I have been thinking of ordering some CP3 poles but was put off by some reports on BPL of a rattle sound the poles make. So I decided to ask Locus Gear about it. I emailed them from the contact information at their web site and here are Jotaro's responses:
Hello Bill,
Thank you for your inquiry,
The sound you call the rattle is not flaw so you can not do anything with it.
As the pole has the outer lock system and the shaft tube is made of carbon fiber. So the resonance inside the tube space with touching the top of the lowers shaft in the state of combing will naturally happen if you hit something hard with the pole, which was the way we were once reported by one customer.
However,we think it is not a natural way to hit the pole to the desk ,then claim that the pole is rattling.
Hope you could understand it.
Best regards,
Jotaro Yoshida &Locus Gear Team
Director
Locus Gear/Magic Wand, Inc.
Jotaro,
I hike in the high mountains above tree line. Almost every time I put my poles down they will hit hard ground or rocks. I really would not want to have that ‘rattle’ sound.
It has been written on Backpackinglight.com that the previous version of your poles did not rattle. They say that the new design CP3 poles changed and now they rattle. Too bad.
Bill D.
Hi Bill,
The more we should explain why the current version has the sound is because we changed the tip accessory for capping the tube from the left one to the right one of the attached photo.
Because the right one is easier to make the shaft inserted into the upper shaft smoothly as well as a good combination with the new flip lock system of the CP3.
The left type is an open style so that the resonance less happens, but not be inserted smoothly if you insert the shaft.
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Hope you could understand it.
Best regards,
Jotaro Yoshida &Locus Gear Team
Director
Locus Gear/Magic Wand, Inc.
