The only experience i have ever had with a stripper pole was in college. The girls who lived in the room next to me had a cheap one that they had bought from Spensers. (keep in mind i had never talked much to these girls and were def not friends) My boyfriend at the time and i were hammered one night we were wandering around the hallways, these girls had left their door open,, they were not in their room. My bf sees the pole and decides he wants to try out his stripper moves, He leaps onto the pole and tries to throw his legs in the air. The pole was not connected very well to the ceiling and he ends up crashing to the ground, the pole knocks over all this shit on the girls desks. The girls come back to find me trying to help him off the flooor and their wreaked room...they were less then pleased.....moral of the story connect your stripper pole very well to the ceiling.