or at least as confident as one can be at death laying https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif also im not that good haha) but i do arial inverts and supermans up there and it doesn’t budge!
@cream, as for grip on the chrome sometimes it can be good, sometimes bad it depends on the weather/humidity of the room .. what I do find though is that before you warm up its slippy and after you’ve been on it for a while and you’re all sweaty, its slippy but theres a point in between where you get kind of tacky and your skin sticks brilliantly! I just adapt my workout to how my body is – do spins when im slipping more and inverts when im gripping more. (btw slippy to me is not flying off the pole but more like i can’t hold a pole sit or invert without sliding slowly or working really hard to stay there). you may find that the reason turning down the temp works is because its stopping you sweat a load before you start.
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I have not bought a pole yet and have spent soooo much time reading over everyone’s opinions on the various options. X Pole seems to be the favorite but I am wondering if it is easily removable. After reading some of the posts about Lil Mynx and checking out their site, I can tell that they are easy to remove. Just trying to determine if the X Poles are.
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Hey Kelbell,
the x poles are completely removable – you just unscrew the bottom bit and then lower the pole down. The actual pole itself unscrews with an alan key – the old x poles used to be screwed together and could sometimes get stuck (so if you go for the x-pole get the super release tools as well!) but the new x-sport poles have a different locking mechanism by putting a small cylinder half in the top part and half in the bottom and unscrewing it so it expands and locks the 2 parts together. we have these at class on the stage poles and they do keep getting stuck, but I have a friend who hasn’t had any problem with hers .. just make sure you unscrew/lock it as much as you can so it doesn’t twist around inside the pole (covering the alan key hole)
Hope this helps with the X pole, I’ve not had any experience with other brands xx
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