I asked myself and bought last year a discounter model with rotation-locking. When the catch was no longer solve the 3. use in the field, I went light on: Whether WaMa, handyman tool, floppy-top etc: every euro is spent on cheap scrap something like money to burn with intent. In a simple aluminum rod I would not have expected: The extended on 4m Apfelfplücker could no longer be run in and had to be left behind in the open field, he no longer fits into the car. When I returned with 2 pipe wrenches, she was already stolen. Should she take the flash when schxxxxxxxen! The hardware store was the latest Fiskars model with QuickFix not to have that had to "sell off" all the old stock. Compared to all popular competing products I find rod and fruit pickers from Nordmann production but very convincing, handling, quality and style are great. An "Apple" under the apple bars, I will bequeath my descendants. Delivery impeccable.
