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What’s your pole size & why?
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I have a 50, 45, and a 40. I do love the 40 but I think that the 45 will always be favorite because it's think enough for my hands and thick enough for my legs. How I do love the way my iron x and tg lift look on the 40 thought lol!
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I'm still currently a fan of 50. I'm going at attempt to get more used to a 45. I played for a few seconds on the 40 at Mid-West and I can't not imagine trying to do stuff on it with my giant hands. I felt like my fingers overlaped to the middle of my fingers.
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I started with a 50mm and switched to a 45mm, which I am really digging. In class they are 38's.
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I have a 50mm cos that’s what the pole studio I took classes at had. If I had extra cash for a 45mm, I’d love to get one too just to see the difference, but I do like how smooth and non pinchy the 50 is for sliding down it and I’ve heard 45’s can pinch?
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50 mm xpert chrome. I got it with the thought that most venues (dance clubs etc) that have poles they are usually 99% of the time 50mm, so that's why I chose the biggest size. For me it's kinda like the whole if you know how to drive stick shift you can drive any car. I figured if I learned on the biggest pole, I can pole on ANY pole. It has proved to be true but it is tough having a 50 at home but learning on a 45 mm at the studio I go to. But I honestly do like poling on the 45 mm better its a little easier than poling on the 50 mm for me. When I get a house, I plan on getting a 45 mm TG xpert but I will put both the 50 mm chrome and 45 mm TG up and use both.
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I learnt on 45’s, played sporadically on 50’s at the same studio and then switched to Bobbi’s and learnt on 38’s.
I bought my 45’s X-Pert before I ever tried the 38’s and often times dream about having a 38’s or 40’s.The 40’s is the only diameter I haven’t tried but I don’t think there will be much difference to the 38’s.
I’d love to downsize to a 38 or 40 at home because I’ll be able to grip better and most likely be able to COMFORTABLY pole in my Mighty Grip gloves whereas my 45’s don’t allow me to as the gloves just won’t grip!
(Maybe I should invest in a pair of the tacky/sticky finish Mighty Grip gloves and save the leather ones for another pole)For now, I find these white dishwashing gloves with pink fingertips work best on my 45 Chrome & the studio’s 45 Stainless Steel!!
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I have a 50mm Xpole because the studio I learned on had 50s, so that's what I ordered. Sometimes I wish I had gotten a 45mm, especially on my bad days because my hands are small and sweaty. But my instructor had the feeling that if you are used to working on a 50, then you can always work on a 45 or a 40 with no problems. Going the other way would be much harder. So the idea is to make yourself work harder for bigger gains.
We recently had a Karol Helms workshop at my old studio and when Karol put her hand on a studio pole for the first time, she gasped and said "these are 50s?!" Since a lot of studios use 45s or 40s these days, it had been a very long time since she had used a 50. She was still amazing, but it made me realize how much difference 5mm makes.
I tried a 45mm once at another studio and it did make a difference for my hand grip, but I also found it was a lot more painful to do leg holds (smaller surface area = more pressure = more pain). Maybe when I get to the point of doing handsprings and ayeshas I will get myself a 45 or a 40. But for basic pole stuff, 50 is fine.
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I started out on the 50mm and thought the 45's were horrible…. lol But until I started doing, or trying to do the extended butterfly… I fell in love with the 45. I have really really long fingers (think piano fingers) so the 50 was really comfortable for me. Except with the ext. butterfly… i felt like my grip was gonna give and I was just gonna fall… I overgrip on the 45 because my fingers are so long, and it took me a long time to re-adjust my grip, but I can now switch back and forth from 45 to 50 for the different moves without it hurting….
When I bought my pole though, i went with the 45 because I wanted to feel better inverting and doing my butterfly at home alone … lol There were times when I regretted it, but those have passed now… 🙂
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I started on 50mm brass pole in studio and have a chrome one at home. My new studio has 45mm poles which were hard for me to climb at 1st but I am learning advanced tricks on them. Now, I find my 50mm harder to grip with my knee and for the tgh. I am going to invest in a brass 45mm pole soon…or overtly hint for one for xmashttps://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif
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40mm because I’m barely 4’9″ and have freakishly small hands =T
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I have a 45 but I like the 50 much better. I’m 5’3 but I still like the 50.
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I am really short with tiny hands and I learned on the 50. I also have a 50 chrome at home. Our studio has one 45 and my fingers still don’t touch when my hand is wrapped around it. I find that advanced tricks are much easier for me on the 45, like twisted grips. But I’m happy I have a 50 chrome at home bc my grip has gotten wicked strong – I feel like I can do anything on brass/titanium gold and smaller diameter poles lol! I wonder if a 40 would be best for me though – that way my fingers could probably wrap all the way around it?!?!
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Storypole – A 38 might work best for you if your fingers don't touch on a 45…but that's just my thoughts.
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@Nightfall, Its not that 45's pinch, its that for certain moves, you are supporting your body weight on a smaller surface area so it hurts a little more than it would with a larger area. The transition from 50 to 45 was extremely smooth for me and I honestly haven't noticed a difference other than when it comes to grip.
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I started with a 50 mm and now use a 45 mm pole. I'm kinda tall (5'9), and when I bought my first pole I read everywhere that tall girls need bigger poles. Well, my body is tall, but it turns out my hands are really small! My fingers don't even go around a 45 mm pole.
I often had forearm pain from split grip work on my 50 mm – luckily that's gone with the 45 mm. I would love to try a 40 or 38 mm pole – the hand grip must be incredible! But I'm worried that I'd have trouble with everything else then, the legs and stuff … Also they aren't available in TG or brass yet, as far as I know.
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