My first thoughts when I received this was it's very light in weight and short enough to fit in the back of my Chevy Colorado truck bed. After the first week of using the telescoping functions, one of the internal plastic sleeves located in the top extending pole broke so now the smallest pole can be pulled out when extending, not that big of a deal. Last week when I was using the pole to sweep a customers eaves, the base pole that is handled while sweeping disconnected from the rivet that attaches to the external coupling that has the locking function. Now this is a big deal considering I have to use duct tape to hold it together when using it. It's been less than a month and it's falling apart, definitely not worth it considering there's much more durable options for half the price.