Pole supposed to behave this way? (second-hand second guessing)

Ava Avane Dawn · 2013-05-08T08:03:56+00:00

I bought a second-hand X-Pole Xpert and now have some questions concerning it, seeing how I'm not sure I trust the person who sold me the pole to begin with and feel some iffy things going on with it. 1) Is the pole supposed to feel as if it rotates around two axises while in rotator mode, or is it supposed to be as smooth all the way? Now, if I grab the pull and twist it just a bit and release, it returns to the position in which I grabbed it. 2) The three "adjustor locking screws" that are to be screwed down toward the bottom, and not on the thread-part of the (naked) pole, but between - one of the screws I cannot get inside, and one just falls all the way through and inside the pole. What gives? 3) If I push and pull the pole back and forth while standing--well, I'm not supposed to be able to do that am I? I'm quite sure I've locked it into place both too tight and too light several times over, but every time I can push/pull it so that the part in the middle, starting from almost the bottom, can move a bit back and forth. Normal?

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poledanceromance · 5/11/2013
Yeah talking about the floor-to-ceiling tension. It can create that, uneven spin feeling, that makes it spin back when you let it go, that *bump, bump, bump* kind of feeling as you turn it in your hands.
Ava Avane Dawn · 5/12/2013
Chem: When I'm speaking of small and big things, I am referring to the things which are screwed in with small and large hex keys. As to which model I have, I don't know, and don't understand the difference either... seems to me it's the one in the regular installation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m04WT3y5w7Q
Pole gal · 5/12/2013
did u have 2 screw your pole together when u were putting up? as the newer x-pole u dont screw the pieces together, there is an xjoin which connects the pole pieces and which u line up and tighten with a hex key. x
Pole gal · 5/12/2013
does ur pole go together like this -> http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&biw=1241&bih=606&tbm=isch&tbnid=amsiz822WbXdpM:&imgrefurl=http://www.polesinsations.com/pole-sinsations-dance-poles.html&docid=ADNOx3NHrHSQxM&imgurl=http://www.polesinsations.com/images/parts_image-1.jpg&w=150&h=150&ei=tpiPUcCuGIur0gWvqIGIDg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:13,s:0,i:120&iact=rc&dur=516&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=120&start=0&ndsp=18&tx=59&ty=78 or does it use these 2 put the pole together -> http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&biw=1241&bih=606&tbm=isch&tbnid=DqnLx05EJ9it8M:&imgrefurl=http://www.poleexercise.co.uk/new-x-poles-launched-x-pole-xpert-and-x-pole-sport&docid=Kwuri0tTc7S5ZM&imgurl=http://www.poleexercise.co.uk/wp-content/themes/poleexercise/images/blog/x-pole-x-joint.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=tpiPUcCuGIur0gWvqIGIDg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:11,s:0,i:114&iact=rc&dur=434&page=1&tbnh=178&tbnw=178&start=0&ndsp=18&tx=101&ty=92
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Ava Avane Dawn · 5/13/2013
Well, yeah, I didn't put anything inside the pole when putting the two large parts together, I just put the pieces besides each-other (top and bottom) with the silver-colored thing in-between, and then I tightened (or rather expanded) the silver-colored thing in two places with the hex key. The links you post don't seem to work though, pole gal.
Sarah Whyte · 5/13/2013
Did u tighten each hole a little bit or did u tighten the top hole thn the second hole after the 1st because ur meant to tighten each bit at a time as u could over tighten it. Have u tried to take it down and put it back up again to see if that helps.
Ava Avane Dawn · 5/14/2013
Sarah: Yep, several times, on both accounts. I'm just gonna drop it for now, and just use it, or sign up for a pole-dancing course and perhaps ask someone there who has a pole of their own to take a look at the pole. Thanks for the help everyone!