In the Breeze3636 — 13-Foot Heavy Duty Telescoping Pole — Outdoor Fabric Decor Pole, Easy Assembly

Very reliable and comfortable pole. Easy keep the big mid-weight 1 by 2 meters flag during the rally, fully raised and waiving. Recommended!

I ordered the 16 ft pole for two purposes. First to fly a flag on the fourth of July, second to support a possible assortment of amatuer radio antennas for temporary mobile use. To set the pole in the ground I used a "cork screw" type umbrella holder. That gave me a firm foundation. I went large at first. I Attatched a 5 by 9.5 ft flag. The pole held the flag with a bow in the top 3/8 inch section, the top section is solid fiberglass. The top section bent much like a fishing rod with fighting fish hooked. The lower, thicker section hardly flexed. A slight breeze did not damage the pole. I tried to add guy rope, but the rope would have to be attached to the top rod inthe middle of the flag, no good. Next I mounted a 3 by 5 ft flag. Besides the size this was a much lighter nylon woven flag than the first. The light breezes (under 5 mph) cause a slight flex in the upper section, but that is expected. I am guessing, but I would expect this to hold up fine in winds up to 15 mph for this size flag.Now for the antennas. Attaching the ends of a dipole to the eyelet on the top segment caused the top segment to bow in toward the feed point. 66 feet of 12 gauge wire held ok, 123 feet is doubtful. using it to support the center balun is fine except that the weight would cause the top segment to flex somel. The top segment is too narrow to clamp a vertical antenna for two meters to (or a buddy pole type dipole). You can use a lower segment without raising the top segment, but you lose four feet of height with each segment you don't use.The segments are held in place by you jamming the segments as you extend them. The segments are tapered at the ends. You can add a hose clamp to the joint, but the tube is not notched to allow a clamp to compress the material. Time and use will lessen the friction on these grips. But I am guessing they will be good for a 3 or 4 pound vertical load for many uses.For storage the pole collapses into itself with two rubber caps that allow it to store inside itself. Overall lenght is four ft. It is sold in a fabric bag, that allows you to hang it on a peg. Nice product so long as you know its' limits.

I used this pole on my pontoon boat to fly a light weight flag and it work great. I read a lot of reviews of people bitching about it not being heavy duty enough for their heavier flags or that it didn't accommodate a second mounting point for a flag. I even read where someone tried to use 4 of them for an awning. Just shows that most people didn't read all the info on it. They are primarily meant for wind socks not flags. You can fly up to a 3 x 5 flag with no problems if it a light weight material though. If it's a flag such as a US Flag made of heavy material and sewn symbols it's just going to be too heavy for a flag pole meant to sway and flex in the wind. As far as the second grommet on the flag goes, you just need to zip tie or use a banded strap with a carabenaer. I used 1 1/2" PVC Pipe cap to set the base of the pole in and and a 2 hole strap to support it to the ski pole. Its a great pole if used in the right manner. If your not mechanically inclined you might want to get help from.soneone who is. Either way I have driven my boat up to 28 mph with it fully extended and alas, no problems yet.

The design of these is quite clever...but turned out to be not at all functional for our needed purpose. The poles telescope out and as you pull, the ends are roughed up, so that as you pull you twist slightly and they STICK TIGHT.My impression of this product is that it is intended to go in the ground and be used outside. If that is what you need it for, it should be excellent. Especially if you're going to just fly lightweight nylon flags, etc...A Note to those considering using them to vary heights in a set base:We were hoping to use them to vary the heights of banners we had painted for Lent/Easter for our church. We had TWO issues with these poles, which might have been far more OPERATOR ERROR than product quality, simply because of the design created for our intended use. I used flanges secured to plywood, with PVC pipe screwed into the flange and a rubber "coupler" which was tight around the pole itself. The issue we had was that we struggled to keep the poles from tipping, even though the base of the pole was tightly secured IN the pipe and flange.The biggest problem was that if you only telescope 2-3 sections, there was no real way for us to keep the pipes from swiveling around inside each other (Inside the ones still anchored in the base inside the flange). I tried shimming...but when you do this you run the risk of scraping the paint on the sections not telescoped.

When we lived in Oregon we had a favorite Kite Shop, Northwest Winds in Lincoln City, OR. We purchased a lot of our windsocks and poles from this kite store. When we moved back to Iowa, we used the telescoping pole but, with the wind speeds here the pole just was not sturdy enough. I contacted the owners Michael Oswald for advice on the pole, he recommended the Ultra Pole with the amount of winds that we receive here in Iowa. Unfortunately, after 35 years of being in the business the owners decided to retire. Iowa had one of the worst wind/thunder storms that I can remember on August 10, 2020. The winds speeds were calculated at over 100 mph and 140 mph in Cedar Rapids, IA. Our family, survived this event but, the damage to our 3 acres of trees is incredible and heartbreaking. During the tree removal and clean up, we found the Ultra Pole and it was undamaged from the winds that day. So, the windsock is back up which gives us a little bit of getting back to normal during this difficult time. I would recommend this Pole to anyone that wants to display windsocks or banners. Thank you Mike

This flag pole works perfectly to fly a 2x4 flag in the light to moderate winds. I haven’t tried it in anything stronger than that, and I doubt I would. I use it while we’re camping, and it’s perfect for that. I just used a large key ring to hold the bottom of the flag to the pole

I was disappointed to see that the pole has too much flexibility and bends a lot. Regular flag poles do not swing in the wind like that. The screw-on cap at the bottom of the pole prevents the telescoping parts from falling out, however the cap's diameter is too large and doesn't fit in a standard pole bracket. Would not recommend

The first one I purchased the plastic locking screw was cracked and I returned it. I ordered a second one and had it up for 5 days and the pole snapped in half. I'd say this is a poorly constructed fiberglass pole, I wouldn't recommend this to any one.

The very first time I used this sections of the pole would and will not come apart. Victually useless if I want to transport. Also is is very difficult to take it down. If anyone knows how to disassemble the poles let me know.

This was really nice and what we were looking for but at the first big wind, it snapped in half. Fortunately the seller allowed us to return the product with a full refund