Good quality. The friction lock on each pole section is more secure than some other teslecopic poles of a similar price.

very impressed i am going to buy another one

Fast delivery thank you, mast is solid with plenty of sections, only problem I had when unpacking it all fell out the bottom, so screwed back on the cap which was inside the packaging but I found any movement of the poles inside dislodged the bottom cap, the cap threads are not gripping to well but cured it with gaffa tape so no big deal, satisfied customer as usual from Sotabeams :-)

I purchased a 7M SOTA pole to construct a VHF colinear antenna. I made a special request to have it shipped to Okinawa, Japan. Sotabeams made a believer out of me with superb customer support. The pole was delivered to my door in record time. The pole was exactly as described and I was able to assemble the antenna within it. The antenna has been up and has already experienced 35 knot winds with no problems. I will be adding two sets of guy lines in hopes that the antenna will stand up to our frequent typhoons. I plan to order more from Sotabeams in the near future.

I bought this at the end of last year as a light antenna support for portable use. I cable-tied it to a drain pipe at the side of my garage and used it as a support for one end of a "temporary" long wire for some playing on 80m. It stayed up outside, supporting my wire, all through the winter and the terrible wind, rain and snow blizzards of February and March. It stayed up with no attention and is still as good as new. I also used three sections of it duck-taped to a ladder as a support for testing a home-made hex-beam. It stood up to that abuse perfectly and still looks as good as new. I haven't used it portable yet but planning a road trip in May if not before. This is one of the best radio accessories I've got, I don't know how I managed without it and for £20 everybody should have at least one!

Strong light support which worked well on Studland Beach. Looking forward to using it over the summer.

I've looked at the other reviews below and agree that this is/should be a great product. However my 10m pole failed the first time I used it!
It was holding up a 5/8 vertical wire for 21MHz during the recent BERU contest.
I only noticed the problem when I took the antenna down - one of the upper sections had split along its length. I'm not sure why, as there was no top load and only light winds.
I've now cleaned the broken section and used superglue to fill the lines of the split. Not sure if this will work the next time I use it.

I have found this product to be outstanding i have used this pole to send the g5rv ladder line up and its done the job perfect.

I am using the Sotapole as a home base antenna and have left it up throughout the bad weather to see if it would cope with the Orkney wind and weather. Plenty of snow, (which is unusual for Orkney) and quite mild winds, 40 MPH so far (which is also unusual). However the pole coped very well and I am quite confident to leave it up and order another one for portable use.