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Stainless Steel X-Pert by X-Pole
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@poledanceromance–yes, I agree with you, to an extent. I have heard different things from different people as to the grip factor in different metals. At this time, however, I do believe that even the people at X Pole say that THEIR stainless has less grip (than their chrome). It is kind of a weird texture, yes, sort of similar to a very, very, very fine grained brushed steel, though I feel like that's inaccurate to say, somehow. The "slide" thing is the best analogy so far.
Normally though, I think polished stainless and chrome are fairly similar in their grip and people tend to have differing opinions. I have never heard anyone say that there is a metal with better grip and less slip than true brass.
Everyone, thanks for your responses 🙂
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I actually talked to someone once who hated brass and couldn't hold onto it at all. Just as there are plenty who do not feel they can grip on titanium despite it being considered a better grip than chrome or ss. It really comes down to each persons' body chemistry. Just as we all prefer to use different grip aids as some work for us and some dont but will work for someone else.
There are also different grades of stainless. It depends on the finish and also is affected by the amount of nickel used in the ss pole. Some are satin finish as well.
I have a terrible time gripping the PS multi-piece pole but I love the grip on my Poledanzer ss poles and feel it's similar to my chrome poles.
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For me, and I've only been on a SS and TG, but htey both feel the same warm, so I gave up on grip aids.
I wish I could see what you are talking about. Pics??????????
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Sure! Okay…pics! So far, in pics it looks sort of like a darker chrome. I think the bottom plate might be chrome, so you might be able to compare, but I'm not sure if it'll show. I'll add pics to my flickr in about an hour 😀
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Hi again! So I took some pictures, here are two of the best ones, on my flickr site 🙂 the rest of the photos are weird stuff, so you don't have to look at that https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Hi again! So I took some pictures, here are two of the best ones, on my flickr site 🙂 the rest of the photos are weird stuff, so you don't have to look at that https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif http://www.flickr.com/photos/43338521@N04/sets/72157627213031817/
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Well not "weird" stuff, but random 🙂 sorry for the double post….ahhhhhhh.
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It looks like a non shiny lilmynx…kinda.
Have you called x pole and told them about the problem?
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I called Xpole and they said the brass ones were also the matte finish. If anyone has one and wants to give feedback please do, I know this is the SS thread so feel free to PM me if you don't want to highjack…I don't mean to highjack, it's kinda the same topic…
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There was a whole thread about the new brass ones being slippery too:
https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Please_help_New_brass_pole_slippery_20110718055511
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Oh my gosh, I'm so glad I didn't wind up going with the brass then–not only is it more expensive, but I would have a 45, which is not good for me because I generally need to work on a standard size pole to practice for work and such.
I'm not sure if I should call X Pole or what. They can't really do anything. I mean, the reason I got SS was because I was horribly allergic to the chrome (sadly). I think Lil Mynx would be my next option if I am not able to get used to this. Maybe I could try it somewhere first 🙂
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LM is a good pole IMO. It is slick, but it is workable. You should try and see if there are any studios that have LM poles in them anywhere nearby. The studio I learned to pole at had all LM poles.
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I can almost always work with slick. I very briefly had a PS SS pole, but it was manufactured really poorly to the point where I couldn't even set it up. It also took a really long time to come and I was impatient and didn't want to have to wait another month or whatever for another one that could be of the same low quality. I couldn't deal with all the plastic pieces, either. If Lil Mynx is similar "slickness" to PS, I would be good with that 🙂 I've always wanted to go to Oregon and I'm only one state away, hee hee, maybe I could visit that studio someday!
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I am originally from California, and the studio I learned is in Ventura.
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If you are in So Cal, call stagelight studios and see if she'd let you test out her poles. She'll order one for ya too!
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