Short person's favorite assistant
The length of this pole is great, but it collapses whenever you apply pressure to it.  I bought this to clean a badly discolored wooden ceiling in my foyer.  As a short 5'1" person, I was thrilled to reach the ceiling without a ladder with this pole; unfortunately it would retract several inches when I started scrubbing the ceiling.  I would rate this much higher if the levers that are supposed to lock the length actually worked.  I am keeping it to use on windows and other things that don't require as much pressure.
Rating: 3 stars