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What your first pole was and how functional it was for you?
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—————->Thank you all soooo much!! 🙂 I am rather smaller built (5'2'') and (this is embarrassing) I do sweat rather unusually for a girl of my stature. I guess that was the main issue i was having was, what type of finish should the pole have because i do tend to sweat alot. I didnt even know they made poles smaller than 45mm. I am defiantly looking at t he X-Pole as my number one choice. I live in an apt (downstairs thank heavens!) and would like to have a portable one that i can take down periodically. So I have another question…. Could someone list the stickiest finish to the slickest? Just so i have a ballpark of what grip i should go for 🙂
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These are just in general, but everyone is different:
The stickiest at brass and powder coated, followed by titanium, then chrome, with stainless steel being the slickest.
I am also a very sweaty girl, and I stick to brass too much. It sounds weird to have too much grip, but it's true. It HURTS! and you get stuck! It's easier to add grip, but you cannot remove too much grip. TG, chrome and stainless are good for me in regard to working with sweatiness. I can stick too much to all except stainless…
For me, brass is the gripiest, followed by powder coated. The PC I can slide on if I can RELLY sweaty, but the brass I stick to under most conditions, sometimes way too much. Brass is the best for my hand grip, but I use gloves anymore…
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To be honest you're probably opening quite a can of worms asking which poles are the grippiest. There seem to be oppposing opinions about stainless steel and chrome all the time. Some people prefer SS and some Chrome. BUT if you're getting an X-Pole it doesn't matter cause they don't actually do SS. I've never poled on Brass but the general consensous seems to be that it's very grippy in comparison to Titanium Gold and Chrome. I have poled on TG and found it more grippy than Chrome. Sometimes though the gold colour fades from the TG pole but the actual grip seems to stay the same.
Remember though, you can always use grip aides. I used to be SO opposed to using them until I discovered that they REALLY do help. I don't use them all the time. In fact I make a point of only using it if I'm doing a performance or a difficult new move. My hands are super clammy when I'm nervous or doing something new and I recently discovered Dry Hands which seems to work absolute WONDERS for me. Before that I was using Mighty Grip but it was never 100% reliable for me. Your best bet is to try out a few different types of Grip Aides.
In conclusion, EVERYONE in different! Different finishes and different grip aides affect different people in different ways! (See the way I'm hammering home the word, 'different' there!) -
I think i may win an award for this!!
My pole was won from Mypole.co.uk about 12 years ago and made by http://www.metalfast.co.uk/PolePage.html who were one of the first companies to make poles for home use, it was a removable 1 piece Brass 50mm and i LOVED it. Sadly it left with my ex and i now have a 45mm Chrome x pole which is nice but i do miss the brass baby.
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my first was a 50mm stainless steel Lil Mynx. Nice pole but combo it with my extrememly dry skin and always cold house and I couldn't stick to it worth a darn. Got a 50mm chrome x pole a few years ago and like it much better but my favorites are my 50mm poledanzer brasses at the studio.
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