If you are looking to buy a home pole dancing pole, there are a few things to bear in mind before you take the plunge. In this guide to how to buy a pole dancing pole, I look at the three main things you have to consider before taking the plunge and choosing a home pole.
Consider the 3 P’s before you make your decision:
Portable or permanent
Some people are happy to make a dancing pole a permanent feature in their house. If you want the extra security of knowing your pole is screwed into a ceiling beam, and are not shy to have guests know about your hobby, then this option is for you.
If you want the flexibility of being able to dismantle your pole or take it to a friend’s house or studio then a portable pole may be best. They don’t leave marks on your ceiling, which is ideal for people who rent their property too.
My recommended portable pole is the X-Pole Xpert, it has the sturdiness and safety of a permanent pole without the ceiling marks or holes.
With the X-pole Xpert, you don’t have to compromise on stability, and it comes free with a carry bag to make moving the pole extra easy.
You don’t even need ladders to put the pole up because it is bottom loading. They have improved the design of the pole from the old version of the X-Pole so it is easy to assemble and there is much less chance of pieces fusing together.
Pole material
There has been much debate on which pole material is best for learning how to pole dance. The industry-standard these days is chrome, but in some pole dancing clubs and home kits, they use steel poles.
“My sexy little pole” is an example of a steel pole you screw to your ceiling in at home. But it is quite flimsy.
Some people believe that if you can dance on a steel pole you can dance on any pole. Others prefer the extra grip a chrome coated pole can provide. My own preference is chrome as it gives enough grip to allow all tricks you could dream of carrying out.
I answer the question of which pole coating is best for grip here.
Price
There are poles available for most budgets starting from £50 right up to £500 for free-standing poles with integrated stages! Some companies also offer custom pole installations that could run into the thousands of pounds, but these are typically meant for pole dancing clubs and schools and not home use.
Some of the lower end poles are just not up to the pressure pole dancing puts on them. I’m looking at you “Peekaboo Pole”. This was my first dance pole, and I had to send it back at great expense for a refund because I hadn’t done my research and therefore didn’t know it was no more than a posing pole: you can’t actually dance on it.
If you want a top quality pole without breaking the bank try the X-Pole Sport.
Click here for my full X-Pole Sport review