Have the third of Miele, this component was apparently not examined by the manufacturer. Poor constructor because you've created a monument. With something go into production? Problem: We use the vacuum cleaner almost daily, a S4, really super compact vacuum cleaner. The pipe is pushed together here every day apart and put back. Here for 100-200 cycles breaks a small locking lug from which you unfortunately can not fix, you need a complete new pipe.
The longer 1-section telescope tube does not have this problem. Really only occurs at 2-fold telescopes.