5 Feet Blue Telescopic Handheld Flagpoles, ANLEY Portable Staff with Clips - Lightweight Extendable Stainless Steel with Anti-Slip Grip - Collapsable Flag Pole for Tour Guides & Pointer for Teachers

There’s not much I can say about this product: It gets the job done. For a guy like me who moves around a lot, I love being able to express myself with whatever flag I choose. I recommend expanding the pole as far out as possible in order to get the whole flag showing properly. And don’t go too violent with waving it, or else it gets tangled. But that’s all common-sense stuff, really.

This was a replacement for the same thing from 2 years ago

Kind of flimsy in the wind but lightweight and relatively convenient to use

Positive side, the handle is nice I guess. Its soft foam. Down sides... theres a few. First of all it claims it can handle a 3x5 flag. I suppose it could, if the flag was made of tissue paper. 3x5 flags are waaaay too much weight for this thing. Just holding it still, and not even fully extended, it feels like its gonna break. Fully extended, the weight of a flag of that size makes it bend. If you hope to wave it around, dont. You will fold the rod. The attachment points are somewhat of an issue as well. These days we use cusps that allow it to spin so the flag doesnt get wrapped up. The bottom clip does this (in the cheapest of ways) but the top is solid, so it will allow the flag to wrap up. The clips are also your standard cheap eyelet clips. Which wouldn't be that much of an issue. Except they are a bit annoying because they are oriented vertically when clipped on. So when it goes through the flag eyelets, it tugs and doesnt let the flag sit flat. If the flag holder eyelets rotated, it would be fine. But they dont. Back to the claim that it fits 3x5 flags, it 'can' but you have to use 2 the top two telescopic pieces, and because of the way the clip that the eyelet clip attaches to is designed (its a folded metal triangle) it doesn't allow it to slip down there very well. I had to fiddle with it to get it to slide down to the second section, and it sort of scrapes as it goes down. Its a little too small. The triangle shape also doesn't do it any favors, circle would work better, if it were a bigger diameter. That triangle also isn't soldered or braized shut so over time, it looks like its gonna loosen up and possibly let go of the pole in the way that a cheap necklace lets go of a clasp. Don't worry about that though, because the pole will fold before it felt that much force from wind or waving it around.Does it do what it says? Technically yes. Should it? I Dont recommend it. For a small flag, it should be fine. Though its still gonna have the other issues aside from strength. It's not gonna hold up well to waving it no matter what size flag is on it though. Its own weight is enough to cause issues without a flag, when fully extended. It might be ok with a very small, light weight flag, and a slow wave, holding it mostly vertically, at a football game or something. Beyond that... It just doesn't hit the mark. It would have made a far better product if they used cusps, proper clips, thickened it up, and just raised the price a few dollars to make it worth the increased production cost. For most people who would buy something like this, especially for a 3x5 flag, its simply going be too flimsy. I really wish it wasn't. The idea of a product like this is solid and is of use to a lot of people, from car culture to sports.One last gripe I have, and this is a minor one. It was covered in some kind of sticky adhesive. Not cosmoliline, something else. Like the adhesive used on scotch tape. I had to use alcohol to get it off. It also tarnished the metal in some areas. Like dark splotches all over the ball cap and exposed areas of the shaft. It appeared to have been returned previously (I can see why), so maybe it was a previous customer. But given the nature of what was on it and how it was packed, I don't know if I can accept that notion. I dont think general people would have adhesive like that just laying around and somehow got it on the metal. The handle was clean. I'm my opinion, its cheap and rushed manufacturing.

As a tour guide, this little flag pole is immensely useful and practical. I have tried various other items to keep my tour group together, but they’re usually clunky and heavy. Not what you would want to carry around during a tour. A colleague recommended telescopic flag poles recently. I knew I want one without a second thought as soon as I saw the picture! This flag pole is retractable and lightweight. It sits in my backpack comfortably when not in use. It’s long enough that I don’t actually need to hold my arm up for people to see the flag. The build is study and I like how the ergonomic grip feels in my hand.

This product’s ball fell off immediately after opening out of the packaging. Now this is a danger to my child. And for returning I have to pay. Do not waste your money on this product when it’s just going to fall apart on you without even getting to use it a single time. The worst part is this is now dangerous to have in my house with a toddler who can really hurt themselves with the top just sliding off. Spend the additional money for a higher end product that puts safety first for keeping kids safe. You would think that they would have quality controls in place to make the product not so dangerous for a toddler.

I was in dire need for a telescopic, lightweight flag pole to take with me to a rave. This was so easy to use and in compliance with the security guidelines in place. It lasted throughout the weekend and will definitely be coming with me to my next event!

I had used this for a flag during pretty windy conditions of maybe 10mph winds with a 3'x5' flag and within about 5-10 minutes of putting the flag on and having it out, the top triangle ring came undone enough to have the flag disconnect from the pole and I was unable to use the flag the rest of the day. Pretty disappointed.