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Brass vs TG
I have had a stainless pole, it was my first one, it was a 50mm 9ft & It was slippery but I loved it! Now I have a 8 ft 45mm painted/powder coated pole, I love the grip. & I have used a Titanium gold pole at vertical joes in atl & at pole la teaze atl. However I’ve never touched a brass one 🙂 what has the best grip between the TG & the brass? I need a 10ft pole now & I love the grip I have with my current painted/powder coated 8ft pole but its too damn short! I loved the grip on the TG’s i have played on but i am interested in the brass too! My hubby said he’d buy me a 10 foot pole since I have a room for it & I want to make sure I get the best grip possible. I know I prefer a 45 to a 50 & I bet I’d like a 40 even better but idk how sturdy it would be at 10ft. Anyway, if somebody has used both brass & TG & can tell me about the grip that would be great 🙂
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I have had a stainless pole, it was my first one, it was a 50mm 9ft & It was slippery but I loved it! Now I have a 8 ft 45mm painted/powder coated pole, I love the grip. & I have used a Titanium gold pole at vertical joes in atl & at pole la teaze atl. However I’ve never touched a brass one 🙂 what has the best grip between the TG & the brass? I need a 10ft pole now & I love the grip I have with my current painted/powder coated 8ft pole but its too damn short! I loved the grip on the TG’s i have played on but i am interested in the brass too! My hubby said he’d buy me a 10 foot pole since I have a room for it & I want to make sure I get the best grip possible. I know I prefer a 45 to a 50 & I bet I’d like a 40 even better but idk how sturdy it would be at 10ft. Anyway, if somebody has used both brass & TG & can tell me about the grip that would be great 🙂
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I have had a stainless pole, it was my first one, it was a 50mm 9ft & It was slippery but I loved it! Now I have a 8 ft 45mm painted/powder coated pole, I love the grip. & I have used a Titanium gold pole at vertical joes in atl & at pole la teaze atl. However I’ve never touched a brass one 🙂 what has the best grip between the TG & the brass? I need a 10ft pole now & I love the grip I have with my current painted/powder coated 8ft pole but its too damn short! I loved the grip on the TG’s i have played on but i am interested in the brass too! My hubby said he’d buy me a 10 foot pole since I have a room for it & I want to make sure I get the best grip possible. I know I prefer a 45 to a 50 & I bet I’d like a 40 even better but idk how sturdy it would be at 10ft. Anyway, if somebody has used both brass & TG & can tell me about the grip that would be great 🙂
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I have had a stainless pole, it was my first one, it was a 50mm 9ft & It was slippery but I loved it! Now I have a 8 ft 45mm painted/powder coated pole, I love the grip. & I have used a Titanium gold pole at vertical joes in atl & at pole la teaze atl. However I’ve never touched a brass one 🙂 what has the best grip between the TG & the brass? I need a 10ft pole now & I love the grip I have with my current painted/powder coated 8ft pole but its too damn short! I loved the grip on the TG’s i have played on but i am interested in the brass too! My hubby said he’d buy me a 10 foot pole since I have a room for it & I want to make sure I get the best grip possible. I know I prefer a 45 to a 50 & I bet I’d like a 40 even better but idk how sturdy it would be at 10ft. Anyway, if somebody has used both brass & TG & can tell me about the grip that would be great 🙂
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Wow! Didn’t mean to post that but once. Sorry, I’m on my iPhone 🙁
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I have all of the finishes you’ve listed. If you live where it’s cool or cold often I would stay away from the brass. My tg is great in all weather. I can only use my brass xpole in the summer when I’m very hot and sweaty.
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I should add that I have the old brass finish from xpole, I have not tried the new brass finish…but I have used other brass and still have issues in cold weather.
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I own a TG X-pole and TG is my most favorite finish. It is definitely grippy without being skintearingly grippy (imo) like a powdercoated. I'm not really sure what to think of brass poles. I danced on one at a strip club and it was old as hell, I'm thinking. I had no troubles with it, minus smelling kind of funky. lol! But one of my friends has a Platinum Stages brass pole and I couldn't use it. I just slid off. I tend to get kind of sweaty and it was no good. I know a couple of ladies around here have had to powder coat their brasses just to be able to use them.
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TG is more consistant grip wise than brass. Brass tarnishes and needs to be treated every so often with brasso and that does make it slick not matter how well you clean if off. I found if you have sweaty hands brass is the worst of all the materials – I just slip and slide with them. Body grip is usually pretty good – but still weather dependent.
TG is really grippy but better for my hands than most pole materials. I feel like the TG grips more than I would like but if you like a grippy pole then I say TG. It's a great pole finish.
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I have sweaty hands when I pole so I have a feeling brass wouldn’t be good for me :-/
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Try dirty girl poletice!!! I have nasty drenched sweaty hands even when I’m not doing anything more than laundry, its fantastic and lasts several hours:) oh and its cheap
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If you have sweaty hands then all poles will give you problems from time to time. Try using a grip aid to formulated to keep hands dry. Focus on what skin type you have and your climate when decide on pole finish. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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Brass is ususally easier to grip than any of the other finishes with sweaty hands.
I talk about the finishes here and how people can potentially react to them: http://flexines.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-pole-material-do-i-get.html
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My experience has been more like Charley's. For me, brass is either painfully grippy when my skin is dry, or it's like trying to grab a playground pole while slathered in sunscreen when I'm sweaty. The inconsistency is what I don't like. Either I stick like glue or I slide dangerously. If TG is more "consistent" that that sounds better for me. YMMV.
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Thanks every
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*thanks everyone!
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