MattinSTL
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The Gitzo g7680c is just over 12.5'... but it's not in the same league as the K-Tek, VDB, or Ambient poles.
I use it... I like it... but if I could afford it I'd have this length in a K-Tek.
Personally I consider a $250 pole to be dirt cheap at this length... which is the main reason that I mentioned it in the first place considering the title... sorry that I kind of glossed over the "under $60" part.
For anybody that bought a DVX... I honestly hope that $250 doesn't sound like a lot for a 12.5' pole... I can fully recommend that Gitzo also... it really feels solid and well made... and looks dead sexy. As long as you back the last two sections in a few inches (and it's STILL 12.5' if you do that) then it's a great pole for the price.
Let me add that if you can afford an internal coiled cable on your pole (like K-Tek offers) then I would absolutely do it... maybe the problem is worse in the aluminum poles, but I have a 9' K-Tek graphite with internal CC and I love it... I mean I LOVE it... way easier to run 'n gun then the uncabled pole... I don't think I've got a cable slap even once. In my own experience I'd have some other handling noise before I'd get a cable slap... for me to move the pole fast enough to induce a slap means that I'll get a rub, thunk, or something else at the same time. When I read about people getting slap with internal CC I'm always wondering how that happens.
I use it... I like it... but if I could afford it I'd have this length in a K-Tek.
Personally I consider a $250 pole to be dirt cheap at this length... which is the main reason that I mentioned it in the first place considering the title... sorry that I kind of glossed over the "under $60" part.
For anybody that bought a DVX... I honestly hope that $250 doesn't sound like a lot for a 12.5' pole... I can fully recommend that Gitzo also... it really feels solid and well made... and looks dead sexy. As long as you back the last two sections in a few inches (and it's STILL 12.5' if you do that) then it's a great pole for the price.
Let me add that if you can afford an internal coiled cable on your pole (like K-Tek offers) then I would absolutely do it... maybe the problem is worse in the aluminum poles, but I have a 9' K-Tek graphite with internal CC and I love it... I mean I LOVE it... way easier to run 'n gun then the uncabled pole... I don't think I've got a cable slap even once. In my own experience I'd have some other handling noise before I'd get a cable slap... for me to move the pole fast enough to induce a slap means that I'll get a rub, thunk, or something else at the same time. When I read about people getting slap with internal CC I'm always wondering how that happens.
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