I've searched here for solutions to the infamous & perhaps mysterious rattle on these poles…and, unless I missed something (probable), the solutions are 1) clear nail polish towards the ends of the poles and 2) tape.
I have four completely different poles and the only ones that rattle are the LG CP3's. They are also the only ones that utilize a solid cap on the ends of the pole sections. The others use a cap with splits. Compare in this photo:
The cap on the right is slightly bigger than the inside diameter of the section of pole it slides into. However, the slits allow it to to compress enough to slide in. Once in, it's like a spring and spreads out, taking up any slack there may be…and also dampens movement.
At least one has said on this forum that replacing the lower section of the carbon pole with an alum pole eliminated the rattle. I tried and it works…at least for that rattle. I still had a rattle coming from the middle section. So, I placed an alum pole into that middle section (upper 3rd LG CP3 pole & middle/bottom = alum pole) and whola, rattle completely gone. So, it's not the alum itself that eliminates the rattle. It's the cap that's in the end of the pole that determines whether it rattles or not.
I tried a variety of variations between my different carbon and alum poles. The outcome was always the same.
The question in my mind then is where to get the caps with the splits? I believe it's just simply a matter of replacing the solid caps on the CP3's to eliminate the rattle.
Anyone know a source for the caps with the splits?
(please forgive me if this has already been covered)
