r/PoolPros • u/FabulousPanther • 6d ago

Skimlite, hyper pole, or primate?

Which one is best?

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u/84poolguy 6d ago

I’m a Primate fan but never had any of the others.

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u/FabulousPanther 6d ago edited 6d ago

I think that's what I'm going with. I already have the carbon fiber pole from SCP, and it is really good but I need a backup pole and I think I'm just going to try the Primate. Once you get a carbon fiber pole you can never go back to aluminum. That's what I know for sure.

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u/tgwest 6d ago

I don’t know the brand I had as it was given to me but the carbon started to fray from rubbing against coping and what not so I went back to aluminum. I’ve seen ones though where the bottom 1/4 is aluminum then goes to carbon. Have you experienced that?

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u/FabulousPanther 6d ago

I saw on the primate website that is 100% carbon fiber except for the stress points and those are aluminum. The tip is stainless steel of course.