ive been using a xline now for maby 3 months and i desided to use my old slx insted as im just not geting on with xline even tho my xline is sapose to be 20ft my slx22 with a snaped number 2 section allmost half langth now is still longer buy about 2 ft and its just that bit liter and nicer to work with so desided to replace section 1 and 2 next month and go back to that my xline will be for spraying upvc render cleaning ect as it will last a lot longer and before the sections are to worn to use as the number 1 clamp is at full titness and the sections are looking prity worn allredy all in all im much happer with the old wore out slx the base cap is all so nicer in the hand in use