Asia, if it was recently, I’d try to get your money back on the Carmen Electra pole and save up a little more for an X.

I’ve heard there’s been quite a few problems with the Electra pole including; it’s stuck to the ceiling with a sticky spot (so if that slips there is nothing to stop the pole falling down, the X-pole has a large dome with a rubber insert – I have never brought an X pole down and I can be pretty rough on my poles), the screw being attached to the pole (so if you spin a certain direction it unscrews the pole) and I know some more advanced polers that took only 30 seconds to break it.

Chalk this one up to experience, poles really need a lot of research into to find the safest ones